Health and Care
ADAPT: the South Asian Dementia Pathway Toolkit
ADAPT have produced a toolkit that will provide enhanced care for South Asian communities – many of whom receive significantly less effective dementia care from statutory services compared to their counterparts from White British communities. People from South Asian communities are at greater risk of […]
NHS England: Working in Partnership with People and Communities – Public Consultation
NHS England have launched a public consultation on the draft guidance for Working in Partnership with People and Communities. This will support the new Integrated Care Boards, NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to build effective, positive, purposeful and enduring partnerships with communities to improve […]
NHS England Event: The Big Conversation
NHS England are holding ‘The Big Conversation’, an event taking place virtually on Wednesday 11th May and Thursday 12th May. The Big Conversation is an entirely free, virtual (online) two-day initiative, convened by the NHS Horizons team in collaboration with Aqua (the Advancing Quality Alliance), […]
National Voices’ Conference on ICSs
National Voices will be holding an all-day conference on 23rd June exploring the topic of Integrated Care Systems. National Voices want to see better, more equal outcomes for people, especially those not currently well supported by existing models. They also want to see more coordinated […]
Mental health and wellbeing plan: Government call for evidence
The government has committed to develop a new cross-government, 10-year plan for mental health and wellbeing for England to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes, particularly for people who experience worse outcomes than the general population. They want to ensure the new plan responds to […]
Could you be a Maternity Mate?
Women’s Health and Family Services (WHFS) have an innovative Maternity Mates volunteer project that fills that crucial gap for disadvantaged pregnant women in what can be, for some, an overwhelming and challenging time further exasperated by social and economic hardship and stretched health services. Today, […]
Social capital: What Works Wellbeing – Evidence review and synthesis
The What Works Centre for Wellbeing (WWCW) has commissioned the Centre for Thriving Places to conduct a Rapid Review of evaluations of social capital interventions aimed at children, young people and adults, and delivered within the UK and across OECD countries. The project is funded […]
Groundswell: COVID-19 info leaflet for people experiencing homelessness
Groundswell have launched a new COVID-19 information leaflet for people experiencing homelessness. It contains up-to-date guidance on the current situation and how we can all continue to stay safe, as well as advice from Groundswell’s peers with lived experience of homelessness. It is in double-sided […]
Association of Mental Health Providers: Lived Experience Advisory Group
The Association of Mental Health Providers, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are looking for people to join their Lived Experience Advisory Group. They would like people with living/learnt experience of poor mental health and illness, including SMI, or an unpaid carer, who […]
The Lowdown on the COVID-19 vaccine, periods and fertility
The Lowdown and NHS England have produced a guide and held a webinar on the COVID-19 vaccine and fertility. The Lowdown teamed up with NHS colleagues to host an online chat with Reproductive Immunologist Dr Viki Male, and Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Dr Fatima Husain, to discuss the […]