NHS Voices

Thought leadership that sparks debate, shares learning and inspires new ways of working across health and care.

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Derek Bell

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No perfect group

The challenges, rewards and continuing lessons of group working at University Hospitals Tees.

7 November 2024

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

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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

Three big ways to accelerate elective recovery without adding to capacity

Three suggestions for helping services keep up with tomorrow’s demand.

15 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

Technology and trust – using data and AI responsibly in healthcare

To achieve the potential of digital modernisation in healthcare, we must ensure the public can trust in the processes involved.

9 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

Making the Fuller Stocktake real for communities

Professor Donna Hall challenges us to think how we can turbo-charge implementation of the Fuller Stocktake in our integrated care systems.

4 May 2023

Social prescribing link workers can improve mental health outcomes and waiting lists

For Link Worker Day, Christiana Melam explains how social prescribing link workers can support mental health patients before they reach crisis point.

27 April 2023

The NHS has warmed to Barclay, but his biggest test is to come

What the new reforms proposed by the Hewitt review will mean for the NHS and population health outcomes.

29 March 2023

Reflections on the digital journey across Frimley ICS

Digital tools can enhance patient care and improve workforce experience without losing the compassion inherent in health and care, writes Sam Burrows.

15 March 2023

We’re going through changes

Aruna Garcea discusses building a resilient future in primary care.

10 March 2023

Integrated care system measures that matter

How could integrated care system success be assessed? Dr Helen Davies shares her view on the metrics that might unlock the answer.

9 March 2023

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