Health and Care

What do you think about the NHS App? The Patients Association Chairs the Patient Coalition for AI, Data and Digital Tech in Health (known as the Digital Coalition). The aim of the Coalition is to bring the patient voice to the development and introduction of […]

Many children have struggled to return to school since the pandemic, and MPs on the Commons education committee suggest that mental health difficulties should be a valid reason for children to miss school while fines aimed at parents should be kept as a “last resort”. […]

Carers Trust, one of our partners in the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance have released their Adult Carer Survey Report based on a survey of 3,430 adult carers. The survey found that unpaid carers are exhausted, the time they spend on caring has soared, almost […]

The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) have published a new consultation into pre-employment checks for health and care volunteers Pre-employment checks for health and care volunteers. This consultation sets out our proposal to change the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations […]

NHS England have launched the new Chaplaincy Guidelines. The new Guidelines replace those previously published in 2015 and they set the ambition for inclusive chaplaincy services in all NHS settings and recognise the invaluable contribution that Chaplains make to health and care. The guidelines have […]

The Race Equality Foundation (REF) have published a new report: Not by choice – the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disempowered ethnic minority and migrant communities REF was commissioned by UKRI in collaboration with UCL and DOTW to analyse the unequal impact of […]

The Race Equality Foundation and the NHS Race and Health Observatory are holding an online report launch of ‘We deserve better: Ethnic minorities with a learning disability and access to healthcare’ on Tuesday 25th July from 2pm – 3.30pm. Join the NHS Race and Health […]

NHS England are holding three upcoming webinars to find out more about new funding to support ICSs, the voluntary and community sector and research partners.  The funding can be used for partnerships working together to increase diversity in research participation. As seen throughout recent years, […]

The 2022 Cancer Patient Experience Survey results have now been published. The survey allowed cancer patients to give feedback on the care they have received. This feedback is used to understand where care is working well and how NHS cancer services across England can be […]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published an invitation to tender for their ‘Tell us about your care’ programme. The Tell us about your care partnerships with national charities, or a consortium of voluntary and community sector organisations with national coverage, that represent people who […]