Health and Care

NHS England has produced some Equality and Health Inequality RightCare Packs, which aim to support health and care systems to design and deliver services that reduce inequalities in access to health services and health outcomes for their diverse local populations. The information contained in each […]

The NHS Equality and Diversity Council is looking for four patient representatives to contribute to an event. The meeting takes place in London on 16 January, from 1pm – 3.15pm. The focus is on understanding experiences of care from a wide range of different patient […]

The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce – co-chaired by Jackie Doyle-Price, Minister for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention, and Katharine Sacks-Jones, Chief Executive of Agenda – has set out its key principles for gender and trauma-informed care in its final report. Women are more likely […]

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has published an interesting ‘info-torial’ on gambling and the links with public health. This is an area that has similarities to alcohol and ‘junk food’ industries in terms of how the industry might respond. The article contains […]

Public Health England has a number of leaflets about screening for health conditions available to order. Examples of the leaflets include information on sickle cell and thalassaemia screening, breast screening, diabetes screening, bowel cancer screening and information for new parents. Each leaflet is available to […]

Food for Purpose has produced a new report, Nutrition & Wellness Roadshows for Black African & Caribbean Christian Leaders. The findings come from a project with Black African-Caribbean church leaders, Sunday school teachers and others from Pentecostal churches in south London, which aimed to “highlight […]

Engagement Fellowships develop emerging leaders from a range of backgrounds so they can engage the public with health research. The fellowships are open to a wide range of people, including (but not limited to): community leaders or social entrepreneurs; academics exploring health and well-being (for […]

Members of the Young People’s Health Partnership have released new research around young people and mental health. Youth Access have published research into the demographic profile of clients accessing VCSE counselling services for young people and young adults and an evaluation of outcomes. The research […]

NHS England wants to hear about experiences regarding access to specialist palliative and end of life care (EoLC) medicines and are particularly interested in sharing possible solutions to any issues or challenges faced. This short survey is aimed at people who are providing end of life […]

Some of our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance have released a new report – entitled Care Committed to Me – which examines the delivery of end of life care for three groups: Gypsys and Travellers, homeless people, and LGBT people. Based on findings […]