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Fri, 28 October 2016

Jeremy Taylor

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has commissioned the People and Communities Board (PCB) to propose a concise set of high impact interventions, approaches or methodologies which would help create more person-centred, community focused health and care, as set out in the 'Six principles for engaging people and communities'. Jeremy Taylor, chair of the board, outlines how you can help.

Thu, 29 September 2016

Sarah Hutchinson

Last week saw publication of the NHS Planning Guidance 2017–2019. The document is deeply technical in parts, and I’ve read the full 69 pages so that I can provide you with a brief summary of headline elements relating to person centred care and creating the ‘new relationship with people and communities’ set out in the Five Year Forward View

Tue, 6 September 2016

Jeremy Taylor

The New Care Models Zone is one of four feature zones at this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo. The zone explores the progress made by the 50 vanguards developing and testing new models of care that can be replicated across different health economies. Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive of National Voices, is also chairing an expert panel discussion on the ‘Future NHS Stage’ at Expo – ‘From new models of care to new cultures of care.’ In this blog he takes a look at how this might work in practice.

Tue, 6 September 2016

Harri Weeks

When accessing health and social care services, everyone wants to be treated with dignity and respect. Sadly, LGBT people often aren’t. The National LGB&T Partnership worked with communities of LGBTQ people across England to design a narrative describing how they would like to be treated in Health and Social Care. Harri Weeks explains how they did this.

Wed, 31 August 2016

Martin Farran

As part of efforts to create a ‘new relationship with people and communities’ as set out in the Five Year Forward View, the People and Communities Board, in partnership with the new models of care Vanguard Sites, developed six principles to help change these underlying behaviours and approaches.

Thu, 25 August 2016

Jeremy Taylor

The government’s NHS plans were big news again this week. The story? There are not enough health staff members to deliver on the manifesto commitment of a seven day NHS and the government is recklessly ignoring the risks. The BMA claimed vindication of the positions they had taken during the junior doctors’ dispute. Labour’s health spokesperson accused the government of undermining the NHS. What was the source of this story? A leaked risk analysis, among related documents. Yes, it’s the silly season.

Wed, 24 August 2016

Sue Farrington

“Strength in numbers”: an oft used phrase, but like many such clichés it has evolved to mean different things to different people. For me, as Chief Executive of Scleroderma & Raynaud's UK (SRUK), the only UK Charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with these debilitating autoimmune conditions, ‘strength in numbers’ has multiple meanings.

Thu, 18 August 2016

Don Redding

A quest to find, identify and manage differently the ‘top 2%’ of patients is increasingly occupying NHS managers. Don Redding, National Voices Director of Policty explores the consequences.

Wed, 10 August 2016

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald, chair of disability rights charity, Scope, blogs about improving communication with patients in the NHS.

Thu, 28 July 2016

Jeremy Taylor

The first flurry of new government formation is over and I have written on behalf of National Voices to Jeremy Hunt and his refreshed ministerial team. Parliament has risen, school is out, and it’s not a bad time to take initial stock of what the May Government could mean for health and care.

Blogs

What would you do?

Taking a look at the NHS Planning Guidance

From new models to new cultures of care

Out Loud: LGBT Voices in Health and Social Care

The Six Principles for engaging people and communities

Eight days a week

Finding strength in numbers

I’m worried about my Dad, because he’s well

The war of words about cancer

Reasons to be hopeful

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