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World Mental Health Day: mental health services chronically underfunded
October 10 marks World Mental Health Day, and this year the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the urgent need to increase investment in...
NHS to offer specialist help for ‘long COVID’ sufferers
A £10m investment will go towards clinics that will help patients dealing with long-term COVID-19 health complications.
A number of people who have contracted the...
European Commission extends support for health innovation platform
The European Commission has extended support for the Venture Centre of Excellence programme with the announcement of a €150m financial contribution.
EIT Health and the...
UK opens applications for green social prescribing pilots
Applications are now open to deliver four ‘green social prescribing’ pilots a bid to help the communities hardest hit by COVID-19.
Activities such as walking,...
UK charity receives £27m funding to help 10,000 people with mental health
UK mental health charity Think Ahead has received £27m of funding from the UK Government to expand its health social work graduate programme.
The funding...
Government announces plan to protect care homes over winter
The UK Government has announced a new adult social care winter plan that aims to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections across care homes...
UK hospital to receive funding for digital prescribing
Seven hospital trusts will receive funding to introduce digital records and e-prescribing to benefit healthcare staff and patients.
The trusts will receive a share of...
Care providers to receive extra £546m for winter infection control
The government has announced that care providers across the UK will receive an extra £546m in infection control funding in order to protect residents...
Groundbreaking UK health projects receive government funding
A number of groundbreaking health projects have received £32m in government funding to help transform NHS healthcare delivery.
The new projects that will be receiving...
Sheffield care home sector receives continued financial support
Care homes in Sheffield, UK, under the most financial pressure will continue to receive financial support from Sheffield City Council.
Sheffield City Council has shared...
COVAX initiative: the COVID-19 vaccine Global Access Facility
Countries across the world are engaging in discussions to participate in COVAX, a global initiative working with vaccine manufacturers to provide countries with access...
BAME and deprived communities receive healthy start funding
A new, multi million pound funding package will benefit BAME and deprived communities to help give babies the best chance at a healthy start...
UK to boost national testing for new COVID-19 insights
The UK will be expanding national testing for COVID-19 in the general population in order to provide extensive, weekly data on the spread of...
£5m to tackle loneliness, improve wellbeing and recovery from COVID-19
Funding of £5m has been awarded to The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) to help maintain people's health and wellbeing following the COVID-19...
COVID-19 projects to receive €128m in EU funding
The European Commission is to support 23 new COVID-19 health and research projects with €128m of funding.
The COVID-19 funding, which is being made available...
UK Government announces funding package to prepare NHS for winter
The UK Government has announced a funding package of £300m which will be allocated to 117 NHS Trusts to upgrade A&E facilities in time...
Welsh NHS receives £800m in preparation for second COVID-19 wave
Welsh Ministers have announced a new stabilisation package of £800m that will help support preparations for a second wave of COVID-19.
The new fund will...
Scotland secures an extra £50m social care funding for COVID-19
The Scottish social care sector has secured an extra £50m in funding to help with COVID-19 related costs.
An agreement between Convention of Scottish Local...
Regular COVID-19 testing in care homes to be rolled out this week
The UK Government is to roll out regular COVID-19 testing for care home staff and residents this week.
Care home staff will be tested weekly,...
Horizon Europe to boost health innovation for vulnerable populations
A budget €100bn is being proposed for Horizon Europe, with funds allocated for health support for vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, very young,...
