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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Lorraine Mattis

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Reforming dentistry through primary care collaboration

To address NHS dental care access and oral health inequalities, we must advocate for policies that facilitate integration among primary care providers

16 September 2024

Fay Blackwood and Eric Pirozzoli

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Diversifying the upper levels of the health service

Despite the incredible diversity of NHS staff as a whole, there is a distinct lack of diversity at higher levels. So what is going wrong?

21 August 2024

Dr Jon Griffiths

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Improving at the interface between primary and secondary care

Improving relationships and collaboration across the interface can deliver better care for patients.

3 September 2024

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The importance of networking for systems

Matthew Taylor on how we're equipping integrated care systems to thrive, ensuring that they deliver real benefits for their populations.

21 February 2022

Holding organisations to account for equality in the workplace

Activism has a place in making the workplace more inclusive, writes Peter Molyneux.

18 February 2022

Harnessing social prescribing to support integrated care

A look at the role of social prescribing in integrated care and supporting elective care.

17 February 2022

Supporting global health: The NHS’s secret equity weapon

Supporting greater provision of diaspora inclusive global health opportunities can score NHS leaders a very efficient triple win.

14 February 2022

NHS procurement: strategy or just shopping?

When was the last time your board discussed procurement and its role in your strategy for improving health outcomes?

14 February 2022

Tackling the increase in demand for mental health support in children and young people

Recent survey results reinforce the urgent need for more funding to support the growing demand for children and young people's mental health services.

11 February 2022

Integrated care partnerships: time to get serious

Matthew Taylor floats four propositions to help ensure that integrated care partnerships fly.

10 February 2022

NHS staff deserve to be listened to by government

What messages is the government sending when it decided not to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for NHS staff?

9 February 2022

Anchor institutions: innovating through partnership in challenging times

Legislative changes provide a golden opportunity to support and enable anchor approaches. But will we seize the opportunity?

7 February 2022

Preparing for the unknown – back to the starting line

Dr Axel Heitmueller on five key lessons from the UK's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 February 2022

Collaboration must be at the heart of the future of health and care

Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are at the heart of reforms to enable more collaboration within and outside of the NHS.

3 February 2022

Reflections on the current position in Wales

Darren Hughes, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, reflects on the position of the NHS in Wales and communicating the reality to the public.

1 February 2022

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