NHS Voices

Taking steps to answer the question ‘Health on the edge: What needs to change?’

Welsh NHS Confederation director Darren Hughes writes about the key takeaways from their annual conference 'Health on the edge: What needs to change?'

29 September 2023

Can or should the NHS expect more from patients and communities?

The knowledge needed to fix the NHS’s challenges lies with patients and communities, writes Jacob Lant.

29 August 2023

No place like home

Introducing virtual wards during the pandemic has led to them being implemented more widely to care for people in the communities of Wolverhampton.

22 August 2023

Pay parity for community services must be addressed

While the NHS workforce plan includes increasing community services workforce, there is much that still needs addressing to grow the sector.

13 July 2023

Prioritising prevention policy in integrated care systems

With the consensus that the NHS should focus strongly on preventative healthcare, how can ICSs accelerate and embed secondary disease prevention?

26 June 2023

What I have learned about embedding mental health practitioners in primary care

How the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme is supporting redesign of mental health services around primary care networks.

19 June 2023

Building an understanding of infant mental health

This week is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, but awareness alone does not lead to action, writes Sally Hogg.

16 June 2023

The power of co-creating transformation

While there are many challenges to overcome, the current NHS landscape also offers an opportunity for transformative ideas to come to the fore.

12 June 2023

The time for action on prevention is now

As leaders we must make a choice to protect our prevention work from the many other urgent pulls on resources, writes Stephen Eames.

5 June 2023

Inclusion health: tackling the extreme end of health inequalities

Integrating services is key to improving experiences for people in inclusion health groups and for the health and care system as a whole.

1 June 2023

The importance of reflection and working in social partnership

Welsh NHS Confederation's Nesta Lloyd-Jones reflects on the impact of the team's work in 2022/23 and the value of working in social partnership.

31 May 2023

We must hold our nerve: continuing the Fuller transformation journey

While it may not be as fast as some had hoped, primary care must continue the progress being made towards achieving the Fuller stocktake's vision.

25 May 2023