On 30 March, Wellbeing Our Way - in partnership with the Coalition for Collaborative Care - held a coproduction masterclass.
Through a mixture of presentations, facilitated exercises, group conversations and sharing of real life reflections from people with lived experience, the masterclass provided a practical introduction to coproduction and helped participants start to develop an organisational approach....
A new report has found that financial pressures in the NHS have affected patient care in ways that often go “under the radar”, with community and public health services amongst the hardest hit.
Commenting on the King’s Fund report, 'Understanding NHS financial pressures', Don Redding, Director of Policy at National Voices, the coalition of health and care...
The Chancellor has announced an additional £2bn of funding over the next three years to support the struggling social care system, along with measures to support health and care transformation.
Commenting, Andrew McCracken from National Voices, the coalition of health and...
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...
