To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it will be one of the main functions of the national voice for patients being considered by the national voices project to represent the views and concerns of local involvement networks at a national level. (99548)

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin is leading work by a number of national patient organisations to develop national voices. In their recent publication, “Are you being heard?”, they stated that the project’s basic function is to provide a mechanism for existing voices to come together for greater effect on policymaking at national level. The publication also states membership will be open to national organisations in the first instance but could perhaps open up to local organisation and individuals in the future.