Health and Care

A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights continued concern about the variation in the quality and safety of England’s maternity services. Published earlier this week, the CQC’s ‘Safety, Equity and Engagement in Maternity Services’ report presents an analysis of the key issues […]

The NHS National Overprescribing Review Report was published this week by the Department of Health and Social Care. The review looked at ways of reducing levels of inappropriate prescribing of medication among various different groups of people. The report makes clear that there is a […]

People aged 12-15 in England will be offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, starting next week. People aged 12 to 15 in England will be offered one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, following advice from the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), the […]

The NHS England Commitment to Carers team are holding a lunch and learn webinar on Wednesday 22nd September 2021, 3.00- 4.00pm.   This is the first in a series of bi-monthly lunch and learn webinars aiming to bring together carers and professionals from across the […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement voluntary partnerships team has commissioned research to explore how the NHS recruits volunteers and if there would be a benefit to having a single place for NHS volunteer opportunities to be advertised. The research will include a survey in September/October […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement are looking to recruit two enthusiastic individuals who are committed to supporting narrowing the gap for communities facing health inequalities as patient and public voice (PPV) partners in the COVID-19 vaccination programme. This is an exciting opportunity for you to […]

The National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP), together with NHSE and RSV are launching the new Accelerating Innovation programme that will bring together a community of practice of national voluntary organisations to support the development of new ideas and partnerships for social prescribing activities. The […]

A new clinical trial to determine whether a third dose of vaccine will improve the immune response for people who have weakened immune systems is launching in the UK. The study, OCTAVE DUO, will offer people who are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised a Pfizer, Moderna or […]

As part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, FaithAction worked on a project which aimed to pilot a community approach to address health inequalities in high blood pressure for black African and African Caribbean men. The project, led by Race Equality Foundation, developed a […]

NICE (National Institute for Health & Care Excellence) recently launched their new five year NICE strategy. A key component of this is reviewing how they write and present their guidance to ensure it is accessible and clear to users. NICE would like you to help […]