We welcome the recent launch of the Patient and carer race equality framework – NHS England’s first ever anti-racism framework, which requires every mental health service provider to become an actively anti-racism organisation and take concrete action to reduce racial inequalities. We support its implementation in NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression services. Thanks […]
Following publication of the third edition of the Enhanced health in care homes framework Dr Adrian Hayter reflects on how it has changed the way that primary care and social care work together, and how it can improve the way we care for people living in care homes. The introduction of the Enhanced health in […]
Time and again, we have seen how local communities rally round when it’s most needed, whether that’s to support the NHS or neighbours who need some extra help. Yet the pandemic also revealed that it’s easier to volunteer in some places than in others. We know the vital difference that volunteering can make and want […]
Chandraa Bhattacharya is the national lead for Core20PLUS5 and the wider healthcare inequalities agenda for those in contact with the criminal justice system. Chandraa works across NHS England’s Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Chandraa explains how the NHS is supporting those in the criminal justice system to stay […]
When I first arrived in the UK, 10 years ago, I had no idea what ‘mental health’ meant. As an 18-year old stepping foot in a foreign country, far away from home, I suddenly had to become independent, resilient, and resourceful. Easier said than done. You can’t leave your identity at the door; it’s interlaced […]
Today (30 October), NHS England publishes its first ever anti-racism framework, the Patient and carer race equality framework (PCREF), to support mental health trusts and providers to improve experiences of care for racialised and ethnically and culturally diverse communities. The development of this framework has been necessary because of what the data tell us. People […]
Dr Misha Moore, National Specialty Adviser for Obstetrics at NHS England and a consultant obstetrician at the Royal London Hospital, reflects on the recent launch of version 3 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle, the latest 2022/23 publication of the smoking at time of delivery data (SATOD) and documents how NHS England supports women […]
