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🧵 In just 3 minutes you could: ☕Boil a kettle 📱Scroll on your phone 💻Leave feedback about your care This #ShareForBetterCare week, take 3 minutes to make a difference and feedback about health and social care in your community. 👉 bit.ly/BetterCareFe...

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This #ShareForBetterCare Week achieve a positive impact whilst you have a short wait in your day by sharing your experience of health or social care services with us. It takes as little as 3 minutes and your feedback helps services provide better care. bit.ly/BetterCareFe...

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We are delighted to welcome the Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation to our membership! 🎉 The Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation is a UK-based mental health charity committed to safeguarding, supporting, and enriching the mental and emotional wellness of Black women. www.thelmamatildaalvesfoundation.com

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64% of people have experienced a problem with NHS admin in the past 12 months. And these problems affect people from ethnic minority backgrounds, with long-term conditions or those struggling financially more. Find out more about the impact of poor #NHSAdmin www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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PIF members @thekingsfund.bsky.social and @nationalvoices.bsky.social have joined forces with @healthwatchengland.bsky.social to delve into the impact of NHS admin. Their joint report makes a series of recommendations for improvement. Read more here: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-... #NHSAdmin

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🔍New report from @thekingsfund.bsky.social highlights impact of poor NHS administration. Nearly 2/3 people say they have had a problem with NHS admin in the past year. @jonsparkes.bsky.social Mencap Chief Exec, says: “Poor admin isn't just an inconvenience it actively deepens health inequalities."

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Hard hitting piece from @maggiescentres.bsky.social in the Times this morning. I went to one of the workshops for this and it was striking how much faith participants had lost in community health services. Some important messages for the NHS 10 Year Plan. www.thetimes.com/article/f5d0...

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As #HWAlliance members and Mental Health Consortium leads, we're pleased to share this new report highlighting the positive impact the Alliance has had over the last 3 years. #VCSE #MentalHealth

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The Health and Wellbeing Alliance (funded by DHSC @england.nhs.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social) is an essential platform for some of our most marginalised communities to have their say on national policy making. Proves people aren’t “hard to reach” when you work with them, on topics that matter to them.

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As a member of the #HWAlliance, we are proud to share the new impact report Over the last 3 years, the Alliance has helped to create opportunities for almost 10,000 people from minoritised and marginalised communities to shape national policy Read more 👇

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🧵 🗣️ Almost 10,000 people experiencing health inequalities have had their voices heard in national policy making via #HWAlliance activity. Our new report explores the successes and impact of the #HWAlliance in developing inclusive health and care policy. www.nationalvoices.org.uk/publication/...

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Continuing the conversation about NHS admin, I’ve done a blog. Worrying to see how many of my team had experienced issues. If you work in the sector I’d definitely encourage you to talk about this at your next team meeting. The more it’s surfaced the more likely we can get some focus on fixing it.

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Great blog below from @jacoblant.bsky.social about how the NHS communicates with patients plays a crucial role in people’s experiences of healthcare, and how they perceive the NHS. 👇

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New on the blog 📢 Following the publication yesterday of our new report with @thekingsfund.bsky.social and @healthwatchengland.bsky.social, our Chief Executive, @jacoblant.bsky.social writes about why tackling #NHSAdmin will help improve outcomes. 👉 www.nationalvoices.org.uk/blogpost/why...

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Our latest research with @thekingsfund.bsky.social and @nationalvoices.bsky.social highlights the need for the NHS to get the basics of admin right. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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Today we launched a new report with @thekingsfund.bsky.social & @healthwatchengland.bsky.social which demonstrates the scale and impact of poor #NHSAdmin. Read a thread from our Chief Executive, @jacoblant.bsky.social on why ending the 'admin doom loop' is so crucial 👇

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The @healthwatchengland.bsky.social @thekingsfund.bsky.social @nationalvoices.bsky.social report on NHS admin has had great coverage. Patients face nightmares with letters, booking appts etc. We will work with gov to improve measurement, the App & 2-way comms www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Admin may not seem the exciting of topics when it comes to health, but it can seriously get in the way of accessing services! @pocklington.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @slcouncils.bsky.social @henshaws.bsky.social @visionsupport.bsky.social @nhsconfed.org

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Featured on the hub this morning, new research from @thekingsfund.bsky.social, @healthwatchengland.bsky.social and @nationalvoices.bsky.social on people’s experiences of NHS admin processes, with key recommendations on how to improve this⬇️ www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...

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🧵Nearly 2 out of 3 people say they (or someone they care for) have had a problem with NHS admin in the past year. And around 1 in 5 people have been invited to an appointment after it was due to happen. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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We all have experienced NHS admin, good or bad. Our joint research with @thekingsfund.bsky.social and @nationalvoices.bsky.social shows around 1 in 5 people were invited to an NHS appointment after it was due to happen. Read our suggested solutions #NHSAdmin www.healthwatch.co.uk/news/2025-02...

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We have joined @thekingsfund.bsky.social and @nationalvoices.bsky.social in highlighting the scale and impact of poor NHS admin and have called for improvements. Read our news story #NHSAdmin

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It was good to hear this @nationalvoices.bsky.social @thekingsfund.bsky.social @healthwatchengland.bsky.social report featured on @bbcradio4.bsky.social Today programme this morning. Getting the basics right really matters to patients and staff, and the shiny stuff won't work properly without it.

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🧵 We need to put admin on the agenda 📢 Our new research, published today alongside @thekingsfund.bsky.social & @healthwatchengland.bsky.social shows how commonplace issues with #NHSAdmin are. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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Our Director of Policy and External Affairs, @sharonbrennan.bsky.social was a guest on the Navigate podcast, a series created and organised by Merck. 🎙️This episode focused on the challenges patients face in accessing clinical trials and how they can be overcome open.spotify.com/episode/0Mjc...

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Despite lots of us having access to huge amounts of health information online, a report from the @pifonline.bsky.social has found half of UK adults struggle to access trusted information. Find out more in ‬@sophierandall.bsky.social, Director of PIF's blog. https://buff.ly/3QceEDL

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So proud of my team and all our @nationalvoices.bsky.social lived experience partners who helped bring this all together. And thanks Helen for taking part in the launch event too. So impressed we had over 400 delegates! :) Friends, colleagues, stakeholders read below … you have been dared.

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Our new framework, launched today, is a co-produced tool designed to help ICSs assess and improve how they engage with people and communities to identify and address local health inequalities. Read the framework and find out more 👇 www.cqc.org.uk/local-system...

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In partnership with @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social + @carequalitycomm.bsky.social today we’re launching a framework to help ICSs understand how they’re working with their communities to address inequalities. A coproduced tool with system leaders, VCSE + people with lived experience from the very start

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At #cqc event to launch the framework for addressing health inequalities www.cqc.org.uk/local-system... so pleased to see this brought to life! @jacoblant.bsky.social @sarahmassie.bsky.social Bola Owalabi as always so eloquent, ‘this isn’t just a tool this a real framework to drive improvement’!

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Today, the @carequalitycomm.bsky.social launches a framework for integrated care systems to self-assess and improve how they address health inequalities through engagement with people and communities, developed with us and @nationalvoices.bsky.social. www.cqc.org.uk/local-system...

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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new self-assessment and improvement framework for ICSs 🎉 This framework has been developed in partnership with CQC and @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social, with funding from the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund. To read the framework👇 www.cqc.org.uk/local-system...

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Really looking forward to the launch of this framework. Delighted to work alongside other lived experience partners with @nationalvoices.bsky.social to take this from concept to reality. A real opportunity to 'do' something about health inequality rather than just 'talk' about them

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Join us this afternoon as, along with CQC and @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social we launch a self assessment and improvement framework, designed to support ICSs in reducing health inequalities by improving the way they engage with people and communities. Register here 👇 events.zoom.us/ev/Agp7ki6bh...

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Medication shortages are continuing to have a significant impact on patients Last year, we were involved in a report by @rpharms.com exploring this, which calls on the Government to create a national strategy to manage this issue, amongst other key recommendations 👉 www.rpharms.com/medicinessho...

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8.5 million adults lack the most basic digital skills. So how can we create digital health and care services that are inclusive? Our long read, supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social, argues that it's essential to listen to the voices of people & communities. Read more👉 https://buff.ly/4goybLQ

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Tomorrow, 1:30pm 📆 CQC, in partnership with National Voices and @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social will be publishing a self assessment and improvement framework for ICSs* to address inequalities through engagement with people and communities Join us for the launch event 👇 events.zoom.us/ev/Agp7ki6bh...

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