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Four practical guides to help current and future commissioners plan and deliver mental health services have been published. The guides focus on primary mental health care services, services for young people, dementia services and acute liaison services. They have been put together by the Royal Coll [ ... ]

Stakeholders and the public are being asked to contribute to the development of the Healthwatch England membership regulations.   Healthwatch England will be a national consumer champion that enables the collective views of the people who use health and social care services to influence national  [ ... ]

On 23 January 2012, the Government made further announcements on its ambitions for a new public health system. For the first time, public health will be measured against a framework, which sets out *66 health measures so councils and the Government are able to see real improvements being made and ta [ ... ]

New independent research commissioned by the Charity Commission has found that charities need to do more to describe how people benefit from their work. Many charities are missing out on the opportunity to explain, through their reporting on public benefit, how their work has a positive impact on th [ ... ]

The Department of Health commissioned the Mental Health Network to produce a report which would help set out a direction of travel for developing an outcomes-based approach to improving mental health. The report makes a number of recommendations for Government, the NHS Commissioning Board and emergi [ ... ]

Support for health and wellbeing boards and their partners in developing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and health and wellbeing strategies has been published in the form of draft statutory guidance. Views are now being sought on the draft guidance, which: lays out the statutory dutie [ ... ]

The Charity Commission has published its new Risk Framework together with information on how the framework will be applied.  Read more.  

NHS Plus launches an innovative free service for small businesses in England to help them reduce sickness absence and improve the health and wellbeing of their workforce. The new Health for Work Adviceline (the Adviceline) will provide vital help and support to organisations with fewer than 250 empl [ ... ]

The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) has published ‘Funding guide for workforce development’. The guide is free to download and is aimed at employers, training providers and learners who work with children, young people and families in the voluntary and community sector. Th [ ... ]