Health and Care

As the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues and lockdown is easing, Carers UK has published a Recovery Plan for Unpaid Carers. This needs action from Government, health services, local government, employers, business, supermarkets and local shops, local communities, and the general public. The purpose […]

The Men’s Health Forum, one of our partners in the Health & Wellbeing Alliance, would like to talk to men who have had COVID-19, whether mild, moderate or serious. They’re particularly interested in how intersectionality plays out in men’s experience (that is, the impact that […]

Millions of people in the UK juggle their caring responsibilities with paid work. For these ‘working carers’, balancing work and care can be a real struggle – with carers saying they are tired, stressed and struggling to manage their own physical and mental health. They […]

The Race Equality Foundation has published a briefing on COVID-19 and race equality with the New Policy Institute. The briefing examines the data behind Public Health England’s two recent reports. Their analysis shows the risk of infection (confirmed by a test) for black and minority […]

Shaping Our Lives has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund COVID-19 programme to: investigate the longer term impacts of COVID-19 emergency measures on Disabled people; Research the experiences of d/Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations and other user-led groups during lock-down and […]

The government has released new guidance on the reopening of places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic. Starting from June 13, places of worships will be permitted to open for provision of individual prayer. Individual prayer within a place of worship is defined as a […]

Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders. While the country is moving into a new phase in the national effort against this pandemic, health and social care staff on the frontline continue […]

Every care home in England will now be offered a coronavirus test for all residents and staff, even if they have no symptoms. Since the launch of whole care home testing, the government has provided 1,071,103 test kits to 8,984 care homes, and they are […]

The government has updated its guidance for people who are shielding taking into account that COVID-19 disease levels have decreased over the last few weeks. People who are shielding remain vulnerable and should continue to take precautions but can now leave their home if they […]

If you are feeling unwell or you are worried about a loved one, you should seek medical help. If you need medical help from your GP practice, contact them either online, by an app or by phone to be assessed. If you need urgent medical […]