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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.

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Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:45

Skills for Care work to ensure the adult social care sector has a modern, flexible and highly skilled workforce to deliver quality care. 

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Health, social care, policing and crime

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:42

Clinks, in conjunction with NAVCA, have published a briefing explaining the links between the new local commissioning arrangements for policing and crime and health and social care. 

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Direct payments for healthcare consultation

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:41

A public consultation on changes to the regulations for direct payments for healthcare has been opened by the Department of Health. 

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Volunteering activity in domiciliary care

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:40

Freya Lock, Healthwatch and Community Action Lead, and Becca Lawther, Quality and Safety Policy Officer, from the Department of Health are doing a call out for evidence on volunteering activity in domiciliary care.

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Volunteering in NHS and social care

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:39

The King’s Fund has published a report on the use of volunteers in health and social care, which highlights the vital role volunteers play in delivering services. 

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Voluntary Sector Joint Learning Events

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:38

The Department of Health delivers a programme of joint voluntary sector learning events that bring together policy leads and voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, NHS and local authority representatives at key points in the formation and development of policy. 

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Review of NHS service charities’ VAT rebates

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:37

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, is to review the case for extending VAT rebates to external charity providers of NHS services alongside other issues recommended in a report by Monitor, the regulator of NHS foundation trusts, entitled A fair playing field for the benefit of NHS patients.

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Power of Partnerships

Loaded: Tue, 02/04/2013 - 11:36

Social Enterprise UK’s Health Commissioning Improvement Programme aimed to support new clinical commissioning groups to develop constructive and productive partnerships with VCSE by demonstrating the importance of partnership work, for an area’s ability to develop effective health care in the emerging health environment.

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