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On 23 June 2022, National Voices are holding an online all-day national conference to bring together VCSE organisations, community groups and system leaders to strengthen our mutual commitment to better partnership. We are delivering this conference in partnership with the Policy Innovation and Research Unit and with generous support from NHS England.

- Event
- 23 June 2022
National Voices’ Conference on Integrated Care Systems
On 23 June 2022, National Voices are holding an online all-day national conference to bring together VCSE organisations, community groups and system leaders to strengthen our mutual commitment to better partnership. We are delivering this conference in partnership with the Policy Innovation and Research Unit and with generous support from NHS England.
- National Voices’ Conference on ICSs
- Integrated care
- News
- 8 July 2019
Leading charity alliances call on the government to put funding back into communities.
Together with other leading alliances of charities and the Local Government Association, we are calling on the government to put funding back into communities.
- Health inequalities
- Blog
- 3 September 2020
National Voices Autumn programme: it’s time to Rebuild For All
Charlotte sets out what we have planned ahead for our Autumn programme: Rebuild For All.
- Living well in our communities: Progress on social prescribing
- What We Need Now
- I statements
- COVID-19
- Person-centred care
- Blog
- 8 April 2019
Catering with care
In this blog post, Heather Russell explains the benefits of vegan-friendly catering in relation to person-centred care, nutrition, inclusivity and sustainability. After training to be a dietitian, Heather worked in the NHS from 2010 to 2016. She is now using her dietetic skills to support the work of The Vegan Society.
- Person-centred care
- Blog
- 23 April 2024
How can we sustain action on tackling health inequalities? Reflections from our national learning event for Core20PLUS Connectors
Sarah Sweeney, Director of Membership and Development, reflects on her recent experience of chairing the national learning event for the Core20PLUS Connectors programme.
- The Core20PLUS5 Community Connector Programme
- Health inequalities
- Integrated care
- Lived experience
- Publication
- 19 December 2016
Submission to the Treasury: Autumn Statement 2016 representation
There is growing evidence of an urgent need for more money for the health and care system. Trust deficits, growing waiting times and service reductions are some of the key signs that the system is overstretched and that this is having an adverse impact on patients and those who rely on services.
- Hospital waiting lists
- Person-centred care
- Primary care
- Blog
- 30 April 2020
Putting older people in focus during COVID-19
As COVID-19 impacts all of our lives, everyone across the country is now getting used to a new normal. It’s changing the way we interact with others, our ability to work, maintain our health, and how we access food, care, and medical support. At Independent Age we hear from people in later life on a daily basis and we know that many were already facing significant challenges before the virus took hold of our country.
- COVID-19
- Health inequalities
- Blog
- 8 October 2021
Growing crises require creative disruption: How Social Prescribing Link Workers Can Help Reduce Health Inequalities
By its very nature, social prescribing is a mechanism meant to empower and enable. The main driver of the social prescribing link worker model is the acknowledgment that the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities are often dictated by a range of environmental and socio-economic factors. Social prescribing is all about holistic wellbeing and placing control of health with individuals, so they can save themselves. Social prescribing link workers play a critical role in helping to reduce inequalities.
- Health inequalities
- Person-centred care
- Publication
- 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
- News
- 18 May 2023
National Voices’ contribution to the APHG surrounding the Major Conditions Strategy
On 22 March the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Health (APHG) met to discuss the Major Conditions Strategy, and hear from key voices from the health and care sector on the views on the strategy, including National Voices’ Sarah Sweeney.
- Ask How I Am
- Lived experience
- Communication and administration
- Health inequalities