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Good morning all! And some great news to kick off the day!
After much effort from a coalition of patient groups including @nationalvoices.bsky.social @healthwatchengland.bsky.social and @patientsassoc.bsky.social NHS letters are due to get special status!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
✨ New paper from National Voices!
Take a read of Covering the fall-out: National Voices' members' concerns surrounding the decision to abolish NHS England and cut ICB running costs by 50%👇
✉️ It would be great to hear reflections and thoughts on the paper, and as the restructure unfolds.
A dark blue background featuring green, purple, and light blue circles. The National Voices logo features in the bottom right hand corner. Centrally, there is a PC monitor graphic; on the screen of the PC you can see Lucy’s blog. Lucy is white, with shoulder length brown hair. Text reads: Reflecting on National Voices’ Next Generation Network - National Voices’ Senior Policy and External Affairs Officer, Lucy Seymour, reflects on what she has learnt from supporting the development of the Next Generation Network events series, through conversations with attendees and talks from sector thought leaders.
New on the blog!📢
With our upcoming Next Generation Network event happening in May, @lucysey.bsky.social, National Voices' Senior Policy and External Affairs Officer, reflects on what she has learnt from supporting the development of the events series.
👉https://tinyurl.com/y3pdwfjv
I spent the start of the week pulling together a briefing full of insights so kindly shared by members.
Hearing about their concerns re the abolition, the impact on beneficiaries, & opportunities to cement patient voice in the restructure, reiterated the need to get this right from the outset.
Earlier this morning, @nationalvoices.bsky.social's Director of Policy and External Affairs, @sharonbrennan.bsky.social gave evidence at a Health and Social Care Select Committee session on the impact on patients of the abolition of NHS England, alongside Henrietta Hughes.
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Our Next Generation Network events are open exclusively to member organisations and partners of National Voices and the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, in the first five years of their career - if this is you, please get in touch for a link to register!
www.nationalvoices.org.uk/project/nati...
For this edition of the event, we are delighted to be hosting a Q&A with two speakers; @compassionindying.bsky.social's Director of Partnerships and Services, @ushagrieve.bsky.social, and Founder and Director of Punjabi mental health charity Taraki, @shuranjeet.bsky.social.
18.03.2025 12:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I am pleased to share that the Next Generation Network event series now has a dedicated project page on the National Voices' website, ahead of our upcoming event on 15 May!
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In 2023 my lovely former colleague, Pavi Brar, & I identified a gap – there was no space for those beginning their career in the VCSE sector to meet & grow together.
This acted as the catalyst for @nationalvoices.bsky.social's Next Generation Network.
www.nationalvoices.org.uk/project/nati...
Today marks the launch of the new VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance Impact Report! 🚀
Dig a little deeper into the report (which I dusted off my comms BA to design!), to see how HWA members have engaged with almost 10,000 people, to collaboratively tackle barriers faced too often in healthcare.
