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The SPACES research team at Oxford Brookes University are inviting women aged 40–65 to take part in a confidential interview study exploring a new alcohol support resource which has been designed for, by, and with mid-life women.

NHS England has launched a new central recruitment website for NHS volunteers, bringing health volunteering opportunities in one place for the first time.

This project, led by Willow McGowan-Crewe, a trainee clinical psychologist at Royal Holloway University, is looking at how mental health difficulties are experienced from the perspectives of people with learning disabilities when they were pregnant or up to two years after they gave birth. It will be exploring how people made sense of their mental health difficulties, what has helped with management and recovery of the mental health difficulties, and different types support that has been available.

An opportunity to take part in a survey that will be instrumental in shaping better services and informing future policy to support patients living with continence issues.

Opportunities to get involved include joining the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Public Panel and joining the GPhC Patient and Public Voice Forum.

An opportunity for members of ethnic minority communities to share their views on mental health services.

An opportunity to help test the National Cancer Patient Experience questionnaire and materials for the 2025 survey to ensure it makes sense and is clearly understood by patients completing it.

An opportunity to share your experience of your hospital stay.

An opportunity to share your thoughts on the Surrey Wheelchair Service.

An opportunity to help shape Marie Curie's research, influence policies and improve end of life care across the UK.

An opportunity to anonymously share your experience of the 999 service.

An opportunity to have your say about cancer care provided by the Royal Surrey Hospital.