Earlier this week we shared our concerns regarding Ofcom's consultation on downgrading Royal Mail's service, in collaboration with Healthwatch England, Patients Association and NHS Providers.

Health and Social Care Secretary, Victoria Atkins, echoes these concerns👇
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In our latest podcast, Emma Bower speaks to National Voices chief executive Jacob Lant about what patients want from general practice and the wider NHS. Listen 👇 or search Talking General Practice wherever you get your podcasts gponline.com/podcast-patien… #GPnews

Great to see this vital issue that National Voices has been spearheading along with Healthwatch England & Patients Association, picked up by SOS - important NHS letters must be prioritised by Royal Mail & Ofcom to protect patient safety #GettingtheBasicRight #HealthInequalities

In our pre-election manifesto National Voices called for political parties to focus on getting the basics right when it comes to the NHS. What could be more basic than making sure patients get their appointment letters in time! #gettingthebasicsright

Find out about our new and exciting Director of People role, and our new 3-year strategy at this online webinar on Monday 15 April at 7pm.

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We are delighted to welcome Northern Cancer Voices to the National Voices coalition!🎉

Northern Cancer Voices works in the North East and North Cumbria with anyone impacted by a cancer diagnosis, with the ambition of improving services.

Find out more👇
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Are you passionate about people with experiences of health and care playing a powerful and active role in improving services? We have a fab role where you will design and deliver learning and support to help make this possible.👇The Point of Care Foundation

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We are delighted to be working with
Care Quality Commission, Healthwatch England, and alongside a range of other brilliant partners on the #ShareForBetterCare campaign, centred around gathering feedback to improve services for all👇
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📢 Expanding and diversifying the mental health workforce is crucial to meet growing levels of need.
Drawing from a roundtable we hosted with MHN Chief Executive & Mind, we've explored what's needed to build a #MentalHealthWorkforce for the future: centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/b…

The VCSE Barometer Survey Wave 6 launches today!

Share what’s happening right now in your #VCSE org on finances, workforce, funding, plus a topical focus on #volunteering .

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This is always the best bit of our team meetings, when everyone shares what our brilliant National Voices members have been up to. Check out Lucy’s thread to see for yourselves. :)

Keen to hear what our wonderful members have been up to?

Our Policy and External Affairs Officer, Lucy Seymour, shares insights from our Tuesday team meeting👇

The National Voices team also concerned by prescription charges going up. Many in Westminster talk as though the cost of living crisis is over but we know people are still having to make impossible choices. Prepayment is helpful but more support needed for those struggling the most.

We warned, along with Healthwatch England, NHS Providers National Voices, that downgrading Royal Mail delivery of appointment letters & test results risks #patientsafety & widening #inequalities . We're pleased that #RoyalMail have recognised what we have said 📬📨
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Many people are digitally excluded & rely solely on letters about their #health and appointment information. Reducing this post service risks further delaying vital communications & worsening #digitalexclusion - therefore widening #health inequalities #NHS
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Front page of Saturday's Telegraph featured the join letter we wrote with NHS Providers National Voices and Patients Association 👇

We have raised concerns with Royal Mail that plans to cut number of their deliveries could put patient safety at risk. With National Voices NHS Providers & Healthwatch England we made clear that NHS mail must remain a priority.
#PatientSafety #RoyalMail #NHS #Comms
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We have raised concerns, together with National Voices Patients Association and NHS Providers that the plans to cut the number of Royal Mail deliveries could put patient safety at risk.
independent.co.uk/business/plans…
#PatientSafety #RoyalMail #NHS #NHS letters

We're hiring! 🎉

We are looking for a Experiences of Care Manager to join our team.

They will help support staff, patients and carers to improve people’s experiences of health and care services.

🗓️ Applications close 9 am 29th April 👇
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