Recommendations for continued care and support of people who are clinically extremely vulnerable
Last month we signed a Royal College of Physicians shared statement along with a number of other royal colleges and organisations, which highlighted the challenges faced by both doctors and patients in identifying and reducing the risks associated with COVID-19 for those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. We made recommendations for the Government, the chief medical officers and NHS bodies on shielding and delivery of care for those deemed to be at high risk.
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Peer support should feature more in Government's new obesity strategy
Rethink Mental Illness have sent us a briefing in response to the new Government's new obesity strategy. They broadly welcome the strategy but are disappointed that it did not recognise the role of mental illness in weight gain or managing a healthy weight. People with severe mental illness die on average 15-20 years younger than the general population, largely due to preventable physical health problems. They hope the Government will look at the role of peer support as part of what GPs might prescribe to support weight loss and look to include some of these learnings in resources produced for the Better Health campaign.
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We are pleased to welcome two new members
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Centre for Mental Health is a charity with over 30 years’ experience in providing life changing research, economic analysis and policy influence in mental health. Over the last decade, their work has expanded to include physical health, wellbeing, inequality and multiple disadvantage across the life course.
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Yorkshire Cancer Community is a forum of patients, carers, family and friends affected by cancer in Yorkshire. They have an important part to play in making a difference in how cancer services are designed, developed and delivered. Their aim is to be a supportive forum for cancer patients and carer groups across the area to share experience, successful approaches and good practice.
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Independent Age still looking to hear how COVID-19 has affected people over 65
Independent Age is still looking to hear from people over 65 on how COVID-19 has impacted their everyday life over the last few months. They heard from thousands of people in March about their experiences and would like to understand how things have changed since then. This will enable them to ensure that they are accurately representing people’s priorities when we are talking to the government about improving support. Please share or fill out their survey.
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Rare Disease Calendar Photography Competition
Same But Different has launched a new calendar photography competition – Glimmer of Hope!. 'Glimmer of Hope' is an opportunity to visually express the hope that exists for people with rare diseases. Winning entries will be used to create a calendar that will raise awareness of rare diseases. You can find further details of the competition and links to submit your photographs on their website. Deadline for submissions is 22 September.
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Yellow Card Virtual Workshop
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) would like to involve patients and the public in further improving their services for reporting side effects and problems associated with medicines and medical devices to the MHRA via their Yellow Card scheme. They are holding two workshops for anyone who has no experience of using the Yellow Card Scheme or previous interaction with MHRA.
There is a choice to register to two different dates on their Eventbrite page:
- Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Deadline to register Sunday, 6 September 2020)
- Wednesday, 16 September 2020 - 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Deadline to register Monday, 14 September 2020)
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Social Prescribing report launch webinar
Wednesday 9 July
10:00 am - 11:30 am
We will be launching our new report, 'Rolling Out Social Prescribing - understanding the experience of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector'. The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) will also be launching their social prescribing report How Do We Sustain Social Prescribing In The Wake of Covid-19?.
The panel of speakers:
- James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care at NHS England and Improvement
- Craig Lister, Managing Director of TCV's Green Gym
- Sajid Hashmi MBE, Chair of the Bury Voluntary, Community and Faith Alliance
- Kate Jopling, National Voices' Associate, who was closely involved in our social prescribing workshops.
Please register via our Eventbrite page to receive joining details.
We'll be uploading a recording of this webinar on our YouTube channel, where you can also find all of our previous webinar recordings.
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In this week's blog, Charlotte Augst writes about what we have planned ahead in the National Voices Autumn programme: it’s time to Rebuild For All.
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Thank you,
National Voices
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