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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.

Developing effective VCS engagement in the new world of health and social care

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Tuesday, 26 March, 2013 - 09:30 to 14:00

To help contribute to the development of effective approaches for VCS engagement One East Midlands and East Midlands Councils are organising this free event to highlight leading engagement practice taking place across the East Midlands region.

Lay Leadership - Shaping HealthWatch in Leicestershire

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Friday, 15 March, 2013 - 09:30 to 13:00

Local health and social care services are changing rapidly. The ways in which people can participate in shaping these local services are also changing. From 1 April, a new local consumer champion, local Healthwatch, with the powers to hold local health services to account, will be set up in every city and county council across the country.

Lay Leadership - Shaping HealthWatch in Lincolnshire

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Thursday, 14 March, 2013 - 09:30 to 13:00

Local health and social care services are changing rapidly. The ways in which people can participate in shaping these local services are also changing. From 1 April, a new local consumer champion, local HealthWatch, with the powers to hold local health services to account, will be set up in every city and county council across the country.

Other health newletters

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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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Patient Leader Programme

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As part of their ambition to create revolution in patient and customer services experience, NHS Midlands and East have commissioned the development and delivery of a Patient Leaders Programme for the Midlands and East, which is to be led by the Centre for Patient Leadership and FPM.

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NHS Derby City Development Fund

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The NHS Derby City Development Fund is now open for applications from VCS organisations, offering one-off grants of up to £1,000.

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New corporate abuse law introduced

Loaded: Wed, 06/02/2013 - 11:21

Former care services minister Paul Burstow has introduced a new Bill in Parliament on 16 January that would amend the Health and Social Care Act 2008 to include a new offence of corporate neglect, which will attempt to ensure that abuse of the kind suffered by residents of the notorious Winterbourne View care home can never happen again.

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Incorporating women's health needs into local health systems

Loaded: Wed, 06/02/2013 - 11:19

The Women’s Health and Equality Consortium (WHEC) has launched Better Health for Women: How to incorporate women’s health needs into Joints Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, a new guide which is intended to support health and wellbeing boards to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for women and girls by offering vital information, evidence and examples of good practice for undertaking Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and developing Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs).

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Consultation on NICE standards to improve social care

Loaded: Wed, 06/02/2013 - 11:16

Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has launched a 12 week consultation to establish a full set of NICE quality standards and guidance for social care.

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£120million to boost health research

Loaded: Wed, 06/02/2013 - 11:13

Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has that £120million will be invested in health research to benefit millions of patients and tackle some of the country’s biggest health problems over the next five years.

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