NHS Voices

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Nic Wetton

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Taking a whole-school approach to children’s mental health

Making mental health education statutory could be transformative for children and for the NHS, writes primary school headteacher Nic Wetton.

20 March 2025

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Are microteams the key to primary care continuity?

It is time for GP practices to consider restoring the ‘personal list’ and improving care through continuity.

4 March 2025

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Addressing maternal health inequalities

Sharvari Joshi shares how a maternity drop-in session spurred her to take action to address maternal healthcare inequalities in Tower Hamlets.

7 February 2025

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Official sources of information critical to combating Coronavirus

Highlighting the critical role of organisations and individuals in adhering to what is being ased of us in the fight against COVID-19.

26 March 2020

The huge pressures ahead for primary care networks

Working as a network may offer GP practices the flexibility, support and opportunities to deliver care in a different way at a time of national crisis

26 March 2020

The phoney war is over

How the NHS Confederation can support you during the COVID-19 crisis.

23 March 2020

Place is as much a description of experience as it is of a neighbourhood

Reflections on how improving the lives we all live requires different partners and organisations to work together.

18 March 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

Integrated care: service proximity is the aim, cultural change is the gain

A look at the benefits of system working.

9 March 2020

The power of international leadership networks for women

What could international approaches to women leadership networks teach the NHS?

5 March 2020

Using ‘place’ to do the right thing and solve local issues

How the concept of ‘place’ has made an impact in Mid-Nottinghamshire.

5 March 2020

What is our contribution to tackling health inequality?

Examining what health services can do to address health inequalities.

2 March 2020

Using procurement to your advantage

How procurement can help you get the best value for money and the best outcomes for patients.

2 March 2020

A mandate for health? The impact on the NHS as EU and UK Brexit negotiations kick off

A look at what's in the proposals for the health of EU and UK citizens in the future EU-Uk relationship.

28 February 2020

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