A presentation by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Topic for the presentation is “Miami Project: Making Information Available Means independence”.

A presentation by Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. Topic for the presentation is “The Accessible Information Standard: Our experience”.

A presentation by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Topic for the presentation is “Implementing the Accessible Standard at Cambridge University Hospitals”.

A presentation by Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Topic for the presentation is “Accessible Information Standard The Bradford Experience so far”.

The latest in our series of blogs marking Volunteers Week is a truly inspirational – dare we say ‘uplifting’ – story of people making a real difference: Why Knockers? A simple question, but why not? Most people have some spare time at some point during their working week – even if it’s only ten minutes, […]

The board meeting was broadcast live as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can view separate recordings of each agenda item below: Items 1 – 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Items 8 – 9 Items 10 – 11 Items 12 – 15 Board papers View the agenda and board papers

In the latest of our series of blogs to mark Volunteers Week 2016, the Voluntary Services Manager for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals details the huge role being played by a small army of people giving up their time for free: The year I turned 16, while deciding whether to go to college or find […]

Professor Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, today praised the three million volunteers nationwide who give their time freely to support health, welfare and disability organisations. Marking the start of Volunteers Week 2016, Professor Cummings said she wanted to take the opportunity to thank the often “under-appreciated” volunteers across the country who support friends […]

The NHS Equality and Diversity Council is today publishing the inaugural report of the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES), showing results of the experiences of BME and white staff from the staff survey 2015 at every NHS trust across England. This is the first time the WRES data has been collected and published nationally. […]

New guidance launched today will support prescribing healthcare professionals to review inappropriate prescriptions for people under their care who have a learning disability and/or autism. The toolkit comes as NHS England and Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for Community and Social Care, joined forces with five professional bodies and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation […]