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Saving lives, supporting communities: The role of volunteers in ambulance services

Volunteers are involved in providing vital frontline care and support to ambulance services. Helen Gilburt explains how these roles are developing and diversifying to meet the wider needs of the NHS as a whole.

By Helen Gilburt - 30 May 2019

Overcoming the challenges to improve health and wellbeing in care homes

David Oliver considers the role of care homes in the social care sector, and the challenges that need to be tackled while seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of care home residents.

By David Oliver - 21 October 2016

End-of-life care: getting it right for more people, more of the time

David Oliver considers some of the positive steps being made towards improving end-of-life care.

By David Oliver - 18 July 2016

Realising the untapped potential of volunteering in health and care

As we announce the winners of this year's GSK IMPACT Awards, programme manager Lisa Weaks considers the invaluable role that volunteering plays in health and care.

By Lisa Weaks - 18 April 2016

A social movement for health? It’s already here – it’s called volunteering

David Buck looks at what data from the British Social Attitudes survey tells us about the diversity and scale of volunteering in health and care services.

By David Buck - 17 February 2016

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