How is your data & insight used by the NHS & Public Sector?

We're working with NCVO and other VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance members to explore how data and intelligence held by the voluntary sector can be used.

Can you help?

The aim of the work is to show how shared insight can be used to enable better service planning and address inequalities in public service delivery. The study is gathering examples of good practice through a questionnaire, case studies and focus groups. The results will be published in April 2021. The work is sponsored by NHS England and NHS Improvement, Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care.

The questions we're looking at include:

  • What data and insight is being collected?
  • How have partners have used voluntary sector data and insight to improve services?
  • What barriers do VCSE organisations face in getting their insight and data used effectively?

The survey is short and to the point.  It would be great if you could help us with it.  And if you can work with us on a Case Study or a Focus Group, please let us know.

The Men’s Health Forum need your support

It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking.

In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to.

It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for.

We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing.

Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.

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