Health and Care

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has released a new report that highlights the experiences of people both seeking and refused asylum accessing healthcare in the UK. The report finds that Both policy and implementation present barriers to access to healthcare The fear of detention/deportion, […]

United for All Ages, a ‘think and do’ tank, have released a new report, The Next Generation, which explores interactions between different generations of British society, with a focus on the benefits that it can bring to future generations of children and young people. The […]

Leaving the EU means a number of changes that will affect organisations and individual citizens. The Government has developed a website, at gov.uk/euexit, to give information on how to prepare and the steps organisations and individuals may need to take. The Department of Digital, Culture, […]

The UK Health Forum, in partnership with the Race Equality Foundation, National LGB&T Partnership and the Mental Health Consortium, is conducting a scoping and consensus building exercise to: Recognise what Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) health-focused organisations are already doing as employers to support disabled […]

NHS England have produced a number of short summaries of the Long Term Plan focusing on different issues such as: Ageing well and the NHS Long Term Plan; Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan; Starting Well and the NHS Long Term Plan;

Our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, the End of Life Care Consortium, have produced resources aimed at tackling inequalities in palliative and end of life care for people experiencing homelessness, Gypsies and Travellers, and LGB&T people. You can view a pre-recorded webinar (online […]

A new report shows that there is a significant reduction in stress and significant improvement in mental wellbeing as a result of advice service interventions. The research was conducted in Citizens Advice Gateshead, and used the Perceived Stress Scale and WEMWBS (the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing […]

NHS England is now consulting on the NHS Standard Contract for its commissioned organisations for 2019/20. The draft Contract and consultation documents are available on the NHS Standard Contract web page: www.england.nhs.uk Stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposals by emailing [email protected] by 1st February 2019. […]

The Human Tissue Authority has a statutory duty to provide advice and guidance for practitioners carrying out activities within its regulatory remit, in order to ensure they know how to comply with the law. Following the proposed new legislation to introduce deemed consent for organ and tissue […]

Are they able to access dental services? Within the Alliance, there is a team leading some research on accessing dentistry services. They are keen to involve the whole Alliance as each member represents a wide range of people who are highly likely to be using […]