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Our blogs highlight the voices of people working across the health and social care sector, talking about a range of timely issues.

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- 11 February 2021
We need to talk about race
Dr Rebecca Steinfeld
Now could not be a more pressing time to discuss the issue of health inequity, the focus of our conference How Can We Dismantle Health Together – National Voices’ conference to realise the power of the voluntary sector (Mar 2, 9, 16, 23). COVID-19 has made pre-existing health inequities starker, and generated fresh injustice. The stakes could not be higher, yet the barriers to change are also significant and complex – nowhere more so than in the area of racial inequality.
- How Can We Dismantle Health Inequity Together?
- Be The Change
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- 26 November 2020
What digital asks should now be on the NHS wish list?
Dr Rebecca Steinfeld
National Voices Head of Policy Rebecca Steinfeld recently spoke at the NHS Confederation’s Reset Conference and was asked what, as National Voices Head of Policy, her digital ‘asks’ would be. This blog is based on her response.
- The Doctor will Zoom You Now
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- 11 November 2020
The power of hearing directly from patients – a student perspective
Anya de Iongh
Reflections of an OT student on the value of the narratives on OurCovidVoices in helping link theory to practice.
- What We Need Now
- Lived experience
- COVID-19
- 6 October 2020
Peer support during a pandemic – key learnings
Kate Jopling
On 15 September National Voices held a webinar in partnership with Mind, Get Up Set Up, NSUN, Bipolar UK and Together for Mental Wellbeing, to think about what has been learned about the provision of peer support through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this blog, National Voices Associate Kate Jopling reflects on some of the key themes.
- Online Peer Support
- COVID-19
- Person-centred care
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
- 21 September 2020
Lessons from the first wave of COVID – new report
Dr Rebecca Steinfeld
WHAT WE NEED NOW: What matters to people for health and care during COVID and beyond – new National Voices I Statements 2020
- What We Need Now
- I statements
- COVID-19
- Lived experience
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- 9 September 2020
Getting social prescribing right: a win-win for people and the NHS
Dr Charlotte Augst
Today’s launch of our new report – Rolling out social prescribing: Understanding the experience of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector – is the result of months of engagement with the wider community and charity sector.
- Living well in our communities: Progress on social prescribing
- COVID-19
- Person-centred care
- 3 September 2020
National Voices Autumn programme: it’s time to Rebuild For All
Dr Charlotte Augst
Charlotte sets out what we have planned ahead for our Autumn programme: Rebuild For All.
- Living well in our communities: Progress on social prescribing
- What We Need Now
- I statements
- COVID-19
- Person-centred care
- 7 August 2020
Impact of having an Intensive Care Unit admission with severe COVID-19
Christina Jones
Recently discharged Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Covid-19 patients often need support in their physical rehabilitation and in coping with the trauma of their experience. Christina Jones, Research Manager at ICUsteps explains the work they have been doing with recently discharged ICU patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- COVID-19
- 16 July 2020
Three strategic issues with social prescribing roll out
Christiana Melam
To enable social prescribing to flourish, Link Workers need to be set up to succeed. Christiana Melam from National Association of Link Workers (NALW) explores the issues which need to be addressed to enable Social Prescribing flourish.
- Person-centred care
- 14 May 2020
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting people from LGBTQ+ communities?
Harri Weeks
LGBTQ+ people have always faced stark health inequalities, and it’s no surprise that these are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Harri Weeks, Stakeholder Engagement Manager for The National LGB&T Partnership explains more about the impact of the virus and lockdown on both LGBTQ+ individuals and the sector that aims to support them.
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities