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Help to End the Care Crisis

National Voices is encouraging people to call on the government to end the current crisis in social care. You can join in by clicking here.

This call to action, which asks the government to use the Spending Review to end the crisis, is organised by the Care & Support Alliance, of which National Voices is a member.

1 April NHS Changes - Hopes & Fears

The reorganisation of the NHS in England has been launched. Will it be better for patients or worse? What are the hopes and fears of patient organisations? Here is National Voices’ round up of the key issues. 

Legal Duty to be Honest with Patients

National Voices Comment

Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced there will be a statutory duty of candour – a legal duty to be honest with patients - in his response to the Francis report today.

National Voices’ welcomes the news - Policy Director, Don Redding, says:

“National Voices campaigned with AvMA, the Health Foundation and NALM for a legal duty of candour to be put in last year’s Health & Social Care Act. The government resisted, but Robert Francis listened to all sides of the argument and concluded the time had come.

We Need a Better Way to Rate Care

National Voices’ Comment on Nuffield Trust Review - Rating Providers for Care Quality

National Voices welcomes the findings of the Nuffield Trust Review and calls on the Government to take forward its recommendations in full.

The review, commissioned by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, looks at the way we rate places where people receive care and treatment.  It highlights gaps in information for patients and the public, saying, ‘there is no independent and comprehensive system attempting assessment of the quality of care across all hospitals, GP practices, care homes and other providers’.

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