Health and Care

Healthwatch England has joined forces with a coalition of user-led national organisations to highlight how the NHS and social care fail to support people’s accessible communication needs. By law, all publicly funded health and social care providers must fully comply with the Accessable Information Standard […]

The Valuing People Alliance are holding an online discussion group for their digital inclusion project. They would like to invite people with learning disabilities, their family members, members of their support staff and other professionals to a discussion on their experiences of accessing health services […]

The government published a white paper yesterday on joining up care for people, places and populations. The paper is part of a wider set of mutually reinforcing reforms: the Adult Social Care Reform white paper, People at the Heart of Care and the Health and […]

The government has announced leads for two separate independent reviews to tackle health disparities. Findings from these reviews will form part of wider plans to level up the country and reduce existing inequalities through the Health Disparities White Paper which will aim to enable people […]

Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation have worked with 15 other Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to create a new tool designed to support those with Long COVID.  You can find it here. My Long COVID Needs is designed to help people feel […]

Race Equality Foundation is currently conducting a study on reablement services for people living with dementia from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds funded by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. The purpose of this research is to better understand whether reablement services are accessible and […]

Carers Trust is conducting a survey on the pressures and challenges facing young carers and young adult carers right across the UK. The survey ends on 31st January 2022 when the data will be collected for analysis so it is ready for release to coincide […]

As part of the national Maternity Transformation Programme, which is working towards the implementation of Better Births, for safer, more personalised and equitable care, NHS England and NHS Improvement are launching iDecide, a a tool to support informed decision-making and consent during childbirth. To help […]

Locality, in partnership with Power to Change, is part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance As part of their work within the Alliance, they are learning how VCSE organisations can work better with their local Primary Care Networks (PCNs). They are establishing a Community […]

The British Red Cross is leading a research project to deepen understanding about the experiences of waiting for elective care since March 2020 for people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in England. They would like to hear from people who have been or […]