Health and Care

A new report from the Institute of Health Equity assesses the potential and opportunities for new care models to drive a health system that focuses on population health, reduces health inequalities and takes action on the wider determinants of health. The report concludes that, if new […]

A new Children and Young People Secure Estate National Partnership Agreement for 2018-2021 has been published, to enable a more fully integrated approach to the commissioning and delivery of excellent health services for children and young people within the secure estate in England. Whilst there is a […]

The UK Health Forum (UKHF)  is issuing an open call for evidence. Please send any literature such as case studies of best practise, on what the Voluntary and Community Sector thinks about health and work, how the sector could support disabled people or people with […]

NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, wants to hear what you think are the five key areas which you consider as having the greatest potential to improve the quality of care in the area of dementia. This ‘topic engagement’ exercise will feed […]

In April 2019, the UK will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee against Torture under their periodic review procedure for compliance with the UN Convention against Torture. REDRESS is facilitating a joint civil society response to the process, through a series of consultations and […]

Free guides are available to provide older people with practical advice to support healthy ageing and caring. The Healthy Ageing and Healthy Caring guides provide information to older people and carers about staying healthy, fit and independent during the winter months. They also identify the support available to help maintain health […]

Read a blog post from Nicola Fulton, stakeholder engagement and communications lead for Empower the Person, part of NHS England’s Digital Transformation Portfolio. Nicola discusses how forging a strong strategic relationship with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector will make a real difference. […]

The King’s Fund has launched a new report, ‘A year of integrated care systems: reviewing the journey so far’. Where once the primary purpose of the health and care system was to provide treatment for illnesses as they arose, it now needs to deliver joined-up […]

The Young People’s Health Partnership are leading a project, with the support of VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance partners, to develop a resource to help improve understanding about young people not in employment, education or training who experience low-level mental health issues, and to help […]

Male cancer patients or carers from ethnic minority backgrounds are still needed for a research project exploring the experiences of ethnic minority cancer patients in England. This research is being conducted by brap, an equality charity based in Birmingham, on behalf of NHS England, and […]