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Using behavioural science to help people to self-manage

Wed, 7 September 2016
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Lessons from the world of behavioural science can be used to help people to self-manage their health and wellbeing more effectively, according to two new publications from the Realising the Value programme.

Lessons from the world of behavioural science can be used to help people to self-manage their health and wellbeing more effectively, according to two new publications from the Realising the Value programme.

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Wellbeing Our Way's Impact Report 2016

Tue, 6 September 2016
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Wellbeing Our Way Impact Report 2016

National Voices' Wellbeing Our Way programme brings together charities, community organisations and individuals. We work together to develop culture and practice across the voluntary sector to enable people with health needs to live well, in ways that matter to them.

As Wellbeing Our Way...

WOW Now: September edition

Tue, 6 September 2016
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WOW Now: September edition
September's edition of WOW Now includes upcoming events, 'Out Loud: LGBT Voices in Health and Social Care' blog, Wellbeing Our Way's 2016 impact report and examples from the WOW! Exchange.

National Voices responds to announcement of five-day junior doctor strike

Thu, 1 September 2016

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors will take further strike action unless the Government cancels the...

National Voices at NHS Expo, 7–8 September 2016

Fri, 26 August 2016
Expo 2016 runs for two days on 7 and 8 September 2016 and National Voices speakers are taking part in a number of sessions.

The Health and Care Innovation Expo, hosted for the third year by NHS England, is a focal point for senior health and care leaders, commissioners, practitioners and those they serve.

Expo 2016 runs for two days on 7 and 8...

National Voices responds to analysis of local health and care plans in England

Fri, 26 August 2016
National Voices responds to analysis of health and care Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) and calls for greater engagement with local communities.

There has been significant media coverage of the analysis of health and care Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) published by 38 Degrees.

Sustainability...

Working Out Loud: Opportunity to join a professional peer support circle

Wed, 24 August 2016
Working Out Loud circles help participants build their own network toward a goal they care about in 12 weeks by helping develop a mindset and habit which can be applied to any goal. Groups bring together around 5 people for an hour each week, using the time to build a network to help them achieve their goals.

Working Out Loud circles help you build your own network toward a goal you care about in 12 weeks by helping develop a mindset and habit you can apply to any goal. Created by John Stepper, these small peer...

Statement on action to tackle NHS finances

Thu, 21 July 2016
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National Voices responds to a series of measures to cut the annual NHS trust deficits, and create more direct accountability of trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups to live within their resources.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have announced a series of measures to cut the annual trust deficit, and create more direct accountability of trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to live within...

Priorities for the new government

Fri, 15 July 2016
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National Voices writes to the Prime Minister making clear the key areas requiring attention from the new Government.

National Voices has written to Prime Minister Theresa May, Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt, and Hunt's new ministerial team, setting out priority areas of health and care that will require the attention of the new government.

The letter builds on National Voices’ position...

Social care ‘woefully underfunded’, says National Voices

Wed, 13 July 2016
National Voices responds to new data from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services which concludes that the Council Tax precept fails to close the adult social care funding gap.

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has published new data showing that charging residents extra council tax to pay for social care has failed to raise enough...

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