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Having campaigned consistently for a statutory duty of candour that covers the range of harms that are significant for patients, National Voices strongly welcomes the draft regulations to put this into practice.

The purpose of regulation is to ensure high quality care, treatment and support for people who use services. These draft regulations muddle the legal definition of quality in a way that is not helpful.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reviewed their approach to how lay people can take part in developing their guidance and standards. National Voices submitted to the consultation, commenting on NICE’s proposals.

The long term NHS plan and beyond: views from leaders in charities and voice organisations

The Board of NHS England has launched a public consultation, which will result in statutory guidance to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), aimed at restricting the prescribing of treatments and remedies that are judged to be of ‘low clinical value’.

Published by National Voices and Nesta, this report is evidence that peer support can help people feel more knowledgeable, confident and happy, and less isolated and alone.

National Voices released this report on Monday 15 October, when Robert Francis QC was due to publish a delayed report into failures at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust in 2005-9.

National Voices is committed to supporting the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, and we have outlined our response to the draft Terms of Reference in a letter to Inquiry Chair Baroness Hallett.

Direct negotiations between the UK and the EU have started. The negotiators now meet for one week every month to work through a sequence of issues.

National Voices’ conference How Can We Dismantle Health Inequity Together? ran over four Tuesdays in March 2021, with each day focused on a different theme.