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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- 24 October 2024
Celebrating Black History Month
Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN)
As Black History Month (BHM) 2024 unfolds, the Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) leads the charge in promoting health equity and addressing systemic inequalities that disproportionately affect Black communities in the UK.
- Health inequalities
- 25 September 2024
Supporting integrated care systems to work in partnership with people and communities
Robyn Chappell
Robyn Chappell, Lived Experience Advisor, reflects on her experience co-chairing the Expert Advisory Group for a project with CQC and the Point of Care Foundation, funded by the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, which is developing an engagement and health inequalities improvement framework for ICSs.
- Integrated care
- Lived experience
- Health inequalities
- 17 September 2024
World Patient Safety Day 2024: a focus on reducing diagnostic error
Helen Hughes
Helen Hughes, Chief Executive of the charity Patient Safety Learning, tells us more about World Patient Safety Day 2024 and why this year’s theme of ‘Improving diagnosis for patient safety’’ is so important.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- 10 September 2024
Celebrating Recovery: International Recovery Month
Maddie Kitchen FRSA
In this blog, Maddie Kitchen FRSA, Director of Sobriety Films UK, National Voices’ new member, shares the importance of International Recovery Month. She explores how film presents an opportunity for individuals with lived experience to shine a light on the stigma, pain, and challenges of addiction, but also the resilience, strength, and hope that recovery brings.
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- 30 August 2024
Darzi’s diagnosis might be missing a trick
Jacob Lant
In mid-August, National Voices brought together a large group of members to discuss the progress of Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the performance of the health service in England. In this blog, Jacob Lant, Chief Executive of National Voices, reflects on his experience of contributing to the review so far, and on the conversation held with members.
- Health inequalities
- Hospital waiting lists
- Digital health and care
- Communication and administration
- 14 August 2024
Have we lost sight of long-term conditions?
Becky Haines and Lindsay Oliver
Becky Haines, GP at Glenpark Medical Centre and GP Advisor for NHS Year of Care Partnerships, and Lindsay Oliver, National Director of NHS Year of Care Partnerships, explore whether the system is losing sight of long-term condition management, particularly in terms of proactive planned care, and share what we can do about this.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- 6 August 2024
Encouraging everyone to give feedback on care
Sheena Campbell
Understanding lived experience is crucial to improving care and tackling health inequalities. But how do we encourage everyone to share their experiences of care and what insights can we hope to gain?
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- 24 June 2024
Where do we go next? Discussions on digital innovation and health inequalities at NHS ConfedExpo
Lucy Seymour
Artificial intelligence (AI), digital innovation, and data played a starring role during this year’s NHS ConfedExpo. But how do these factors sit within both National Voices’, and our members’, values and calls to the next government?
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- 19 June 2024
Equity starts with accessibility
Eamonn Dunne
Working together for health service equity for blind and partially sighted people.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Lived experience
- 11 June 2024
The Unseen Heroes: The Role of Unpaid Carers
Alvyi Samuels
To mark Carers Week 2024, Alv, who is an unpaid carer for his husband, one of National Voices’ Lived Experience Partners, has written about his lived experience and why carers are so important to our society.
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- Communication and administration