public health and social care

Dorset LEP allocates £2.28m to improve local NHS services

19.08.20: Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is investing £2.28m of the Government’s Local Growth Deal funding into the creation of a new Histopathology Diagnostic Hub at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation T...

Government creates new National Institute for Health Protection

18.08.20: The government has today (September 18) announced plans to scrap Public Health England in favour of a new organisation called The National Institute for Health Protection which will combine Public Health England, Test and Trace as well as the Jo...

Home Office provides £200,000 funding boost to GM charities

17.08.20: Eighteen charities across Greater Manchester aimed at preventing vulnerable young people getting involved in serious violence have been supported with a funding boost totalling £201,000 in Government grants. The emergency, one-off gra...

Government Awards NASP £5m Funding Boost

17.08.20: The National Academy of Social Prescribing has been awarded £5m funding by the Government. The funding is hoped to help tackle some of the social side-effects caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The £5m will be invested in...

Ep. 26 Caring for this generation of young people - Martina Kane

12.08.20: On this week’s episode of Public Sector Voices we are joined by Martina Kane, Policy and Engagement Manager, at The Heath Foundation. She is calling for young people’s future health to be taken seriously by eliminating stress and unc...

LGA praises councils, backs call for further support for social care

11.08.20: In response to a recent report calling for more support for carers and further investment and reform of adult social care, the Local Government Association (LGA) has praised the efforts of councils so far and backed the calls for additional supp...

Local authorities to benefit from dedicated contact tracing

11.08.20: Local authorities are set to benefit from more localised contact tracing as NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England extended their partnership with local public health efforts, with the aim of reach more people testing positive for cor...

LGA calls for urgent investment into mental health for councils

07.08.20: The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a joint report today with the Centre for Mental Health, calling for urgent investment into mental health recovery in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. This should come in the form of fundin...

Extra £22.7m in funding for adult social care providers

03.08.20: Welsh Health and Social Services Minster Vaughan Gething has announced £22.7m in additional funding today (Aug 3) for adult social care providers. The funding will add to the £40m made available to local authorities in April for...

Prime Minister launches £2bn cycling and walking revolution

28.07.20: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is launching a £2bn cycling and walking ‘revolution’ today (July 28) including thousands of miles of new bike lanes, cycle training and prescription bikes. It comes shortly after the launch of...

Local Government Association: Social care needs a reset

27.07.20: The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a social care reset today (July 27) after reflection on the Prime Minister’s pledge to “fix social care” one year ago. The representative body has urged Government to p...

Prime Minister gives local authorities more powers for local lockdowns

17.07.20: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced in his statement on Coronavirus today (July 17) that local authorities will have new powers to enforce measures to limit the spread of the virus in their area. From tomorrow (July 18), local counci...

£62m for local councils to discharge people with learning disabilities or autism

16.07.20: The Department for Health and Social Care has announced a £62m package today (July 16) to help local councils to discharge people with learning disabilities or autism from hospitals into the community. Secretary Matt Hancock has calle...

Ep. 21 - Isle of Wight fighting Covid-19 with the digital edge - Dave Stewart

10.07.20: This week, Leader of Isle of Wight Council, Dave Stewart, Joined host Emily Rodgers on the Public Sector Voices podcast. The Island has received national attention throughout the coronavirus crisis for piloting the Government’s controversi...

Kent County Council to provide 2,000 videophones to vulnerable residents

09.07.20: Kent County Council is rolling out around 2,000 videophone systems to help elderly or vulnerable residents to access digital support and solutions. It comes in the form of a £1.5m contract and will connect digitally disadvantaged resi...