Jeremy Hunt has outlined seven principles for reforming social care. The Secretary of State also announced a consultation to extend rights to personal budgets for health and care, and a pilot to give users of adult social care a joint health and social care assessment and care plan.
National Voices responds to new estimates of the scale of medication errors in England.
New research commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care estimates that 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year.
Researchers from the Universities of York, Manchester and Sheffield found that errors were more likely to occur in older people and in...
A leading Oxford hospital has proposed delays to chemotherapy for cancer patients and cuts to treatment for those who are terminally ill, due to a chronic shortage of specialits nurses.
Commenting on the proposals, Andrew McCracken, Head of Communications at National Voices, the...
New figures from NHS Digital show that 7.9 million hospital appointments were missed in 2016-17. This represents a decrease in the proportion of missed appointments compared to the previous year.
Commenting on the figures, Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive of National Voices, the...
The Autumn Budget 2017 did not deliver the funding increases that health and social care need. In subsequent statements, a number of NHS leaders have suggested the need for tough decisions about what can be afforded by and expected of the NHS....
As a diverse coalition of organisations from across health and care, it is vital that we understand your expectations. At its core, membership is a relationship, and all relationships depend on trust and communication. We’ve made a lot of improvements over the past year, and hope you...
