Health and Care

As part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, Friends, Families and Travellers are delivering a project which aims to help NHS England identify: Why there are inconsistencies in delivery of healthcare services to disadvantaged people experiencing frailty earlier in life. Opportunities to reduce and […]

The Government has launched a new £2 million fund to support frontline grassroots organisations that bring people together and help them build social connections. These could include community cafés, street parties, coffee mornings or local walking groups. The investment will help small organisations promote themselves […]

FaithAction are working on a project led by the Carers Trust for the Department of Health and Social Care about carers in transition – looking at how carers can be best supported to plan for when they are able to provide less or no care. […]

In England, breast screening is currently offered at 3-yearly intervals to women aged from 50 up to their 71st birthday, but the NHS breast screening programme has been experiencing decreasing uptake over a number of years. The National LGB&T Partnership, in collaboration with Health and […]

Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with the NHS, launched Every Mind Matters to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others. It is increasingly recognised that taking care of our mental health is as important […]

Each year Carers UK surveys thousands of carers to find out about the impact of caring on their lives and provide a snapshot of what it’s like to be a carer in their State of Caring Report. They published their findings in the State of […]

NHS Health Education England West Midlands invite you to apply for their Public Health Community Fellowship Scheme. The scheme is an innovative programme where community organisations in the West Midlands are matched with volunteer teams of junior doctors to deliver health and well-being projects to […]

A few years ago, the Health and Wellbeing Alliance started working with NHS England and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, on community mental health services. A survey was put together and some members of the Alliance held focus groups and interviews with their […]

Today the Loneliness Action Group have released a shadow report calling on government to reaffirm its commitment to tackling loneliness. A connected society? Assessing progress in tackling loneliness can be accessed here: https://www.redcross.org.uk/shadowreport Much has happened in this first year since the publication of the […]

Carers UK have released a report on breaks provision for unpaid carers. Findings include: Freedom of Information request reveals unpaid carers seeking replacement care for loved ones subjected to a postcode lottery; Hundreds of thousands of carers going without enough sleep or seeing a doctor; […]