Publications

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- 17 January 2023
Working with the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector
At our 2022 conference on working with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), which brought together over 310 people from across National Voices’ membership and beyond we asked participants for their advice for ICS leaders around building effective working relationships with the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.
- National Voices’ Conference on ICSs
- Integrated care
- 11 January 2023
A summary of discussions in National Voices’ roundtable on the future of community pharmacy on behalf of the National Pharmacy Association
On Wednesday 12 October 2022, National Voices convened a group of its members and lived experience partners on behalf of the National Pharmacy Association to discuss the future role of community pharmacy within primary care and more widely. The National Pharmacy Association is the representative voice of independent community pharmacies across the UK and a leading provider of services to the entire sector.
- Primary care
- Lived experience
- 9 January 2023
National Voices’ response to the Hewitt Review call for evidence
13 December 2022 saw the launch of the call for evidence of the Hewitt Review. Our response highlights the importance of engaging with the voluntary sector and people with lived experience.
- Person-centred care
- Lived experience
- Integrated care
- Health inequalities
- 5 January 2023
Working with Integrated Care Systems: issues for national charities
On 17 October 2022, National Voices in partnership with NAVCA and supported by the NHS England Voluntary Partnerships team, convened a range of stakeholders to discuss how to better support national charities to work with Integrated Care Systems.
- Integrated care
- 18 November 2022
Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, as we prepare for one of the toughest winters in NHS history
On 11 November, National Voices wrote to Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to congratulate him on his re-appointment and to share our insights and concerns ahead of what is predicted to be one of the toughest winters in NHS history.
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- Hospital waiting lists
- Primary care
- 14 November 2022
Joint letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Statement
On November 14, in the context of the upcoming Autumn Statement, National Voices sent a joint letter to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer to highlight the impact of the ongoing cost of living crisis on people living with ill health and disability and to reaffirm the importance of a fully funded health and care system. This letter was signed and endorsed by 63 organisations.
- Health inequalities
- 22 September 2022
Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding ‘Our Plan for Patients’
Following Thérèse Coffey’s announcements regarding ‘Our Plan for Patients’, Charlotte Augst has written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting the importance of championing choice and personalisation throughout health and social care, recognising the need to move towards more joined up care, and to ensure that everyone receives communications from primary care services in a way that suits them.
- Person-centred care
- 31 August 2022
Carers’ experiences of remote care and support models: learning from the pandemic
Over the past two years, we have seen a rapid shift to digital healthcare and a shift within the voluntary sector to using digital support models. Carers’ experiences of remote care and support models: learning from the pandemic reflects on how these changes have impacted upon carers.
- Carers’ experiences of remote care and support models
- Communication and administration
- Health inequalities
- Digital health and care
- COVID-19
- 28 July 2022
National Voices’ Long Covid Project: Learning and Reflection Report
National Voices’ Long Covid Project: Learning and Reflection Report, produced in partnership with PPL, reflects on National Voices’ Long Covid Project.
- Long Covid Project
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- 20 July 2022
National Voices’ response to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Discussion Paper
In this evidence submission, National Voices welcomes the opportunity to input into the proposed 10-Year Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan.
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience