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📢 A few members of the National Voices team will be heading to #ConfedExpo2026 and we can't wait to be there.
Ahead of the conference, we've reflected on why staying connected to patients' experiences matters more than ever during a period of change for health and care.
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📢 In this week’s blog, Aisha Mazhar unpacks the findings from Arthritis UK's new report, highlighting the barriers to timely diagnosis and the urgent need for holistic, personalised care from day one.
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💬 “People do not experience health and care through organisational charts, activity data or programme plans. They experience it in the reality of their everyday lives.”
💬 “Trust cannot be created through legislation alone. It is earned when people know their voice matters, when organisations are willing to listen, learn and adapt, and when there are independent routes through which patients’ experiences can be heard and acted upon.”
📢 Who will speak for patients when no one is listening?
In this week’s blog, Jacob Lant reflects on Parliament’s debate on the Health Bill, exploring two key themes: the proposed Single Patient Record and the future of independent patient voice.
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💬 “What came through in these stories was that the importance of a diagnosis for people with arthritis cannot be underestimated - in terms of the treatment and support it offers for proactive symptom management, and the validation it can provide for those who have been struggling without answers.”
How can the NHS boost productivity?
@alisonmoulds.bsky.social​ and Charlotte MacLeod share a snapshot of insights and ideas on the health service’s productivity challenge from respondents to our #NHSProductivityCommission's recent call for evidence.
Discover what we heard ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4wo29ZF
With other mental health organisations, we have written to Secretary of State Bridget Phillipson & the Chair of the EHRC to raise concerns about the EHRC Code of Practice & the impact it could have on trans & non-binary people’s safety and wellbeing.
Read the letter: www.nsun.org.uk/news/joint-l...
New blog for @nationalvoices.bsky.social from Abdi Hassan from Coffee Afrik CIC and @andybell-centremh.bsky.social on our trauma informed care and racialised communities report. Meaningful trauma-informed care must be anti-racist: www.nationalvoices.org.uk/blogpost/tra... #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
