Publications

Read National Voices' publications, open letters and reports here.

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- 3 September 2024
National Voices’ joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In a letter signed by 110 member organisations, sent in August, National Voices congratulates the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on his appointment and outlines the burning topics members are keen to discuss and highlight.
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- Digital health and care
- Primary care
- Communication and administration
- 11 June 2024
People’s experiences of diagnosis
Read about National Voices’ work bringing together insights on the process of diagnosis.
- Our vision for improving patient experience of diagnosis
- Digital health and care
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Communication and administration
- Hospital waiting lists
- 16 May 2024
Addressing inequalities in clinical trials
Read about National Voices’ work to identify key barriers to participation in clinical and research trials and potential ways to address these.
- Communication and administration
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- 25 April 2024
English literacy as a barrier to participation in clinical trials
Read about National Voices’ work in understanding barriers preventing people taking part in clinical research.
- Communication and administration
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- 11 March 2024
What would good quality assurance look like in primary care?
In November 2023, National Voices held a roundtable session with members and people with lived experience on the future of financial incentives and quality assurance within primary care. This call to action report, which includes a series of clear recommendations is the result of that discussion.
- Primary care
- Lived experience
- Person-centred care
- Integrated care
- Communication and administration
- 25 January 2024
National Voices’ Manifesto for Equitable Healthcare
In what is very likely to be an election year, we at National Voices have published our Manifesto for Equitable Healthcare – which puts forth our three general election priorities.
- Health inequalities
- Communication and administration
- Hospital waiting lists
- 30 November 2023
Be the Change: How to tackle racial inequalities in health and care charities
National Voices is committed to tackling racial inequalities – in healthcare, health status, within our own organisations and across the charity sector.
- Be The Change
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience
- 22 November 2023
National Voices’ joint letter to the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Statement
National Voices, a 200-member coalition of health and care charities, has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to deliver an “immediate support package” for people living with health and disability who are worst impacted by the cost of living crisis to “alleviate their suffering”.
- Health inequalities
- Primary care
- 25 September 2023
Joint statement on the Autumn/Winter Flu and COVID-19 vaccine rollout for 2023-2024 and beyond
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has continued to present a great deal of risk to communities and specific health conditions represented by some of National Voices’ members. We therefore convened a roundtable with our members to discuss the Autumn/Winter Flu and COVID-19 vaccine rollout for 2023-2024, which allowed them to provide insights on behalf of the communities and conditions they represent.
- COVID-19
- Communication and administration
- Health inequalities
- 21 September 2023
Learning the Lessons – The Unequal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Voices of People and Communities
In April 2023, we held a workshop with members, supported by The Disrupt Foundation, on the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored how communities and groups were affected differently by both the virus itself and the measures brought in to control it.
- Unequal Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- Lived experience