Health and Care

The Association of Mental Health Providers are hosting a webinar with the World Health Organisation on Thursday 1 July, 12:30-2pm, based on a report WHO published last week on community based mental health services. They will bring together organisations from around the world to share learning about […]

Though everyone has the right to high quality care and support at the end of life, many people are still not enabled to access the help they need.  Inequalities of access and standards of care are particularly felt by those who have already encountered unfairness […]

GoHealth are inviting people aged 18 or over to take part in an on-line survey exploring spiritual and religious practices during the current pandemic. The aim of the study is to help increase understanding of how spiritual practices and religious belief can help people to […]

Faith Forums for London are working with Public Health England London to run a series of reflection events to mark one year of ‘Beyond the Data: Understanding the Impact on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups’ They are running three focus groups discussing health inequalities […]

People in England can now demonstrate their COVID-19 vaccination status for the purpose of international travel, by downloading the NHS App or by going online. Alternatively, people can call 119 to request a vaccination status letter. Further information on demonstrating vaccine status when travelling abroad […]

The government is urging women of all ages and backgrounds to respond to the call for evidence in order to capture the varying health issues women experience over their lives and the significant differences between women in terms of access to services, experience of services […]

NHS England are holding a Commitment to Carers programme webinar on Wednesday 16th June 2021, 1:30pm-3:30pm. Mind The Gap aims to support Integrated Care Systems to deliver on the Long-Term Plan Commitment to improve the identification and support of carers from vulnerable communities that are […]

The British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Policy and Public Affairs team would like to speak to people about their experience of healthcare during the pandemic. The pandemic has had a significant and varied impact on people with heart and circulatory diseases and the services they use. Many services […]

Next week marks Patient Participation Group Awareness Week, run by the National Association for Patient Participation. A Patient Participation Group is set up by a GP practice and its role includes: being a critical friend to the practice; advising the practice on the patient perspective […]

NHS England and Improvement are working with Traverse to carry out research to inform the future of the NHS Volunteer Responders (NHSVR) scheme. The NHS Volunteer Responders scheme is a national, app-based, volunteering scheme set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 They […]