News from February 2026

The VCFSE Collaborative Coventry & Warwickshire Programme Team have been out and about meeting up with the grant recipients of the winter funding grants from the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care board.

A monthly Pets as Therapy group was developed by Rugby Primary Care Network (PCN) to help people with social challenges.

Our community nursing and therapy teams at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) worked together to carry out a joint assessment in a patient’s home to improve their care.

Kenilworth and Warwick Primary Care Network (PCN) listened to patients and carers across South Warwickshire to understand how to improve hospice and palliative care services.

In October 2025, professionals and partners from across Coventry and Warwickshire came together at Benn Hall, Rugby, for the Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Prevention Network’s Annual Event that focused on improving outcomes for people with co-occurrin

Maternal Circles is a community-based maternity support service in Nuneaton and Bedworth. It supports pregnant women who face additional challenges, such as living in deprived areas, poor mental health, or difficulties accessing services.

Hope Boxes will launch across Coventry and Warwickshire next month to help support mothers and babies who are separated at birth due to safeguarding concerns.

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB and Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB have taken the next major step in their clustering arrangements by appointing a new Joint Executive Team and Joint Board Members, strengthening leadership across both systems.

During Children’s Mental Health Week (9th – 15th February 2026), Toucan, the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, is showcasing the impact of its work for children and young people (CYP) in the region.

Families across Warwickshire are being urged to take an important step to support the health and wellbeing of young people with a learning disability.

The NHS in Coventry and Warwickshire have launched a new medicine waste campaign which is aiming to reduce the number of medicines that are prescribed unnecessarily on repeat prescriptions.

The Rugby Wellbeing Hub has become a model of integrated, compassionate primary care and demonstrates how joined-up community services can transform mental health support.

On Tuesday 20 January, people from across Coventry and Warwickshire met at Old Shire Hall in Warwick for the Sustainable Healthcare and Wellbeing Showcase.