Consultation responses

National Voices has responded to NHS England's consultation on guidance to Clinical Commission Groups on items which are available over-the-counter and they believe should not routinely be prescribed in primary care. This follows National Voices’ published position statement of 21 July 2017; submission to the NHS England consultation titled “Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care” in October 2017; and published letter to the Chief Executive of NHS England dated 24 November 2017.

National Voices and members contribute to the APPG on Primary Care and Public Health's 'Inquiry into managing demand in primary care: the case for a National Strategy'

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 proposals were:

National Voices has submitted evidence to the Public Accounts Committee's Integrating Health and Social Care Inquiry. The submission argues that:

National Voices is pleased to have the opportunity to respond to the consultation on the new Green Paper on work, health and disability.

On the whole, National Voices welcomes the proposed amendments to the content of the NHS Constitution.

However, there are a number of ways that the amendments could be strengthening further, to provide greater clarity in relation to key agendas upon which the Government has already expressed its support at policy level.

We are calling for:

National Voices members told the NHS Future Forum in 2011, during the ‘pause’ in the Health and Social Care Bill, that we wanted a ‘new deal for people with long term conditions’ based on getting the right care in the right place at the right time.

We stated that patients and service users should be supported to: