Health Literacy Videos
The Consumer Healthcare Training Academy has produced a series of six short videos, featuring Self-Care Forum's Treasurer, Trevor Gore, discussing different aspects of health literacy.The series of 6 short videos…
Kindness and connection key to happiness according to the World Happiness Index
According to the 2025 World Happiness Report, connection and kindness are key to happiness. Strong social connections—with family, friends, and communities—are important drivers of well-being. These relationships offer emotional support,…
Fully engage the public, says health policy expert
In a recent NHS Confederation blog, Professor Sir Chris Ham, former CEO of The King’s Fund, called for revisiting the 2002 Wanless Report to better manage health service demand by…
National Self-Care Week: Engagement at an all time high
This year’s National Self-Care Week saw inspiring local and national activities. While overall participation was lower, engagement was higher, with many organisations opting for week-long programmes of events and activities.…
People need consistent good, understandable health information throughout life, new self-care research revealed during National Self-Care Week
Especially for National Self-Care Week (18 - 24 November), an early deep dive into self-care research by the Self-Care Forum and Imperial College London’s SCARU (Self-Care Academic Research Unit) reveals…
The Self-Care Observatory – the international repository of evidence on how self-care can help benefit people, patients and society
The Self-Care Observatory (SCO) is an online platform dedicated to advancing self-care knowledge and research. The Observatory was officially launched during National Self-Care Week 2024.The Self-Care Observatory was designed to…
It’s National Self-Care Week – what will you do?
This is National Self-Care Week (18 - 24 November 2024). A time when many organisations come together to promote and support self-care practises to help empower people to take better…
Winner of the Self-Care Award Announced Ahead of National Self-Care Week
In the lead-up to National Self-Care Week (18-24 November), the Self-Care Forum’s chair, Helen Donovan announced Circus for Survivors from True You Today Community Interest Company as the winner of…
International Self-Care Observatory
BackgroundAt an international self-care summit arranged by Imperial College London in 2023, it was noted by all that there was no single repository of evidence supporting the study of self-care.…
NHS is in serious trouble, former health minister says
According to Lord Ara Darzi, former health minister, the NHS is in serious trouble, as detailed in his second report published this month (Independent Investigation of the NHS in England). …