Health and Care

The GP Patient Survey is an England-wide annual postal survey which asks people about their experiences of local general practice services. It is sent to over 2 million patients. NHS England is looking for another Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Partner to sit on the steering group […]

The Department of Health and Social Care is carrying out a review of progress in delivering the Dementia 2020 Challenge. The Department would like to hear views on what has been achieved so far and assess whether the Challenge commitments are expected to be fulfilled by […]

Homeless Link, our partner in the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, has published its latest Young and Homeless report, funded by Land Aid and Comic Relief. The top three support needs of the young people that participated in the research were: not being in education employment […]

If you work with people who use community mental health services, NHS England would like your help in hearing from them. It is inviting FaithAction members (through the Health and Wellbeing Alliance) to ask their service users to feed into the development of national policy […]

FaithAction’s Faith & Health Award is our way of marking the 70th birthday of the NHS. Entries are currently being judged – watch this space! Meanwhile the NHS has plenty of celebrations planned – here are some examples. NHS Big 7Tea launched There are more […]

If you, or people you work with, receive a personal health budget (PHB) or integrated personal budget (IPB, combining health and social care funding), NHS England would like to hear about your/their experiences. It is running a survey which is open until Monday 30 April, […]

You may remember that the Government recently ran a consultation about the future of which medicines should be available on prescription. NHS England has now published its guidance on this, and a letter explaining the changes is available here. National Voices, our partners in the […]

As part of its Care in Crisis campaign, Age UK, our partner in the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, has published a new report, Why call it care when nobody cares? The report is built on the stories of 127 older people and their families who were involved […]

The NHS has a website where anyone can find out about events to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday close to where they live – from hospital open days and exhibitions to tea parties. If you are holding an event, you can also ask for it […]

Nominations for our Faith & Health Award have now closed, but you still have a week to apply for NHS England’s own awards to celebrate 70 years of the NHS. Over the last 70 years the NHS has relied on talent and workforce from around […]