NHS Voices

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Dr Joe McManners

Online consultation is a ‘game changer’ for general practice

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1 October 2025

Mahmud Nawaz

We must act together to save lives

Ahead of Organ Donation Week from 22 September, Mahmud Nawaz shares his personal experience of why organ donation is so important.

18 September 2025

Dr Kathy Mclean

Something has to give on ICB redundancies

Funding uncertainty and delays risk undermining ICB reforms essential to delivering the NHS 10 Year Health Plan, writes Dr Kathy McLean.

20 August 2025

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Travel to blood donation session is considered essential travel

Sunday 14 June is World Blood Donor Day. A day to raise awareness of the importance of blood donations and an opportunity to thank donors.

14 June 2020

NHS Reset: Make carers visible in Wales

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10 June 2020

NHS Reset: Why the challenge to reset is a cultural one

Our NHS Reset campaign contributes to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 June 2020

How social prescribing has adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic

At a time when people have been unable to come together physically, many clubs and activities have had to change the way they deliver services.

2 June 2020

NHS Reset: Why we need good quality data fast

Data-driven insight is vital in the fight against COVID-19.

29 May 2020

Getting a head start on population health management

Exploring the role of population health management in helping to understand patients’ needs.

23 April 2020

What role do ambulance services play in public health?

Considering the role of the ambulance service in prevention and public health.

16 March 2020

How do you create the right environment for clinicians to lead change?

An exploration of how understanding the reality of people’s lives can help your team develop the humility it needs to grow.

12 March 2020

What is our contribution to tackling health inequality?

Examining what health services can do to address health inequalities.

2 March 2020

Place, sweet place

The NHS Long Term Plan makes it clear that health and care services will have to change. But what is the best way to take this forward?

24 February 2020

What’s the big deal about population health management?

What exactly is this term that everyone’s talking about, and what benefit are patients seeing as a result?

13 February 2020

A national people plan is fine but local labour markets require local responses

The case for ICSs becoming the default level at which accountability for system-wide skills and workforce decision-making is based.

27 January 2020

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