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Category Archives: Health & social care
How centralised health services affect rural residents
At our recent annual policy conference, Health and Wellbeing: making equality a reality, we discussed the impact of centralised services on the rural population. A volunteer involved in a voluntary car scheme in North Yorkshire said that volunteer drivers are … Continue reading
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Who does the NHS belong to?
At Involve’s policy conference last month the boss of Public Health England, Duncan Selbie, raised some points that we have to get to grips with to create healthy lives. I was surprised about his trenchant comments about successive government’s re-structuring … Continue reading
The health and wellbeing policy paradox
If public health plans talk about “the importance of social determinants of health” and reducing differences (in health outcomes) “as a matter of fairness and social justice”, then why do so many other government policies now seem to be working against this? Involve Yorkshire & Humber CEO, Judy Robinson, discusses the health and wellbeing policy paradox and asks, does any of this really matter to the community and voluntary sector? Continue reading
Take action to change attitudes towards dementia
Guest blog by Simon Wallace, Project Manager for Dementia Action Alliance Misunderstanding, stigma and fear are all typical of the reaction to dementia – and organisations from the public, private and charity sectors recently recognised that action must be taken to bring … Continue reading
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