National Voices

Making what matters to people matter in health and care

We are the leading coalition of health and social care charities in England.

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- Blog
- 10 November 2025
Working together to develop better patient information for clinical trials: the MAPLE project
How can research trials better reflect the diversity of our communities? Researchers from the University of Bristol, share how they co-produced a new, inclusive patient information leaflet template to make research participation uncomplicated, and more accessible to everyone.
- Our work increasing diversity in clinical trials
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Publication
- 24 October 2025
Experience of follow-up care post hospital discharge
Our latest research with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), explores peoples’ experience of care after leaving hospital.
- Person-centred care
- Health inequalities
- Communication and administration
- Blog
- 16 October 2025
The power of lived experience, and a farewell to National Voices
Sharon Brennan, our Director of Policy and External Affairs, reflects on her last few years at National Voices, the impact of embedding lived experience in policy influencing, and wins she’s pioneered during her tenure.