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A new Healthwatch England blog highlights the severe pressures facing Accident & Emergency departments across England during a busy winter period, where long waits and care in unsuitable spaces have taken an emotional and physical toll on patients. The insight, drawing on feedback from December […]

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This week, Georgina Colton, Commemorative Events Project Lead at Department for Culture, Media and Sport, writes about the upcoming COVID-19 Day of Reflection. The COVID-19 Day of Reflection will take place on Sunday, 8th March 2026. This national moment offers an opportunity for communities across […]

The National Institute for Care Excellence (NICE) is looking for people who have had a hip and/or knee replacement to let them know their views via a survey about the potential use of online platforms to support rehabilitation, before and after hip and/or knee replacement. […]

The UK government has published a National Cancer Plan aiming to improve long-term survival rates for people diagnosed with cancer in England. The plan sets a target that three in four patients diagnosed from 2035 onwards will survive at least five years. Measures include improvements […]

FaithAction is proud to be a member of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, bringing the perspective and expertise of faith and community organisations to help shape more inclusive, accessible, and equitable health services. Through this partnership, we work to ensure that community voices inform policy […]

A new Cardiovascular Health Insight Report has been published, by Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership bringing together extensive insight from Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) partners across Humber and North Yorkshire. The report captures the experiences of communities facing some of the most […]

The National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation is a rapid, independent review of maternity and newborn care in England, chaired by Baroness Valerie Amos and established in August 2025 to drive urgent improvements in safety, quality and accountability after continued concerns about harm in NHS services. It […]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched a consultation to gather opinions on how ethnicity is recorded in official UK statistics. The consultation is open until 4th February 2026 and asks whether new or updated response options should be added to a harmonised ethnicity […]

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), UK Poverty 2026, paints a worrying picture of poverty in the United Kingdom. While overall poverty rates have remained high at around 21% of the population, deeper forms of hardship are increasing: approximately 6.8 million people […]