Every year on 1 December, communities across the world mark World AIDS Day. In Greater Manchester, the Manchester World AIDS Day Partnership coordinates activities which include awareness-raising activities and events, including a candlelit procession and vigil on 1 December.
Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network (GM AHSN) will be inviting applications to its Technology Innovation Challenge on 1 December 2015. The theme for this Technology Innovation Challenge Call is: Assistive Technologies – Reducing Social Isolation to support recovery, health and wellbeing.
The Health and Wellbeing Service are supporting Self Care Week which starts Monday 16 November. The ebulletin has been sent to the networks of frontline workers across Manchester, sharing information and resources for enabling self-care with the people they work with.
In November 2014, the Department of Health (DH), Public Health England (PHE), and NHS England initiated a review of the role of the VCSE sector in improving health, wellbeing and care outcomes. For more information, visit: http://vcsereview.org.uk/about/
The inspection of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust begins on 3 November.
NHS England has awarded a community grant to Healthy Me Healthy Communities of Manchester who are delivering excellence in patient and public participation.
There’s a report in today’s Manchester Evening News which tells about further massive cuts to mental health services in Manchester and that the Manchester Health and Social Care Trust is expected to close down completely.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/nhs-trust-axed-manchester-crisis-10348427
Lifeline Project have created infographics covering the following topics, and focus on devolution, health and inequality throughout Greater Manchester:
Do you knit? Would you like to learn? Or would you just like to join in for a chat and a cuppa?
The Macmillan ‘Knit and Natter’ group meets every other Tuesday afternoon at the Macmillan Information and Support Centre at North Manchester General Hospital and is open to everyone affected by cancer.
It’s an opportunity to have some fun, learn new skills and support each other in a friendly and relaxed local setting. All materials and refreshments are provided.
The second newsletter of the Living Longer, Living Better programme is now available. Living Longer, Living Better is the Health and Social Care integration strategy for Manchester. The key project is the development of One Team - 12 patch-based integrated health and social care teams. The project is supported by a practitioner design team and the newsletter gives updates on each of the project work-streams.