Health and Care

From 20th May 2020, the new ‘opt out’ law for organ donation will be implemented in England. This means that the current ‘opt in’ organ donation system will become an ‘opt out’ system. All adults in England will be considered as having agreed to donate […]

The Care Quality Commission have published their annual report monitoring the Mental Health Act. This report sets out the CQC’s activity and findings from their engagement with people subject to the Mental Health Act (MHA) and their review of services registered to access, treat and […]

Public Health England have published some statistics on the services and support available to people with learning disabilities. This includes information on paid work, adult social care use, disability benefits and safeguarding and more… For further information, please follow this link: www.gov.uk/government/publications

A personal health budget is an amount of money to support your health and wellbeing needs, which is planned and agreed between you (or someone who represents you), and your local NHS team. It is not new money, but it may mean spending money differently […]

Public Health England have published a blog on building healthier, more resilient and connected communities. Whether we live in cities or towns, rural or coastal areas, the communities we live in really matter for our wellbeing. They matter because things like having a job, a […]

This Week (20-26 January) is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week – a national campaign to raise awareness about how people can reduce their risk of cervical cancer. Every woman with learning disabilities should have access to cervical screening on the same basis as other women, but she […]

NCVO released the latest in its Time Well Spent series today. This edition focuses on volunteering in the public sector. The overall picture is positive but research reveals areas for improvement to allow public sector volunteering programmes to fulfil their potential, says NCVO. People giving their […]

Black and minority ethnic cancer patients have been telling NHS England how staff across the NHS could help improve their experience of care. This is an important area as people from BME backgrounds consistently report poorer experiences via their annual Cancer Patient Experience Survey, the […]

If you work in a charity or social enterprise and want to understand if your activities help people feel less lonely, then this guide from What Works Wellbeing is for you. In order to get the most of this guidance, they expect you to know […]

PHE’s Healthy Communities Team have today published Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach. They have conducted research into current practice across local systems and have produced a suite of resources which are intended for use by local authority, NHS and VCS decision makers, […]