#TalkWomensHealth: Your voices are needed to improve women’s health and care across the UK
Back in March, the UK government launched a call for evidence to better understand women’s experiences of the health and care system. Originally intended to run for a period of 12 weeks, the call for evidence has now been extended, with women from Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those living in the Midlands and East […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: our pledge to take action in the fight for mental health support
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual week-long event providing an opportunity for the public to talk about all aspects of mental health, and start conversations about the things in our daily lives that can affect it. With mental health charities reporting that in any given week, one in six of us will experience a common mental […]
This World Health Day, it’s time to put health inequalities in the spotlight
Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges both for people and society. At the same time, it has thrust pre-existing health inequalities into sharp relief. Research over the past year has consistently shown that minority ethnic communities are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pandemic. During the first wave of the […]