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Freelance research, policy advice, project delivery on person centred care, patient engagement, NHS policy, voluntary sector, coproduction, coordinated care. Former policy director, National Voices. Luna the setter is my helper.
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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

This is an really important new resource from @patientlibrary.bsky.social on how to spot red flags in UK health care for poor culture in health services. Useful for patients, families AND health care teams. www.patientlibrary.net/cgi-bin/libr... tracker: www.patientlibrary.net/redflag/trac...

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A recent RCP survey showed that 89% of doctors are concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients, while 72% have seen more patients in the past 3 months with illnesses related to poor-quality housing, air pollution and access to transport. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Liz Truss now looks like an irrelevant amateur from some random country that has never had a proper trade war

@ouhospitals.bsky.social while you publicise amazing achievements, we enter the third hour of waiting for your pharmacy to deliver a simple prescription so we can leave and get home

If Trump was President in 1940

@ouhospitals.bsky.social a wait of over an hour for scheduled appointment at the Trauma Centre outpatients this morning. Not really acceptable.

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Please repost if you agree with Ursula.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... an analysis of how the government’s housing policy will magnify rather than solve the crisis in housing for the less well off

📣Our "Learning from Experiences – A Person Centred Care Symposium" has been rescheduled from February 2025 to Tuesday, 20th May 2025. 👉For more information, please visit our website: bit.ly/Symposium2025, where you can find the latest updates and information about ticket prices.

Can group-based strategies increase community resilience? Longitudinal predictors of sustained participation in Covid-19 mutual aid and community support groups doi.org/10.1111/jasp...

Our @thekingsfund.bsky.social submission to the Department of Health and Social Care's #10yrplanhealthplan - how to move towards the three shifts on #prevention, #careclosertohome and #technology and beyond - this is not just about the NHS... www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Researchers at ARC South London have produced a new toolkit to support health and social care commissioning organisations to effectively involve patients and members of the public in their work arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insight...

Our commentary on commercial influences on patient & public involvement is out today @healthpromint.bsky.social as part of special issue on the #CDoH. We hope to stimulate discussion & debate (& hopefully meaningful action) in this area academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... @jameslarkin13.bsky.social

What is behind changes in health between the 2011 and 2021 censuses? In a new blog, @davefinch.bsky.social and Fred Taylor explore what recent ONS data releases tell us about the scale of the challenge of improving health and reducing inequalities in the UK. Read more ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4fmd64c

New Christmas lights just went up in Clacton. (Farage is still the MP who makes most money from second jobs. By a long way.)

This is important. Housing First as a core plank of population health improvement means not just ‘freeing up development’ but planning homes for people currently excluded by the market

The funding of #generalpractice is unfair and inequitable. New @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social with the Health Equity Evidence Centre looks at why, why it matters, options to ‘fix’ the problem and makes clear what we think is the way forward. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...

And a v old ICYMI: Our attempt at unpacking #ROI of some #publichealth interventions relevant to #localgov - be clear on what's in the 'R' healthinnovationnetwork.com/wp-content/u...

Patient Revolution free webinar could be useful for @sallywarren.bsky.social & the new NHS plan - what it means to put person centred care into practice. (Clue: it doesn't mean focusing on waiting time targets.)

If you missed it, this investigation by my @statnews.bsky.social colleagues @bobjherman.bsky.social and Casey Ross on how UnitedHealth Group denied claims is a must read given recent events. www.statnews.com/denied-by-ai...

From my #Spotify #Wrapped 2024 the cracking zeitgeist single from @bobvylanlyricaday.bsky.social #BobVylan - Makes Me Violent. The 'Ghost Town' of 2024 imho. Spoke to my anger at the Long March of capitalism transferring assets from the dirt poor to the super rich

Tortoise Media: Bluesky users who deserted X might especially enjoy their 4-part podcast 'Elon's Spies', detailing how Elon stalks, trolls and silences critics eg company whistleblowers, Amber Heard (when she was his partner), and the guy who led the Thai cave rescue

Tortoise Media, which is buying the Observer: 'owners include venture capitalists, a South African chicken restaurant executive, heirs to a clothing fortune and an art curator' says UK Press Gazette pressgazette.co.uk/news/who-own...

📢Yesterday, the Government provided an update on its #PlanforChange, which includes a commitment to “Build an #NHS Fit for the Future”. @chrisgrahamuk.bsky.social, Group Chief Executive Officer at @pickereurope.bsky.social, has responded to the plan.👇

The main Christmas tree of Kyiv is about to kick-start the holiday season tomorrow. The third Christmas of the full-scale war when we have rather humble trees and no celebrations in the historical part of Kyiv.

To tell the truth I can't stand this place It's getting harder every day to put the smile upon my face (I know) I can't keep up with all the lies it creates And it might have it in the name, but trust, there ain't nothing great #BobVylan

#EzraCollective gave me one of the best live concerts ever at Birmingham Institute. #NowPlaying from my #Spotify #Wrapped top ten their single God Gave Me Feet For Dancing youtu.be/5JUjFN9AuFU

Names appearing in my 2024 #Spotify #Wrapped: Richard Hawley, Ezra Collective, Hak Baker, Bob Vylan, The Allergies, Vampire Weekend and... er.. Sister Sledge

Tomorrow the third in a great run of live music. After #EzraCollective and #NickCave comes... #VampireWeekend Here's 'Capricorn' from their new album youtu.be/8lCmyFCj580

The EFJ will stop posting on X as of January 20, 2025. This Federation of journalists has roughly 30,000 members across 44 countries and they join several other news sources in leaving the social media platform. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...