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- Blog
- 16 July 2025
The Accessible Information Standard: Towards mandatory equality in practice
The refreshed Accessible Information Standard recognises that real health equity begins with accessible, understandable information and effective communication across NHS services. For many, equitable access has long been a promise; this update is a vital step towards making it a common practice.
- Accessible and inclusive communication within primary care
- Health inequalities
- 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