National Voices responds to the announcement that local plans to reduce hospital beds will only be supported if the plans meet a new test that ensures patients will continue to receive high quality care.
We’re excited to introduce Wellbeing Our Way’s new organisational timebank.
Wellbeing Our Way’s timebank is an opportunity to share your skills with others and receive their help in return. Every contribution is equal – one hour shared...
National Voices responds to a new report from the King’s Fund which calls on the Government to be prepared to back radical changes to health services being proposed in Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs).
Commenting on the report, Jeremy Taylor, chief executive of National Voices, the coalition of health and care charities, said:
More than 70% of the NHS budget is spent on people with at least one long-term condition. This is a severe challenge to a system
On 24 January, our Greater Manchester peer support and supported self-management communities of practice met together to further explore their previously developed priorities, receive updates, share challenges, develop solutions, and network.
We had two guest speakers, Mike Wild, CEO, Macc and Ruth Rosselson, Resilience Co-ordinator, Manchester Mind. Mike provided an update on Devo Manc and how the process has worked with the voluntary and community sector (VCS) so far. He also included a ‘call to action’ for the VCS...
25 January was National Voices' Annual Conference 2017. Many thanks to everybody who attended the conference and made it such a positive day. We'd be very grateful for your feedback; please take the feedback survey to let us know...
National Voices' Annual Conference 2017 was held on 25 January.
Natalie Koussa (Programme Lead) and Emma Baylin (Regional Coordinator) gave participants an opportunity to learn more about the Wellbeing Our Way approach, including its impact to date.
Wellbeing Our Way, in partnership with the south Manchester system leadership programme, hosted an introduction to Systems Leadership for National Voices members, members of Wellbeing Our Way's communities of practice and those involved in the south Manchester initiative. The masterclass introduced research and best practice from around the country – practical lessons in what works and what doesn’t.
What is systems leadership?
Systems Leadership is about how you lead across boundaries – departmental, organisational or across sectors/sectoral. It describes the way people need to behave when they face large, complex, and seemingly intractable problems....
