Public Health Developments
The response to the consultation to the Public Health White Paper has been published today: Healthy Lives, Healthy People, Update and Way Forward. It details five main changes are that are coming in around public health: 1. Local authorities will lead on public health, to shape services for local needs (health and wellbeing boards will [...]
‘A fair deal’ report published
COVER and other regional networks in the East of England have worked jointly to produce a report identifying the top nine issues for the region for producing a ‘Thriving Third Sector’. These issues include funding inequalities, high growth levels, rurality, equality, governance challenges, ICT needs, recruitment and retention, skills, and partnership. The report is published by [...]
‘A Thriving Third Sector’: COVER AGM
The Community and Voluntary Forum: Eastern Region (COVER) held its annual AGM recently on the topic of ‘A Thriving Third Sector’. Speakers from the Eastern Region Public Health Observatory, the Government Office for the East of England, the East of England Development Agency and the Strategic Health Authority contributed their thoughts on this topic, and [...]