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The voluntary and community sector has made significant contributions to health and wellbeing, often reaching areas and communities that have been difficult to reach by mainstream health and social care providers. One East Midlands aims to keep the voluntary and community sector informed about these changes and where possible contribute to policy and strategy development.

East Midlands personalisation improvement programme

In Control has announced that it will be working in partnership with ADASS in the East Midlands to deliver a personalisation improvement programme.

NHS Atlas of Variation in Diagnostic Services

Significant differences in how health conditions are identified and monitored have been published in the first NHS Atlas of Variation in Diagnostic Services.

Accessible Information – Engagement activity

NHS England has begun a programme of work aimed at ensuring that disabled patients, service users and carers receive information from health and social care organisations in formats that they can understand, and that they receive appropriate support to communicate, which may include advocacy.

Patient involvement increases public confidence in health research

An Ipsos MORI survey of 1,295 British adults has shown that public confidence in health research studies can be increased by knowing that patients have advised on the design of the study.

Assurance frameworks for CCGs and direct commissioners

NHS England has published assurance frameworks for Clinical Commissioning Groups and direct commissioners.

NHS England Excellence in Participation Awards 2014

The NHS England Excellence in Participation Awards 2014 recognise and celebrating good practice in participation within the NHS and to acknowledge and applaud the immense and on-going contribution of individual patients, service users, carers, families and the public in supporting and shaping the work of the NHS.

VCS engagement with CCGs

Compact Voice has produced a briefing on how voluntary organisations can engage with Clinical Commissioning Groups alongside their guide to Understanding Commissioning and Procurement.

European Structural Funds, health equity and the voluntary sector

In the context of another seven years round of European Structural Funds (2014-2020), Equity Action has published the report Health Equity and Regional Development in the EU- Applying EU Structural Funds.

VCS engagement with health and wellbeing boards

Regional Voices has published the results from a recent survey of the VCS around engagement with the health and wellbeing boards.

Reminder: Integrating Health and Social Care - Understanding the Integration and Transformation agenda

Just to remind you that the Wellbeing East Network is running this free event on Friday 31 January from 10am to 12.30pm, followed by a light lunch and networking, at Bar Hill Village Hall, The Spinney, Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire CB23 8SU.

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