Health and Care

The government have produced an updated vaccines toolkit aimed at children and young people who are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. Key messages: Younger people are at risk from COVID-19. Vaccines prevent serious illness, deaths and hospital admissions. Encourage young people in your communities […]

Learning Disability England are launching a new project about peer support and self-advocacy groups led by or including people with a learning disability from minority ethnic groups. Equal treatment is about challenging racism and health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic […]

FaithAction is a member of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance; The Alliance will be relaunching their newsletter on 12th October. Brought to you by the Department of Health and Social Care and co-produced by system partners and members, you will receive updates about the work […]

Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to see how Men’s Sheds can improve mental health and loneliness. Men’s Sheds are community spaces for men and women to come together, work shoulder-to-shoulder on projects, learn and share skills and build […]

A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights continued concern about the variation in the quality and safety of England’s maternity services. Published earlier this week, the CQC’s ‘Safety, Equity and Engagement in Maternity Services’ report presents an analysis of the key issues […]

The NHS National Overprescribing Review Report was published this week by the Department of Health and Social Care. The review looked at ways of reducing levels of inappropriate prescribing of medication among various different groups of people. The report makes clear that there is a […]

People aged 12-15 in England will be offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, starting next week. People aged 12 to 15 in England will be offered one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, following advice from the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), the […]

The NHS England Commitment to Carers team are holding a lunch and learn webinar on Wednesday 22nd September 2021, 3.00- 4.00pm.   This is the first in a series of bi-monthly lunch and learn webinars aiming to bring together carers and professionals from across the […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement voluntary partnerships team has commissioned research to explore how the NHS recruits volunteers and if there would be a benefit to having a single place for NHS volunteer opportunities to be advertised. The research will include a survey in September/October […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement are looking to recruit two enthusiastic individuals who are committed to supporting narrowing the gap for communities facing health inequalities as patient and public voice (PPV) partners in the COVID-19 vaccination programme. This is an exciting opportunity for you to […]