Health and wellbeing

Promoting good health and wellbeing is a top priority for our members. Together with partners including the NHS, we’re coordinating national efforts to support our members to improve the health of students, staff and local communities.

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3 July 2025 Media releases

Universities UK responds to the government’s 10 Year Health Plan

Responding to the launch of the government's 10 Year Health Plan, Vivienne Stern, Chief Executive of Universities UK said:

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5 June 2025 Data

How are universities delivering the future NHS workforce?

Policy Adviser, Horia Teodorescu looks at the data on the health workforce pipeline, exploring what is required for a future sustainable NHS workforce.

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3 December 2024 Publications

3 December 2024 Publications

NHS 10 year plan consultation

This is a joint response to the NHS 10 Year Plan Consultation from Universities UK (UUK) and GuildHE.
24 June 2024 Publications

24 June 2024 Publications

Enabling student health and success

We have published a report covering the work of our taskforce into tackling supply and demand for drugs in the context of student health and wellbeing.
16 February 2024 Media releases

16 February 2024 Media releases

Huge interest among young people in NHS careers

A major new survey, published today, shows that ambitious plans to recruit thousands of extra healthcare professionals will likely only succeed if greater financial support is offered to students and these careers are made more appealing.
16 February 2024 Explainer

16 February 2024 Explainer

How can we improve access to healthcare careers?

Emma Dodsworth from the Nuffield Trust explains why young people aren’t going into healthcare degrees.
30 October 2023 Publications

30 October 2023 Publications

Universities powering the NHS

Our position paper and case studies on how universities will be central to educating the NHS healthcare workforce of the future.
30 October 2023 Media releases

30 October 2023 Media releases

Education leaders sound warning on future of healthcare

The Government’s ambitious plans to strengthen the NHS can only be achieved if significant changes are made to healthcare education and training now, warns Universities UK (UUK).
30 June 2023 Media releases

30 June 2023 Media releases

President of Universities UK responds to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 2023

Professor Sir Steve West CBE, President of UUK has responded to the release of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.See the full press release from NHS England.
19 April 2023 Parliamentary briefings and submissions

19 April 2023 Parliamentary briefings and submissions

Creating a statutory duty of care for students

This briefing outlines UUK's position on legislating for an additional statutory duty of care for students in higher education. It also highlights our work with members to support the mental health of students and staff across our universities.
21 March 2023 Students

21 March 2023 Students

Violence at university: new survey available for universities

A research partnership led by City, University of London, has developed a survey that can be used to understand students’ experiences of all forms of violence and victimisation while studying at university. The survey is now available for other higher education institutions to use.

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