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Today, Jacob Lant, formerly Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Research and Insight at Healthwatch has joined the National Voices team as Chief Executive.

National Voices have published a joint statement, supported by 85 patient charities and professional bodies, calling on the Government to commit to a comprehensive and fully-resourced response to the serious challenges faced by the NHS and social care workforce, which continue to badly impact the experiences of people accessing health and care.

Members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance have launched a new resource, ‘Tackling the cost of living crisis and impacts on health and wellbeing: Key actions health and care policy makers, commissioners and provider organisations can take’.

The National Voices Board of Trustees have appointed Jacob Lant as Chief Executive of National Voices from the beginning of May.

Members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance have launched a new resource, ‘Tackling inequality and disadvantage: Key actions policy makers, commissioners and provider organisations can take when developing an approach with a digital component’.

Sarah Sweeney, Interim Chief Executive of National Voices, responds to the announcement of a Major Conditions Strategy.

National Voices has launched their annual report for 2021-22. Our aim during this time was to amplify how the pandemic and underlying service shortages continue to impact people who need health and care services. Our focus was on elective recovery, primary care access, the need for ongoing conditions care, mental health and on Long Covid.

From 17-21 October 2022, National Voices has been given the exciting opportunity to ‘take over’ the Health Service Journal (HSJ). National Voices’ key aim is to bring new voices, experiences and opinions to HSJ’s readers.

Charlotte Augst, CEO of National Voices is due to depart at the end of October 2022 after three and a half years. The National Voices Board of Trustees have announced that Sarah Sweeney, who joined National Voices in January 2022 as Head of Policy in a maternity cover role, has been appointed as Interim CEO.

The National Voices Board of Trustees is sad to announce that our CEO, Dr Charlotte Augst, will be stepping down from her role towards the end of October.