Health and Care

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have produced a new guideline on providing integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness. It aims to reduce health inequalities by improving access to and engagement with health and social care. It supports […]

The Starting Well Fund, run by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and Improvement, aims to improve health outcomes for children from pre-conception to two and a half years old in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups, and those living in […]

The National LGBT Partnership, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, has recently been conducting research into LGBTQ+ mental health during the aftermath of 2020/21 lockdowns. During the period of July 2021 – November 2021, restrictions were almost entirely eased, and many people were […]

Working as a healthcare support worker (HCSW) in the NHS will give you the chance to learn new skills and make a difference to the care patients get. HCSW roles are a great role to step into clinical care, which many people stay in for […]

Barnardo’s is hosting its first Children & Young People’s Mental Health in Wales webinar on March 16, at 1:00-3:00pm. Recent Government policy has advocated a whole system vision for developing mental health, well-being and support services for children, young people and their families across Wales […]

The Race and Health Observatory recently published a report on ethnic health inequalities, focussing on mental health services, maternal and neonatal healthcare, digital inclusion and access to health services, genetic testing and genomic medicine studies and the NHS workforce, which REF contributed to by holding […]

The Experience of Care team at NHS England and NHS Improvement lead on the work to embed co-production across all clinical programmes and workstreams.  The Advisory Board has evolved from a task and finish group which was established following the recommendation from the evaluation of […]

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a public consultation on a set of far-reaching proposals to improve and strengthen the UK clinical trials legislation to make the UK the best place to research and develop safe and innovative medicines. Clinical trials […]

Groundswell, part of the Homeless Health Consortium, a VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance group, have launched the Listen Up! Hub. It’s inhumane that people experiencing homelessness face barriers to healthcare and are more likely to die young. The Listen Up! hub collates raw reports on […]

The Suicide Prevention Consortium, part of the Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have published a briefing, Insights from experience: alcohol and suicide, outlining findings and recommendations from their lived experience work looking at experiences of alcohol, suicide and self-harm, and a two-page summary. Based on survey […]