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National Voices responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s timely rejection of racism and homophobia in the wake of last weekend’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally.

National Voices analysis of waiting list figures shows disparities by ethnicity, deprivation, age, and sex at both national and regional level – and calls for urgent, targeted action to close the gap.

National Voices responds to the newly published 10 Year Plan with initial reflections on the plan, including on the NHS’s evolving strategy around patient voice and tackling health inequalities.

New data from National Voices and Ipsos finds that people with Long Term Conditions have significantly worse experiences of care, highlighting a need to get the basics right and to listen to patients in order to deliver on what matters to them.

The recent spending review sees a higher funding uplift for the NHS than many other services, with spending linked to enabling the 10 Year Health Plan. Yet we recognise that rebuilding trust in the NHS also depends on a sincere commitment to the wider determinants of health and meaningful social care investment.

National Voices’ research into marginalised communities in need of translation and interpretation services is set to have significant impact on NHS service provision.

Over the past few months, we have been working with Future Health and a selection of our members and sector experts to explore what opportunities there are to focus on providing more holistic support to people with chronic needs.

In the face of wide-upheaval in the way the NHS is managed, National Voices has published its policy priorities for the next year showing how we will be helping the NHS to continue focusing on what matters most to our members and the people we advocate for.

In March, National Voices was invited to give evidence at a specially convened Health and Social Care Committee, following the news of the abolition of NHS England, and 50% running cost cuts to integrated care boards (ICBs).

After a years’ hard work behind the scenes, we are delighted to have secured an agreement with the Royal Mail to create a special new NHS barcode which will ensure NHS letters will be prioritised for delivery in times of service disruption, such as strikes or failure to meet delivery targets.