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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.

CQC launches three year plan

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:59

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), which regulates and inspects all health and care services in England, has announced that it will introduce bigger, more expert inspection teams that will spend longer in hospitals talking to people, led by a Chief Inspector who will also oversee performance ratings.

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Ring fenced public health grants to local authorities

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:58

The Department of Health has published that ring fenced grants for 2013-14 and 2014-15 provide local authorities with £2.66 billion and £2.79 billion to spend on public health services for their local populations.

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NHS England publishes commissioning policies

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:57

NHS England has published a number of interim generic policies, ensuring fair and consistent decision-making across its direct commissioning function.

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NHS England business plan and equality objectives

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:55

The NHS England Board has agreed Putting Patients First, its business plan for 2013/14-2015/6. A full set of organisation structure charts for NHS England have also been published.

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Public Health England goes live

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:54

On 1 April 2013, Public Health England went live, bringing together a wide range of organisations and functions into a single body.

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Resources to support developing local Healthwatch

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:46

Local Healthwatch gives communities a stronger voice by influencing and challenging how health and social care services are delivered as well as providing or signposting people to information to help them make choices about health and care services.

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Sign up to Healthwatch Communities Involved

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:44

Local Healthwatch, the new watchdog organisations set up as part of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, came into being on 1 April to hold health and care services to account.

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Voluntary sector strategic partner programme 2013/14

Loaded: Wed, 01/05/2013 - 15:41

The 21 voluntary sector organisations that will be part of the new Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner Programme for 2013/14 have been announced, including the partnership of nine regional networks, including One East Midlands.

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£14million Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund

Loaded: Thu, 25/04/2013 - 13:35

The Centre for Social Action’s £14million Innovation Fund has opened for applications, and is offered to commercial organisations and public sector bodies as well as charities and social enterprises.

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