Health and Care

The LGBT Consortium, part of the LGBT Partnership, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have released a new report about sexual reproductive health for LBT women. The report covers information about relationships and sex education, access to sexual and reproductive health services, […]

Last week, the Race Equality Foundation, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, held a webinar on annual health checks for people with a learning disability, with over 250 health and social care professionals and people with lived experience in attendance. The webinar […]

Skills for Care has unveiled a comprehensive Workforce Strategy to revolutionise adult social care in England. Developed in collaboration with sector stakeholders, the strategy addresses critical workforce challenges like high vacancy rates and turnover and emphasises the need for improved pay and training. Recognising the […]

The Race Equality Foundation and Valuing People Alliance, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 23 July 2024 to release our co-produced video on Annual Health Checks (AHCs) for people with a learning disability from Black, Asian and […]

Hospice UK, part of the Palliative and End of Life Care Consortium, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have an opportunity for people with a life-limiting condition and unpaid carers, staff and volunteers providing care and support to people with a life-limiting […]

Special Care Dentistry involves the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. As part of a London-wide review for […]

Sehhat are holding a webinar launch of their new report looking at the impact of suicide in the Punjabi community. In this webinar you will be able to hear from an individual with lived experiences and the findings from the report. You can register and […]

Samaritans, lead of the Suicide Prevention Consortium, part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have published a new report responding to the government’s Suicide Prevention strategy. The Suicide Prevention Strategy for England, published in September 2023, makes clear that the actions the government has […]

National Voices, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have launched a new report, Addressing inequalities in clinical trials. Following on from their previous report, English literacy as a barrier to participation in clinical trials, which focused on how Patient Information Leaflets should be […]

Following the recent success of the Creative English for Health programmes which were delivered in Birmingham and Greater Manchester, the team have recently begun training volunteers in three Birmingham hubs, who are taking part in a limited pilot programme which focuses on Infant Health. The […]