Blogs

The importance of specialist nurses for people with Parkinson’s

Mon, 25 September 2017
Benali Hamdache

Benali Hamdache, Campaigns Engagement Manager at Parkinson’s UK, shares how vital Parkinson’s specialist nurses are for people with the condition and explains why they are increasingly coming under threat.

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Funding, access and what can be done

Wed, 13 September 2017
Jeremy Taylor

Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive of National Voices, blogs about rationing, health and care funding, and what the future holds.

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Not just recipients of care: the power of online patient networks

Mon, 11 September 2017
Lindsey Fallow

Web developer Lindsey Fallow, a patient with complex health issues, reflects on NHS Digital’s E-Nursing campaign and the need for healthcare providers to keep pace with technological change to deliver the best care.

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Providing person-centred care on the dementia pathway

Mon, 4 September 2017
Emma Killick

Person-centred care shouldn’t be an add-on or an afterthought; it should be embedded in the way that on-going care and support is delivered. For people with a learning disability and dementia this is no exception.

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Influencing change through community reporting

Thu, 24 August 2017
Gary Copitch

Gary Copitch, Chief Executive at People's Voice Media, shares how Community Reporting can empower people with lived experience to tell their own, authentic stories, offering valuable and understanding insight into their realities.

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Using communities' strengths to foster social networks

Fri, 18 August 2017
Ewan King

A blog from Ewan King, director of business development and delivery, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on using people's and communities’ strengths, skills and networks. If we just focus on services, we will miss the opportunity to foster social networks.

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Be a trustee: shape the future of health and social care

Tue, 1 August 2017
Hilary Newiss

Nominations for member-elected trustees of National Voices are open. Hilary Newiss, chair of National Voices blogs about the important role of a trustee and the opportunities it provides.

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Let’s get started

Alex Fox
Tue, 11 July 2017
Alex Fox

Alex Fox is chief executive of Shared Lives Plus, the UK network for family-based and small-scale ways of supporting adults and a member of National Voices. Following publication of the overall Care Quality Commission (CQC) ratings for adult social care providers, Alex blogs about what is needed for high quality social care.

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Everything has changed and nothing has changed

Thu, 15 June 2017
Sarah Hutchinson

Seven days have passed and everything has changed. A landslide became a minority government. Two health ministers , David Mowatt and Nicola Blackwood, lost their seats. Hard Brexit might become a bit softer. Two party politics is back, for now.

But, actually, a lot of things haven’t changed at all.

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Why are local campaigns fighting to save the NHS from transformation?

Thu, 8 June 2017
Jeremy Taylor

Why are local campaigners resisting transformational change in the NHS? That is the subject I’ll be debating on a panel at Confed17. 

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