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National Voices works on a range of projects, short and long term, often commissioned or with dedicated funding. See below for a list of our current and historic projects.

Carers’ experiences of remote care and support models
This project looks at the impact the rapid shift to digital healthcare, and the shift within the voluntary sector to using digital support models, has had upon carers. 
- COVID-19
- Digital health and care
- Lived experience
The Doctor will Zoom You Now
The Doctor Will Zoom You Now was a rapid, qualitative research study designed to understand the patient experience of remote and virtual consultations.
- COVID-19
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
The Core20PLUS5 Community Connector Programme
About National Voices’ role in the Core20PLUS5 Connectors Programme.
- Health inequalities
- Integrated care
- Lived experience
Ask How I Am
This project sought to understand the relationships between living with a long-term condition and people’s emotional and mental wellbeing to help identify ways of improving people’s experiences and outcomes.
- COVID-19
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- Communication and administration
- Lived experience
Living well in our communities: Progress on social prescribing
An overview of our evidence from our collaborative work across the health and VCSE sector on the topic of social prescribing. Here we explore and make recommendations on how to deliver the potential of NHS England’s significant investment into link worker roles and ultimately enable people and their communities to live well.
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- Health inequalities
A shift to multidisciplinary teams in general practice
This project provides insights and identifies key issues faced by frequent users of primary care and those experiencing health inequalities when accessing multidisciplinary teams in primary care. The associated report provides recommendations on how to improve trust in these teams, as well as valuing the time and energy of patients engaged in these services.
- Primary care
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
What We Need Now
What We Need Now is a report based on the work National Voices conducted during the first phase of the pandemic to capture the experiences of people with ongoing health and care needs.
- Person-centred care
- COVID-19
- Lived experience
- Health inequalities
How Can We Dismantle Health Inequity Together?
A reflection on the National Voices’ 2021 conference which set out to explore the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector’s role in tackling health and care inequity.
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
Wellbeing Our Way
Wellbeing Our Way ran from June 2014 to June 2017. The programme brought together charities, community organisations and individuals to develop culture and improve practice across the voluntary sector to enable people with health needs to live well in ways which matter to them.
- Person-centred care
- Lived experience
Primary Care Networks
Exploring how the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector can support Primary Care Networks to engage with their local population and focus on what matters most to individuals and communities.
- Primary care
- Person-centred care