The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced that mental health services in the UK will receive a £2bn funding boost during his budget proposal on Monday 29th October. The funding is expected to come into fruition in 2019-20 and be used to provide 24/7 mental health support in
Read more →It started with a casual conversation On a Saturday few weeks ago, I attended an evening concert at the Bramall Hall where my friend played the double bass for the university’s philharmonic orchestra. During the break, I had a stroll with my friend to find some drinks. He was having
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Health Exchange awarded Health and Wellbeing Fund to deliver 3 year Social Prescribing Programme across Birmingham. Health Exchange are pleased to announce that its proposal to the Department of Health’s VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund has been successful. In partnership with Our Health Partnership, the programme will support GPs to
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Carer’s Week 2018 Carer’s Week is an annual campaign that aims to raise awareness for carers and caring roles, highlight any challenges for carers and recognise the contribution they make to the individual they care for, and society as a whole. Unpaid carers save the government £132 billion per year,
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Casper has been working for Living Well Taking Control since the Diabetes Prevention Programme first launched in St Helen’s in January 2017. He worked with some of the very first participant’s to join a programme in the area, including Cohort 22 (pictured above). Casper’s role is to facilitate the members
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NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme achieving great results in the West Midlands Margaret is one of 2,716 Birmingham, Sandwell & Solihull residents in the region to benefit from the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme; a free personalised tailored service for people at risk of Type 2 diabetes. The programme provides advice on
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We have been undergoing an exciting time of change at Health Exchange as we have said a fond farewell to Graham Beaumont after ten years of service and welcomed in our new CEO, Ron Owttrim. Ron comes to us with plenty of experience after over 20 years working in healthcare
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JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Black Country Coordinator Accountable to: Chief Operations Officer Responsible to: Operations Manager Location: Black Country Hub Salary: £21,000 per annum Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours Closing date: Wednesday 7th March Throughout the West Midlands Health Exchange CIC deliver Health and Wellbeing services
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New Job Opportunity: Research Intern
1 Year Internship Project Summary USE-IT! is a UIA project funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The project’s aim is to address poverty and underemployment that has led to increased social, economic and environmental isolation in Birmingham and Sandwell’s most deprived wards: Ladywood, Soho and Sandwell. The aim of
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