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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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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It’s not enough to be non-racist

Reflections on a recent lecture that offered new and powerful insights into building an anti-racist NHS.

29 November 2022

ICSs must seize the research opportunity

New guidance explains why clinical research must be a priority in the fight against health inequalities.

24 November 2022

No shortcuts to tackling racism

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

22 November 2022

Environmental sustainability – from peripheral projects to mainstream policy

How do we embed sustainability into the fabric of how we plan and deliver healthcare to make it integral to organisational success?

18 November 2022

NHS reform: towards a more balanced change model?

Reform could take us towards a better balanced and more dynamic health and care system.

15 November 2022

We’re told the NHS is protected from cuts — but this alone won’t save it

Promises to protect the NHS budget may not be what they seem, and do not go far enough.

9 November 2022

WelshConfed22 key takeaways: Relationships, listening and community

Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, Darren Hughes, shares his reflections following the annual conference and exhibition.

3 November 2022

Developing the collaborative habit

How partners within systems can collaborate to better support the communities they serve.

1 November 2022

The NHS is not alone this winter

Louise Ansari, national director of Healthwatch England, highlights the role the community can play in helping an NHS under severe pressure.

28 October 2022

New focus, old problem: tackling delayed discharges this winter and beyond

National action is required to support the whole health and care system with discharges through this winter and beyond.

25 October 2022

‘How we do things around here’: thoughts on the NHS operating framework

Professor Sir Chris Ham on what the new NHS operating framework does – and doesn’t - address.

21 October 2022

The NHS can help cure the UK’s economic malaise

Siren calls about the scale of health service funding ignore its role in the push to grow the economy.

19 October 2022