Health and Care

Interested in working with isolated older people, but not sure how to get started? Linking Lives UK, a national Christian charity working with churches to address loneliness and social isolation, are looking for partners to help expand their work to new communities across the UK. […]

Partnership working between the voluntary sector, local government and the NHS is crucial to improving care for people and communities. But how can health and care systems make sure they involve local charities and social enterprises in the most effective way? This new NHS England […]

The Centre for Mental Health and the Mental Health Foundation, in collaboration with the Association of Mental Health Providers, the National LGB&T Partnership and the Race Equality Foundation have published a new report designed to help public services understand trauma-informed care to better support women’s […]

Carers UK’s State of Caring Survey is the most comprehensive survey of carers’ experiences and provides valuable evidence to improve policy and practice. Each year, Carers UK publishes the State of Caring Survey which provides a snapshot of what it’s like to be an unpaid […]

BCBN in partnership with Inspirited Minds is conducting national research into the state of mental health of British Muslim Youth. The following questions are designed to capture an insight into the exposure and experiences of British Muslims to mental health struggles, as well as access […]

NHS England is running a survey, closing 14 May 2019, to gather feedback about people’s experiences of personal health budgets (PHBs) and integrated personal budgets. It is open to all current or previous budget holders and those who support them, including those who responded last […]

The next cohort of the NHS England Peer Leadership Academy is open for applications from people with lived experience of personalised approaches to health and social care. This highly successful personal development programme has run for the last three years and aims to build people’s knowledge, skills […]

NCVO, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have produced a helpful roundup of news from the world of health and care. It covers the NHS Long Term Plan, social prescribing, the relationship with the voluntary sector and news from NHS England. Read more: […]

Public Health England has launched new free bite-sized e-learning sessions, developed in partnership with Health Education England, to improve the knowledge, confidence and skills of all health and care professionals in preventing illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing. The sessions cover some of the biggest […]

A toolkit of good practice guidance has been launched to help homelessness teams improve their support to people who are, or may be, autistic. Research by Dr Alasdair Churchard has shown that there seems to be a much higher prevalence of autism among people supported by rough […]