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Caught in a Maze

Wed, 24 February 2021
Clare Woodford

Clare Woodford, Senior Policy Advisor at Macmillan, highlights the findings of a new report showing that personalised, integrated care is essential for people with long-term health conditions, particularly during the pandemic, and as we plan our way out of it.

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Q&A with Prof Durka Dougall

Mon, 22 February 2021
Prof Durka Dougall

Dr Durka Dougall, Programme Director at The King's Fund, will be speaking on day 4 of the National Voices' conference, How Can We Dismantle Health Inequity Together? 

Ahead of her appearance in the conference, where we will look to the future, she has answered some questions about health inequity.

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How our members are working together to dismantle health inequity

Thu, 18 February 2021
Jess Brayne

Over the last few months I have been leading on the organisation of member workshops for our upcoming conference, How Can We Dismantle Health Inequity Together?

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Thoughts on the White Paper detailing new legislative changes for the NHS

Mon, 15 February 2021
Dr Charlotte Augst

While welcoming the focus the government's White Paper could bring on integration, National Voices CEO Charlotte Augst warns 'the track record of achieving better, more equitable, outcomes for people on the basis of mergers and restructures of national bodies is pitiful'.

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We need to talk about race

Thu, 11 February 2021
Dr Rebecca Steinfeld

Now could not be a more pressing time to discuss the issue of health inequity, the focus of our conference How Can We Dismantle Health Together - National Voices' conference to realise the power of the voluntary sector (Mar 2, 9, 16, 23). COVID-19 has made pre-existing health inequities starker, and generated fresh injustice. The stakes could not be higher, yet the barriers to change are also significant and complex - nowhere more so than in the area of racial inequality. 

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What digital asks should now be on the NHS wish list?

Thu, 26 November 2020
Dr Rebecca Steinfeld

National Voices Head of Policy Rebecca Steinfeld recently spoke at the NHS Confederation's Reset Conference and was asked what, as National Voices Head of Policy, her digital 'asks' would be. This blog is based on her response

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The power of hearing directly from patients – a student perspective

Wed, 11 November 2020
Anya de Iongh

Reflections of an OT student on the value of the narratives on OurCovidVoices in helping link theory to practice.

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Peer support during a pandemic - key learnings

Kate Jopling
Tue, 6 October 2020
Kate Jopling

On 15 September National Voices held a webinar in partnership with Mind, Get Up Set Up, NSUN, Bipolar UK and Together for Mental Wellbeing, to think about what has been learned about the provision of peer support through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this blog, National Voices Associate Kate Jopling reflects on some of the key themes.

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Lessons from the first wave of COVID - new report

Mon, 21 September 2020
Rebecca Steinfeld

WHAT WE NEED NOW: What matters to people for health and care during COVID and beyond - new National Voices I Statements 2020

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Getting social prescribing right: a win-win for people and the NHS

Wed, 9 September 2020
Charlotte Augst

Today’s launch of our new report - Rolling out social prescribing: Understanding the experience of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector - is the result of months of engagement with the wider community and charity sector.

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