Welcome to our monthly e-bulletin for the Wellbeing East Midlands network (previously called the East Midlands Health and Social Care Network) containing regional and national news and policy developments for health and social care. If you have any comments, please get in touch by emailing wellbeing@selfhelp.org.uk.
For further information on the Wellbeing East Midlands network visit www.wellbeingeastmidlands.org.uk.
Follow Regional Voices Health & Social Care networks Wellbeing East and Wellbeing East Midlands @Wellbeing_SHUK
Apply for a chance to receive a 2-day delegate pass worth £149 for the NICE Annual Conference 2017. Closing date: Thursday 5th January 2017, 5pm
VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group) has launched a practical resource that supports the delivery of social value in the commissioning of social care.
DEEP, the UK Network of Dementia Voices, have launched a great new guide Our Rights, Our Dementia.
A new report published by VODG (the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group) calls for more practical solutions to close the disability employment gap.
NHS England is in the process of refreshing its statutory guidance for CCGs on how they can meet their legal duty to involve the public in commissioning and their duty to promote the involvement of each patient in their own care. The closing date for comment is Friday 13 January 2017.
NHS England’s Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, is calling on patients and the public to share their views on the sale of sugary drinks in hospitals by responding to its consultation on the subject.
On 31 October 2016 the Department of Work and Pensions and the Department of Health launched a Green Paper and consultation to help more disabled people and those with long term conditions, into work called Work, health and disability: improving lives. The consultation runs until the 17 February 2017.
The Government has launched its consultation on proposals for the local system to fund supported and sheltered housing. It has also published its Supported Accommodation Evidence Review.
|
About Regional Voices
|
|
Regional Voices champions the work of voluntary and community organisations to improve health, well-being and care, across England. Regional Voices is a partnership of nine regional networks. Together, we directly connect to over 25,000 voluntary and community organisations. Our coverage is broad, deep and well-established. Our vision is for a society where voluntary and community organisations are connected with decision-makers at all levels, able to influence policy and improve community health, care and well-being through better services. Regional Voices partnership is hosted by VONNE (Voluntary Organisations' Network North East),
|
Not displaying correctly? View this mailing in your browser: https://www.oneeastmidlands.org.uk/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1183
You are receiving this as a member of our network. Please feel free to share this e-bulletin or any of the information in it with your members and contacts. If you have something you would like us to publicise that’s of regional interest to the network, you can email us at wellbeing@selfhelp.org.uk.
If you no longer wish to receive this bulletin you can unsubscribe here.
**The Wellbeing East and Wellbeing East Midlands Networks are managed by Self Help UK as part of Regional Voices. Regional Voices is a nationwide partnership of regional voluntary sector networks which champions and supports the involvement of local voluntary and community organisations in developing policy and designing and delivering health services across England. We have been part of the Health and Care Strategic Partnership Programme, which enables the voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to work in equal partnership with the Department of Health (DH), NHS England and Public Health England (PHE), since 2009. The e-bulletins remain hosted on the OEM website
Recipients should take responsibility for ensuring that their computers are free of viruses. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the original author and do not necessarily represent those of the network of Wellbeing East and East Midlands or of Self Help UK.
