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James Sanderson welcomes the publication of the Voluntary Voices report exploring the voluntary sector's vital role in delivering personal health budgets. 

In this blog, Natalie Koussa shares why it's important for people to have conversations about care and treatment plans at the end of life.

Federico Moscogiuri has an extensive history of working in the charity sector in the UK. In this blog, he talks about the importance of care planning and having control over care in an emergency.

Policy Manager at Marie Curie, Rick Wright, explains why having the right expert advice is crucial for carers looking after people at the end of life.

After training to be a dietitian, Heather worked in the NHS from 2010 to 2016.  She is now using her dietetic skills to support the work of The Vegan Society. In this blog post, Heather describes what person-centred care looks like through the lens of veganism.

Asking the right questions, at the right time, can make a real difference to the decisions people make about their treatment and care throughout their lives, including at the end of life.

Jennifer Noel has a background in human rights, specialising in patients' rights in end-of-life care.

Lloyd Riley, Policy and Research Manager at Compassion in Dying, explains how person-centred care at the end-of-life can have a huge positive impact on a person’s experience.

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.

Co-production has become the latest buzzword to capture the imagination of commissioners and health and social care providers, in their quest to provide genuine person centred support to the people they provide services for. Too often though, it has been reduced to being a simple rebranding of its predecessor, "user involvement", with no real or meaningful change taking place.