Social enterprises to receive £19 million investment over next year announced
Today the Department of health announced investment of £19m over the next year for social enterprises, on top of the £100m already invested over the last five years. The money will be used to support...
View ArticleEmployers urged to offer flexible working to support mental health needs
Thousands of individuals with mental health needs could be offered more flexible working under a new initiative launched today by Health Minister Lord Howe. Speaking at the launch at The Work...
View ArticleResponsibility Deal partners publish first annual updates
The first annual updates from Public Health Responsibility Deal partners, who signed up at the launch of the Deal in March last year, have been published. These updates provide the first opportunity...
View ArticleNational framework to improve mental health and wellbeing published
The government has published the Mental health implementation framework, which sets out what organisations can do to make the 6 high-level objectives of the mental health strategy No Health without...
View ArticleStoptober campaign kicks off in one week
Just one week to go until the nation’s smokers get a chance to start their 28-day joint quit attempt. The innovative campaign, Stoptober, which is backed by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart...
View ArticleWorkplace offers a major opportunity to drive health improvement
Dame Carol Black talks about the importance of workplace health and well-being and what’s being done to take up the challenge of health improvement across the construction and civil engineering...
View ArticleHealth becomes first government department to sign Time to Change mental...
On World Mental Health Day, the department of Health has become the first government department to sign up to Time to Change the mental health anti-stigma programme. Care Services Minister Norman Lamb...
View ArticleResources to support information sharing to tackle violence
Hospitals are well placed to promote community safety and wellbeing through collecting information about patients who have been assaulted and sharing information appropriately. This can be done without...
View ArticleNew year resolutions and the alcohol industry
Henry Ashworth, the co-chair of the Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network, talks about the resolutions being made by the alcohol industry and how organisations who have not yet signed up can get...
View ArticleCall for expressions of interest for funding to improve energy efficiency in...
NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts can bid for a share of £50 million capital funding to invest during 2013-14. The funding will support new and innovative projects to improve energy efficiency, reduce...
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