NHS Voices

Thought leadership that sparks debate, shares learning and inspires new ways of working across health and care.
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NHS Voices is the place for senior healthcare leaders to share ideas, debate solutions and discover how organisations are confronting challenges.

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Featured blogs

Matthew Taylor - Chief Executive
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The Hewitt Review is a welcome step towards NHS integration

The autonomy and accountability review for ICSs and local leaders for greater integrated working is welcomed by the NHS Confederation.

1 December 2022
Dr Aruna Garcea
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At-scale primary care: a win-win for GPs and systems

Reflections on primary care’s achievements in recent years, and the system-wide potential of primary care at scale.

30 November 2022
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No shortcuts to tackling racism

Joan Saddler outlines how the NHS Confederation is helping members to tackle racism.

22 November 2022

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The value of partnership working

Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation Darren Hughes reflects on the importance of working in partnership across sector boundaries.

1 December 2022

Without clarity, courage and honesty we are lost

While little will take the edge off a difficult winter, clarity, courage and honesty from the health secretary and national leaders could go some way.

2 October 2022

A month of change ahead of winter challenges

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, writes about the the events of this month and highlights member concerns around social care.

30 September 2022

Transforming PIFU through triage

In-person appointments will always be an essential part of healthcare, but safe and effective care can and does happen outside of appointments.

17 August 2022

What the NHS needs from the winter plan

There are things that can and should be done right now to make sure we protect patients and staff as much as possible ahead of winter.

12 August 2022

The elective backlog casts a long shadow

While all eyes are on reducing the 6.6 million elective care backlog, we also need to ensure that out of (acute) hospital does not mean out of mind.

2 August 2022