Health and Care

The Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, has published a vision for how he plans to transform the Government’s approach to prevention, paving the way for a Green Paper in 2019. The document, ‘Prevention is better than cure’, builds on the Government’s previous work in […]

Maternity Action, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, recently released new research on NHS charges and their effects on migrant women’s access to maternity care. This may be of interest to anyone working with families, Black and minority ethnic groups and those who […]

The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network provided 658,048 emergency supplies to people in crisis between April and September 2018, a 13% increase on the same period in 2017. The charity says if the five week minimum wait for a first Universal Credit payment is not reduced, […]

Positive East is London’s largest HIV charity and has been at the forefront of HIV services for the last 27 years. They want to work with faith leaders of any faith, but especially those who see a larger proportion of migrant communities, due to the […]

Have you tried it yet? We have worked with colleagues across the Health and Wellbeing Alliance to launch the VCSE Inclusion Health Audit Tool. The online tool will help your organisation to audit its engagement with Inclusion Health groups. These are the groups identified as […]

The Royal Surgical Aid Society recently launched their ‘Dementia Carers Count’ campaign. They  offer courses to help build resilience for carers of people with dementia. Topics revolve around applying knowledge about specific types of dementia , problem solving – such as responding to changing behaviour when […]

The Domestic Abuse Research team at Penny Appeal are currently investigating domestic abuse within Muslim communities across the UK. The aim of the study is to understand why domestic abuse occurs and ascertain mechanisms which can be employed to tackle this social problem, in addition […]

Compassion in Dying have published a report, ‘Advance care planning in general practice – does policy match reality?‘, based on findings from a Freedom of Information request sent to Clinical Commissioning Groups.  The research was prompted by frequent reports from people who said that their GPs […]

Are you part of a group or network that helps to organise Refugee Week in your town or city? Would you like some extra support in the run up to Refugee Week 2019? As part of a new project funded by Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, […]

Each year, Carers UK surveys thousands of carers to find out about the impact of caring on their lives and provide a snapshot of what it’s like to be a carer. The new research, State of Caring 2018, carried out with nearly 7000 people currently […]