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Thanks to everyone who re-subscribed to our newsletter, and welcome to our new subscribers. As always, below you’ll find loads of ways to improve health and care, particularly for LGBTQ people. Please let us know if you have anything you’d like us to share with our readers, and please pass on this newsletter to colleagues who may be interested, and let them know they can sign up here.

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We’re spending time at the moment planning for the coming year’s various projects, which we look forward to your involvement in. While we wait for confirmation of funding to come in, here’s some news from our colleagues:
 
NHS Digital national data opt-out programme
A national data opt-out is being introduced from 25 May 2018 to coincide with the new General Data Protection Regulations (EU). The NHS is communicating to patients, the public and workforce about the national data opt-out choice and how the collection and appropriate use of patient data contributes to improving health and care outcomes. For more information visit NHS Digital's website or subscribe to the national data opt-out mailing list.
 
Keep informed with the work of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance
The National LGB&T Partnership is a member of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance. We encourage you and the VCSE organisations you work with to sign up to the monthly edition of the Department of Health’s voluntary sector team’s newsletter. They can be added by emailing HWAlliance@dh.gsi.gov.uk. The newsletter includes updates on the work of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance and news from the DH, NHS England and Public Health England.

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  1. Men’s voices in reproductive and sexual health healthcare
The Health Improvement Directorate in PHE are conducting a national survey entitled ‘Men’s voice’s’. The purpose of the survey is to better understand men’s experiences, preferences, attitudes and needs for reproductive and sexual health healthcare. The survey covers topics such as contraception, reproductive health symptoms (like erectile dysfunction), fatherhood, fertility, sexual health, body image, sexual enjoyment and relationships. The survey is open to men in England aged 16+.
The team carrying out the survey are particularly keen to get more responses from ‘middle’ age and older men and to hear from people from ethnic minorities
The survey can be found here: https://snapsurvey.phe.org.uk/snapwebhost/s.asp?k=152337649877
 
  1. Join the ‘what matters to you’ conversation
‘What matters to you’ day on 6 June 2018 aims to encourage and support more meaningful conversations between people who provide health and social care and the people who receive that care. It also provides the opportunity to raise the profile of person-centred conversations. Or, if you’re already working in this way, an opportunity to celebrate the positive impact that this has on the lives of people you care for. You can register and order resources on NHSE’s website. Please email england.wmty@nhs.uk with any enquiries, or join the twitter conversation by using #WMTY2018
 
  1. Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard LGBTQ+ Survey into memory loss and dementia
Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard is reaching out to learn about the experiences of LGBTQ people affected by dementia or concerned about memory loss, to inform how services can better support our community. As part of this work, they have launched a survey for LGBTQ people affected by dementia or memory loss.
This survey is open to LGBTQ people of any age in Brighton & Hove and Sussex who are affected by dementia or memory loss – including partners, friends and family members who provide care and support. The deadline to complete the survey is midnight on Monday 4th June.
 
  1. Shaping the future of the community mental health services pathway & the Care Programme Approach
Do you work with individuals who have used Community Mental Health Services? Did the care coordination & planning meet their needs? Could digital play a bigger role? Another important NHS England survey, to feed into the development of national policy work around community mental health services better understand what people, and underrepresented groups specifically, want from the process of care coordination and care planning. They're looking to receive responses until end-June.
 
  1. Register to become a stakeholder in one of NHS England’s clinical reference groups
Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) are an integral part of bringing together groups of clinicians, commissioners, public health experts, patients and carers. They use their specific knowledge and expertise to advise NHS England on the best ways that specialised services should be provided.
Registration is open for all stakeholders, including patients, carers, service users, members of the public, clinical staff, provider organisations working in specialised services and voluntary sector partners.
On registration you will be asked to tell us about yourself and your interest areas. This information will be held by the specialised services team and will not be used for any other purpose. If you have a disability or for any reason have difficulty in registering as a stakeholder online, or if you would like your details removed from the stakeholder register, please contact the membership team at england.voice-crg@nhs.net.
 
  1. Nursing Associate consultation – your views needed
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is currently consulting on the standards and requirements for a new nursing profession called Nursing Associates. They would like to hear your views on what skills and knowledge you think this new support role should have to be able to deliver safe and effective care for you and your family.
Find out more and take part in the consultation (closes 2nd July).
 
  1. Launch of personal health budget and integrated personal budget consultation
The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have launched a consultation on extending the legal rights to have a personal health budget or integrated personal budget. The consultation runs until 8 June 2018. Following the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s speech on social care reform last month, the consultation seeks views on extending rights to a range of people, including those with social care and health needs, people accessing mental health services, and armed forces personnel who are leaving services and eligible for ongoing NHS care.
 
  1. LGBT+ Sex and Lifestyles Survey
Researchers at LJMU are looking for LGBT+ people, or anyone who has sex with someone of the same gender, to take part in their anonymous survey, researching the sex and lifestyles of LGBT+ people.
The survey will take around 15 minutes to complete and there is the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher, or one of two runner up prizes of £25.
 
  1. Online consultations: an alternative way to have a consultation from your GP – surveys now open for your views
Online Consultations are a way for patients to contact their GP practice without having to wait on the phone or take time out to come into the practice. Using a smartphone, tablet or computer, you can contact your practice about a new problem or an ongoing issue. You can ask questions or tell your GP about your symptoms. The practice will ensure your contact is dealt with by the right person in the team, helping ensure you are served as quickly and appropriately as possible. Sometimes this will mean you will need a phone call with the GP or nurse, or an appointment at the practice, and this will be arranged as usual.
Lots of people are already using practice websites to make an appointment, get test results, order a repeat prescription or to view their summary records, so this is a simply a further service being made available to current systems.
NHSE want to find out what you think about using online consultation with your GP practice (not about hospital appointments).
This short survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete and is open from Tuesday 08 May and closes on Friday 15 June 2018.
You can find out much more about the programme on the NHS England website – including a link to an online survey to share your views www.england.nhs.uk/ocsf/
For more details about this research project, email england.onlineconsultation@nhs.net.
 
  1. Institute of Fundraising Diversity Access Fund
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) has announced a Diversity Access Fund for this year’s Fundraising Convention. This will enable people working or volunteering in fundraising to apply for bursaries to attend, covering both ticket prices and travel or accommodation costs.
The IoF is dedicated to increasing the diversity of the fundraising profession and the Diversity Access Fund is designed to enable a wider diversity of fundraisers to attend this important event. You have until 8 June to apply for the fund and you can find more details here.
 
  1. The Big 7Tea
The NHS is turning 70 on 5 July 2018. It’s the perfect opportunity to celebrate one of the
nation’s most loved institutions, and what better way to celebrate than with a cup of tea?
But this will be more than just a regular cuppa. The Big 7 Tea will bring the nation together
to celebrate. It will be the moment where everyone can get involved in the 70th celebrations
by sharing a welcome cup and their stories of thanks, while raising some money for one of
over 250 dedicated NHS charities.

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  1. Commissioner perspectives on working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
The King's Fund was commissioned by the Department of Health to conduct research that would explore how and why clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities chose to engage with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This report first sets out the methodology which was used and then presents our findings on the factors that underpin the adoption of different approaches. The report discusses how commissioners' perceptions of their own strategic role, as well as their views on what role the VCSE sector plays in the local area, appear to exert a strong influence on commissioning decisions.
 
  1. The Government’s green paper on mental health: failing a generation
This report, written by the Education Select Committee, argues that the Government's proposed green paper on children and young people's mental health lacks ambition and will provide no help to the majority of those children who need it.
 
  1. Going the distance: exercise professionals in the wider public health workforce
This report, written by the RSPH with ukactive, explores how fitness professionals can play an enhanced role in supporting the public’s health. It calls for GP drop-in and smoking cessation services inside gyms and leisure centres to help ease pressure on local health facilities and improve access to health improvement services.
 
  1. TGEU Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2018
TGEU has launched its Trans Rights Europe Map & Index 2018. You can download the Trans Rights Europe Map & Index: https://tgeu.org/trans-rights-map-2018/
Read their media release online: https://tgeu.org/press-release-trans-rights-map-2018/
 
  1. Promoting health and preventing premature mortality in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups
This quality standard aims to support public authorities in considering their equality duty when designing, planning and delivering services. It draws attention to some of the specific areas of inequality for people from black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups, such as increased health risks, poor access to and experience of services, and worse health outcomes.
 

 
 

Tell us about your upcoming resources

Colleagues in government have just asked us what publications our partners have coming out in the next few months. If you work in the LGBT Voluntary & Community Sector & have work coming out soon, let us know & we'll pass it on (& profile it in our newsletter when you publish).

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Jobs and volunteering opportunities
 
NICE committee recruitment
NICE are looking for experts to join their Public Health Advisory Committees to develop guidelines on interventions and services. They need both lay members (people using services, family members and carers, and members of the public and community or voluntary sector) and people with a professional or practitioner background in the topic.
More details can be found on the NICE website.
 
Paid roles
The LGBT Consortium website has a page dedicated to jobs in the sector
 
Voluntary roles
There are currently a significant number of voluntary opportunities also outlined on the LGBT Consortium page dedicated to jobs in the sector
 
If you would like to advertise a vacancy relevant to LGBT Health and Care in our newsletter please email: nationalgbtpartnership@gmail.com

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  1. Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund
The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping vulnerable young people (aged 14-25). The Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside.  There is no deadline to apply.
  1. Transform Foundation Website grant programme
This programme can cover the upfront costs of a new charity-specific website including strategy, design, development and training. The Website Grant is aimed at small to medium-sized charities and other not for profit organisations with a social mission. The grant is most suitable for non-profits with an income between £500,000 and £20 million. Applications can currently be made on a rolling basis.
  1. Barchester Healthcare Foundation
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to small local groups / charities to improve the quality of life for older people as well as adults with a physical or mental disability, where health and/or social care needs cannot be met by the statutory public sector or by the individual. This year their focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Apply anytime.
  1. The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust makes grants to smaller community-led groups that support people at the margins of society. They are particularly interested in encouraging inclusion, integration and independence and support work that develops social connections and relationships. Grants are commonly used for core funding (salaries, running costs and overheads), but can also be used for project costs, capital grants and funding to strengthen an organisation. The Trust has no deadlines and first stage applications can be made at any time.
  1. The ACT Foundation
The ACT Foundation provides grants to charities in the UK, with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for people in need, specifically the mentally and physically disabled and older people. ACT gives large and small donations to charities depending on the project and available funds. Their current focus is on transformational change. Applications are accepted year round.

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  1. Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships/Integrated Care Systems and the Voluntary Sector – A NHS England webinar
7th June, 10.30-11.30am, Webinar
The webinar will explain the current state of play of sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems. It will look at how NHS England has been working with the Health and Wellbeing Alliance and other organisations to support VCSE engagement in system change.
To register your interest in this webinar and receive log in details, please e-mail england.voluntarypartnerships@nhs.net with STP webinar in the subject header.
 
  1. 2018 International Health Congress
28th – 30th June 2018, Oxford
This Oxford-based conference series seeks to bring together researchers who aim to promote health and wellbeing through improved health services in Europe and around the world.
 
  1. Social Prescribing – an update from NHS England
11th July, 10-11am, Webinar
This is your opportunity to hear more from the NHS England team who work on Social Prescribing, the developments in the programme over the recent year and hear about the aspirations for the future.There will also be the opportunity to hear from a VCSE partner on the way that they are involved in social prescribing and some of the benefits that have been seen by patients.
Register your interest and access details to log on by e-mailing england.voluntarypartnerships@nhs.net with ‘social prescribing webinar’ in the subject header.
 
  1. EXPO 2018
5th-6th September 2018, Manchester
Registration for Expo 2018 opened on 1 March, with complimentary tickets available for NHS, local government and other public sector employees (please email us for details. A range of ticketing options will be available to delegates from other sectors, with discounted early-bird rates.
 
  1. Understanding the Health and Social Care Environment – accredited training available for NHS volunteers
The course is for NHS volunteers who are interested in understanding the health and social care environment. This 12-week course helps participants recognise key stakeholders in the health and social care environment and understand how to influence them.
There are two rounds of the course starting on 26th June 2018 and 4th September 2018. The course ends with a full day of assessed presentations accordingly on 18th September 2018 (for the course starting on the 26th June) or on 27th November 2018 (for the course starting on the 04th September) and will run between 9.00am to 5.00pm.
More information about the course and how to apply can be found on the Involvement Hub or by email england.ppve-learning@nhs.net.
The deadline for applications is 30th May 2018.
 
  1. Gypsy and traveller cultural awareness e-learning course
Friends Families and Travellers (FFT), have produced this cultural awareness course about Gypsies and Travellers, which is essential for anyone working in the public sector and voluntary sector. For example: teachers, police officers, people working in healthcare, and those in housing planning and equality and diversity departments.
 
  1. E-learning – community centred approaches to health
PHE and HEE have produced a new e-Learning for Health programme on community-centred approaches to health improvement:https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/community-centred-approaches-to-health-improvement/
These two new e-learning modules are suitable for practitioners, managers and commissioners who want: an update on evidence and guidance on community-centred approaches to health improvement; and to take a more strategic and planned approach to scaling-up community-centred approaches.
 
  1. Free online course for carers
Caring for adults, a free online course for carers, builds on what people may already know to give a better understanding of the role of carer. It also supports wellbeing by giving some ideas and information about looking after yourself and dealing with stress. If learners complete the course they are awarded with a digital badge, displayable on social media sites such as LinkedIn. Enrol now.
 
  1. Improvement FUNdamentals
Improvement FUNdamentals is a new open online course for people working in health and care. The course covers the principles of quality improvement. It is free and entirely self-paced, meaning participants can complete the course in their own time.

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