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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Featured blogs

Zoe Reed

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Implementing PCREF – our progress one year on

Zoë Reed shares how PCREF has helped South London and Maudsley address inequity and improve access to mental health care for racialised communities.

5 December 2024

Sam Keighley

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Prevention needs brave leadership and a thriving VCSE

A strong VCSE sector is key to achieving the government’s shift from cure to prevention.

9 December 2024

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

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New beginnings for the NHS

As integrated care systems today become statutory bodies, our new ICS Network director Sarah Walter shares her hopes for what is to come.

1 July 2022

When resource is there, the NHS evolves and delivers

Director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, Darren Hughes, focuses on NHS and social care finances in this month's blog.

30 June 2022

Eye care services: an urgent call for reformation

A comprehensive national eye care strategy is needed to address fundamental issues in the system.

29 June 2022

Delivering inclusive leadership through actions not words

Layla McCay states the case for inclusive leadership with examples of where things have gone well – and not so well – for two NHS leaders.

28 June 2022

The refresh of the NHS Long Term Plan should embrace the positive lessons from the pandemic

To meet government expectations of ‘doing more with the same,’ the NHS must build on what was achieved during the pandemic.

24 June 2022

Recognising the link between good housing and mental health

A new report emphasises the need for the government to formally recognise the link between good housing and mental health.

20 June 2022

Babies’, children's and young people’s mental health

Strong leadership can help ensure every baby has the best start in life.

17 June 2022

Time to rethink the NHS Long Term Plan

The last two years give cause to re-examine the NHS Long Term Plan. Matthew Taylor considers how it could and should be refreshed.

17 June 2022

‘One workforce’: co-designing innovative people solutions for the new ICS era

A workforce that optimises available staff and operates seamlessly across a system will improve care delivery.

14 June 2022

Connected systems, integrated care: harnessing the power of data to improve patient outcomes

The ICS ambitions of delivering operational excellence, improving patient outcomes and narrowing health inequalities all require new ways of working.

14 June 2022

Bold partnerships: the key to progress on our greatest healthcare challenges

How do we realise the true potential of collaboration?

13 June 2022

Applying human-centred design across the entire health system

By starting with experience, and harnessing technology and automation, we can transform existing services to enable better human experiences.

9 June 2022

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