Blogs

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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- 14 May 2019
The value of small charities
Vicky Thomson
Vicky Thomson, CEO of Lincolnshire based social enterprise Every-One, reflects on the challenges of being one of the ‘little guys’ trying to influence national policy agendas and make local care more person-centred care.
- Lived experience
- 3 May 2019
Putting patients at the heart of artificial intelligence
Simon Gillespie
Simon Gillespie, CEO of the British Heart Foundation knows just how important it is to listen to the voices of patients – that is why the British Heart Foundation has supported the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Heart and Circulatory Diseases’ inquiry into patient perspectives on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
- Digital health and care
- 25 April 2019
Shifting the culture of care
Don Redding
Don Redding, Director of Policy at National Voices, talks about what he’s learned from visiting primary care network sites, and their potential to deliver person-centred, coordinated care in the community.
- Primary care
- Person-centred care
- 23 April 2019
Meaningful engagement: how do you get it right?
Linda Partridge
Patient engagement advocate Linda Partridge shares her insight into what makes engagement and involvement with parents successful.
- Lived experience
- 17 April 2019
What matters for people with mental health problems?
Ben Collins
Ben Collins, Projects Director at The King’s Fund, argues that healthcare professionals need to focus on the individual, not just the condition when it comes to mental health.
- Person-centred care
- 8 April 2019
Catering with care
Heather Russell
In this blog post, Heather Russell explains the benefits of vegan-friendly catering in relation to person-centred care, nutrition, inclusivity and sustainability. After training to be a dietitian, Heather worked in the NHS from 2010 to 2016. She is now using her dietetic skills to support the work of The Vegan Society.
- Person-centred care
- 25 March 2019
Shared decision making is about communication, not coercion
Hannah Chalmers
Hannah Chalmers, Policy and Public Affairs Lead at National Voices, talks about why shared decision making must be a respectful and compassionate meeting of two equals – not just a way of getting patients to do what a doctor wants.
- Person-centred care
- Communication and administration
- 19 March 2019
Supporting a person in an unfamiliar place
Claire Daley
This is the fifth blog in a series on how National Voices members are enabling person-centred care. Claire Daley of Alzheimer’s Society talks about the simple ‘This is me’ resource that enables health and social care professionals to better understand who a person really is.
- Person-centred care
- 12 March 2019
Allies not adversaries
Sylvia Targett
Sylvia Targett, Bevan Advocate and Advocacy and Information Officer at Age Cymru Gwynedd and Mon, talks about the vital role of advocates and how the NHS can better engage with the third sector.
- Person-centred care
- 28 February 2019
Rhetoric and reality – that gap again
Jeremy Taylor
National Voices’ outgoing Chief Executive Jeremy Taylor looks back on how the health policy landscape has changed in the last decade and some of the challenges that lie ahead.
- Person-centred care
- Lived experience