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Helping people to help themselves

Wed, 25 January 2017

Samantha Jones

Healthcare in the 21^st century is changing: the NHS 'Five Year Forward View' shows that more than ever, people and communities need to be empowered to take control of their health, wellbeing and care. At today’s National Voices Annual Conference, Samantha Jones, the director of the new care models programme, reveals what it is doing to make this a reality.

Tue, 17 January 2017

David Parker-Radford

As your car engine warning light goes on, you probably fear the worst – a breakdown, a costly trip to the garage, time spent sorting out and being without the car. In health we also have these warning lights, when something feels wrong, and we have symptoms and associated fears and visit our doctor. Public health has a similar warning light system, which helps monitor the spread of infections, or the impact of diet on obesity-related disease. Living in poverty and homelessness are clear warning signals as an indicator of probable poor health.

Fri, 13 January 2017

Jeremy Taylor

Amid a media frenzy over the NHS, National Voices Chief Exec Jeremy Taylor sets out why sorting the finances in the short term should not be at the expense of reforming services in the longer term.

Tue, 10 January 2017

Ang Broadbridge

Bob helped build Mike's confidence and gave a voice to his fears.

Thu, 22 December 2016

Andrew McCracken

National Voices Head of Communications, Andrew McCracken, looks back at the turbulent times of 2016.

Mon, 14 November 2016

Chris Larkin

That’s the question a lot of us working within the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Greater Manchester were asking ourselves last year as conversations about Devolution appeared to be happening, quite literally, all around us.

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

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.

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.

Blogs

Helping people to help themselves

Living in poverty and homelessness is a warning sign for poor health

Crisis? What crisis?

Mike was terrified of meeting with his doctors...

We can achieve a lot

What does Greater Manchester Devolution mean for the VCSE Sector?

What would you do?

Taking a look at the NHS Planning Guidance

Out Loud: LGBT Voices in Health and Social Care

From new models to new cultures of care

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