Health and Care

Roma Support Group, part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance have been raising awareness on vulnerabilities of Roma communities throughout the pandemic; working with local authorities to engage with and support the Roma communities. Throughout this period, they have been working on a brief […]

The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an online consultation survey on the future of medical device regulation, which explores how MHRA can create a regulatory system that has patients at its heart. The consultation covers a wide range of regulatory issues, […]

Race Equality Foundation, a fellow member of the VSCE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are carrying out research on race inequality and people with learning disabilities. They are interested in speaking with people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who have a learning disability, as […]

Clinks and Recoop have come together to publish a report providing valuable evidence on the needs and experiences of older people in prison, with key recommendations for policymakers to influence the development of the older offender strategy. Based on the lived experiences of older people […]

Our friends at Carers Trust have launched a survey for unpaid carers to find out what support unpaid carers need from the government. The survey also asks how social care reform could support unpaid carers more effectively. The survey findings will help inform a Carers […]

The Social Care Institute for Excellence is hosting a webinar on Tuesday 30th November 12:00pm – 1.25pm. This webinar will explore the importance of the voluntary, community and social enterprise VCSE sector contribution in shaping, improving and delivering services, and developing and implementing plans to […]

The Commission on Reimagining Care has been charged by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to develop a radical and inspiring long-term vision for care and support in England. This will be underpinned by a renewed set of values and principles, drawing on Christian theology […]

The U16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey was set up to better understand children and young people’s experiences of cancer care and results from the first survey were published in October 2021. Picker is a healthcare research charity, working with NHS England & Improvement to run […]

Fellow VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance members Locality, with Power to Change, are working with NHS England and Improvement and other Alliance members to learn how community organisations and businesses, and the wider VCSE, can work better with their local PCNs to deliver high quality, […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement are seeking your views on the ‘Core20PLUS5’ approach for reducing health inequalities. The survey is aimed at: Health Inequalities professionals working in the NHS Clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals with a particular interest in reducing health inequalities Organisations that support […]