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.

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

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.

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.