Publications

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- 3 August 2018
Letter to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Brexit
National Voices has sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, regarding the impact of Brexit on patients.
- Health inequalities
- Hospital waiting lists
- Communication and administration
- 25 July 2018
Letter to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock
National Voices sent a letter congratulating Matt Hancock in his new role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. In it, we set out our priorities for the long term NHS plan.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- 19 July 2018
Priorities for the plan
The long term NHS plan and beyond: views from leaders in charities and voice organisations
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Integrated care
- 8 June 2018
Consultation response: Personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets: extending legal rights
The Voluntary Voices partnership – comprised of National Voices, Volunteering Matters and NAVCA – have given feedback on the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England’s consultation on Personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets: extending legal rights.
- Person-centred care
- 7 June 2018
IPC and Personal health budget support and development programme: Learning and next steps
Over a period of two years, National Voices, Volunteering Matters and NAVCA have worked with in nine areas of England to raise awareness of the importance of local voluntary and community organisations in the personalisation of health and care services, particularly their role in enabling people to access and make effective use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).
- Person-centred care
- Health inequalities
- 22 May 2018
Consultation response: Civil society strategy
National Voices has responded to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Civil Society Strategy consultation.
- Person-centred care
- 14 April 2018
Letter to the Health Committee on data-sharing between the Home Office and NHS Digital
National Voices has written a letter to the Health and Social Care Select Committee expressing concern over the memorandum of understanding on data-sharing between the Home Office and NHS Digital.
- Communication and administration
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
- 3 April 2018
Letter to the Prime Minister on a long term plan for the NHS
The Prime Minister recently announced a long term plan for the NHS, acknowledging that the plans must join up with social care and public health.
- Integrated care
- Primary care
- Person-centred care
- 15 March 2018
Joint UK-EU patient organisations letter to Brexit negotiators
Along with ten other organisations representing patients across the UK and Europe, National Voices has signed a letter warning EU negotiators of the risk of drugs getting stuck at borders, regulatory systems for medicines splintering and potential breakthrough research collaborations being forced to stall.
- Primary care
- Health inequalities
- 14 March 2018
National Voices’ response to NHS England’s consultation; ‘Items which are available over-the-counter and should not be routinely prescribed in primary care’
National Voices has responded to NHS England’s consultation on guidance to Clinical Commission Groups on items which are available over-the-counter and they believe should not routinely be prescribed in primary care.
- Health inequalities
- Primary care