Health and Care

Age UK, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, and the Future Planning project have produced a new leaflet, Future Planning: your wishes. The leaflet aims to encourage people to discuss and write down their wishes about their care, information about health conditions and […]

Sense, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have created a new resource to support families. Many disabled people are cared for by their families. Family members play a key role in enabling and empowering them, becoming experts in their care. However, few families […]

A new national consensus between policing, health and social care organisations was launched last week. The aim is to work together to improve people’s health and wellbeing, prevent crime and protect the most vulnerable people in England. By working together and intervening early to address […]

The NSPCC wants to develop a set of tools and guidance for professionals to help them better listen, hear and notice young people’s disclosures. To help develop the resource, they are holding a survey for professionals who work directly or indirectly with children and young […]

The Kings Fund has launched a new report looking at the different types of volunteering going on in partnership with doctors’ surgeries: Volunteering in General Practice. The report identifies four approaches to supporting volunteering in general practice: use of volunteers to enable general practice to […]

You may barely have heard the term ‘Accountable Care Systems’ before – but as of 2 February, these have become known as Integrated Care Systems. The change was made in new guidance from NHS England, setting out the expectations for commissioners and providers in updating […]

NHS Digital is using social media to help raise awareness of how digital technology can benefit patients, and save the NHS time and money this winter. You can help the NHS spread this message by using a social media toolkit — equipped with example Tweets, […]

A review is underway to consider and make recommendations on improving legislation and practice around the Mental Health Act. The review was set up to look at how the legislation in the Mental Health Act 1983 is used and how practice can improve. The purpose […]

NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, is holding its annual conference on 26 June in Manchester. Free tickets can be applied for through a bursary scheme, available to national patient, carer, service user and voluntary organisations. The core themes of this year’s conference, ‘Improving […]

The December newsletter is now available, including updates on the work of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance and news from the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England.. If you would like to subscribe directly, please email [email protected]. Download the newsletter here