NHS Voices

Thought leadership that sparks debate, shares learning and inspires new ways of working across health and care.

NHS Voices is the place to share ideas, debate solutions and discover how organisations are confronting challenges across health and care.

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Featured blogs

Neil Blanchard and Dr Jane Padmore

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The NHS needs to think differently about working with others

A new agreement in Sussex sets out how the NHS and VCSE sector will work together to meet mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity need

4 March 2024

Laura Boyd and Matt Kearney

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Is QOF bad for your heart?

Current quality improvement methods may actually be damaging for patient outcomes.

23 February 2024

Jacob Haddad speaking at ConfedExpo.

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A more sustainable operating model for primary care

Two key principles for a more sustainable operating model for primary care.

15 February 2024

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Spending Review is an opportunity to invest in the NHS for the future

Now is the moment for an honest revaluation of the long-term funding settlement for the NHS.

17 August 2021

Provider collaboratives: all win or no win

A look at the formal role of provider collaboratives, the opportunities they present and the challenges they must address.

13 August 2021

How leisure and culture trusts support the NHS

If we want to effectively invest in wellbeing initiatives and achieve health equity, leisure and culture trusts should form part of any local approach

12 August 2021

Primary care federations and the COVID-19 vaccination programme

Insight into the little understood role of primary care federations in delivering the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

9 August 2021

Primary care networks moving into the next phase of the NHS

A look at PCNs’ progress in the two years since their launch, and their ambitions for the future.

6 August 2021

Amanda Pritchard’s appointment: a moment in NHS history

As the new chief executive of the NHS in England, Amanda Pritchard’s appointment signals the start of more representative leadership.

6 August 2021

Discharge to assess – we must not lose progress

Failing to extend funding for discharge to assess could bring huge risk for the NHS, social care and patients.

6 August 2021

The workforce gap is our climate change emergency

Can innovative workforce interventions and a new health and care careers offer help reduce the increasing gap in health and social care workforce?

5 August 2021

PCNs need right support to manage local population health

A new report looks back at the successes in the last two years and challenges ahead for primary care networks.

5 August 2021

The health and care bill: key changes ahead

What amendments can we expect for the health and care bill following its second reading in the House of Commons?

4 August 2021

Why is the NHS under such extreme pressure?

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation writes for the Western Mail on the current pressures facing the NHS in Wales.

2 August 2021

Northern Irish patients cannot be collateral damage in Brexit haggling

When the protocol grace period ends, residents may not be able to access the essential medicines they need.

2 August 2021