National Voices is a coalition of health and
social care
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charities in England formed in 2008. It has more than 150 organisations in membership which represent a diverse range of health conditions. It has a prominent role in representing patients and service users with national
policy maker
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s.
National Voices stated aim is to achieve “health and care systems which are person centred. This means that care is coordinated, people are in control of decisions about their health and care and everyone has fair access to care and support.” It is particularly concerned with the interests of patients with long term conditions.
In 2013, National Voices and Think Local Act Personal published a UK
Department of Health
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commissioned ‘narrative for Person-Centred Coordinated Care’. The document defined good coordinated care from a patient and service user perspective and led to the production of a number of other ‘narratives’.
National Voices provides secretariat support to the People and Communities Board, one of the
Five Year Forward View
The Five Year Forward View was produced by NHS England in October 2014 under the leadership of Simon Stevens as a planning document.
Publication and reception
It received praise for brevity, being only 39 pages, and lacking the illustrations wh ...
programme boards.
Charlotte Augst is the
Chief Executive
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. It is funded by membership fees, grant funding – including a grant from the
Department of Health
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as one of its strategic partners – consultancy work and corporate sponsorship.
In October 2022 it took over the
Health Service Journal
''Health Service Journal'' (''HSJ'') is a news service that covers policy and management in the National Health Service (NHS) in England.
History
The '' Poor Law Officers' Journal'' was established in 1892. In 1930, it changed its name after ...
for a week - a prize in the e-auction the journal ran in March to help people fleeing from Ukraine. Augst challenged system leaders, the readers of the journal, to "think differently about what is needed to repair the NHS".
See also
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References
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External links
National Voices website
Social care in England