Staff
Laura Bell
Laura works on various aspects of external communications and member engagement. Amongst other things, Laura leads on newsletters, social media, digital design and content for the National Voices website. Prior to this, Laura was the Digital Content and Marketing Manager at the Health Bloggers Community and led on content and social media strategy, events organisation and community engagement. She has also held several positions within community and educational environments working with young people.
Jess Brayne
Jess is the Membership and Events Manager for National Voices. She is responsible for shaping and implementing National Voices’ membership strategy, ensuring high levels of member engagement in National Voices’ work, recruiting new members, and leading a varied and active programme of events. Prior to joining National Voices Jess worked for various charities, holding membership roles at Equality Challenge Unit and Design Business Association. Outside of work Jess is a Labour Councillor in the London Borough of Barnet and lead spokesperson for Barnet Labour on the Adults and Safeguarding Committee.
Hannah Chalmers
Hannah is Policy and Public Affairs lead and works with our members on a selection of strategic projects promoting person-centred care. Prior to joining National Voices, Hannah worked for Muscular Dystrophy UK in a policy role that included working directly alongside patients, health professionals and NHS commissioners to identify and resolve gaps in specialist care. She worked at local, regional, national and international levels with renowned experts in rare muscle diseases. Hannah also worked for an MP prior to and throughout the 2015 General Election campaign and has worked in a range of other policy, campaigning, and advocacy based roles in the third sector.
Pia Charles
Pia has worked for the organisation since 2004 when it was still the Long-term Conditions Alliance. She balances giving PA support to an extremely busy chief executive with supporting the National Voices’ team with administration support. This includes involvement in finance, membership, purchasing, events, diary management and day to day troubleshooting.
Andrew McCracken
Andrew McCracken is Head of Communications at National Voices and leads on external communications and membership for the organisation. Prior to joining National Voices, Andrew was Head of PR and Communications at London South Bank University. He previously led the Public Affairs function at the Royal College of Physicians and has held a number of communications positions within the NHS.
Don Redding
Don Redding is Director of Policy and Partnerships for National Voices. He is responsible for our strategy to influence national, regional and local health and care bodies, working with a mandate from our members. He also develops our partnerships with the networks and organisations best placed to develop person-centred care to the next stage.
Don is a recognised thought leader on person-centred and community-based approaches to health and wellbeing, and has led our work defining and promoting coordinated care as a response to the national priority of ‘integration’. He has a strong interest in the future of primary care; and in the implications of ‘multimorbidities’ becoming the norm among people using NHS services. Don is a former journalist and previously worked at Picker Institute Europe.
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor is chief executive of National Voices, the national coalition of health and care charities for England. Jeremy acts as a representative, expert advisor, writer, commentator and speaker on issues that National Voices champions, especially person centred care, and patient and public engagement.