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- News
- 3 July 2025
National Voices reacts to the 10 Year Plan for the NHS
National Voices responds to the newly published 10 Year Plan with initial reflections on the plan, including on the NHS’s evolving strategy around patient voice and tackling health inequalities.
- I statements
- Health inequalities
- Communication and administration
- Person-centred care
- Blog
- 30 June 2025
The new 10 Year Plan: Our hopes and expectations
Expectations for this week’s 10 Year Health Plan are sky-high. In October 2024, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting launched “the biggest ever national conversation” on the NHS. Charities like ours went out far and wide to talk to our communities, bringing the voices of lived experience and professionals into the conversation.
- Person-centred care
- Lived experience
- Health inequalities
- Blog
- 26 June 2025
How improving transport support could help us address health inequalities
Sharon Brennan and William Pett unpack the value of patient transport in breaking down access barriers and makes the case for changes.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care