Consultation responses
National Voices responds to relevant consultations from the Department of Health, other government departments, health professional organisations and others.
Below are details of our submissions since May 2010.
NICE Guidance and Quality Standard on patient experience (generic)
National Voices submission July 2011 included proposals for greater clarity on the roles of health literacy interventions, self management education and shared decision making in improving patients' experience of healthcare; and for the inclusion of additional indicators to correct a perceived bias towards hospital care.
NHS Future Forum (1)
9 big shouts May 2011 summarised all the positions taken by National Voices, its members, and other charities on the White Paper proposals and the Health and Social Care Bill 2011; and proposed specific improvements, many of which were addressed in the Future Forum's report and the government's response.
Health and Social Care Bill 2011
Links to our parliamentary evidence and briefings on the Bill are on our Bill page.
Value based pricing of prescription medicines
Submission to DH expressed significant doubts about the timescale and unanswered questions relating to this proposed new way of pricing drugs.
See also the views of National Voices member, the Specialised Healthcare Alliance.
Health select committee: inquiry into complaints and litigation
Select committee report 30 June 2011, citing the evidence of National Voices and its member, AvMA, proposed new mechanisms to ensure the NHS is candid to patients and their families when mistakes are made; and called for further improvements to the complaints system.
National Voices written evidence
White Paper: Liberating the NHS
Links to our submissions and various government consultations are on our White Paper page.
