I am having an outstanding trip, alongside @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social, celebrating Uganda-UK #HealthPartnerships. Full of gratitude to the clinicians driving this work & for the support of FCDO, MoH. This is for our mutual benefit. #UKAid
Ben Simms
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CEO @globalhealthpart.bsky.social. Health is global. Passionate about overseas aid but looking beyond. Vice-Chair BBC Charity Appeals Committee. Fellow of the RSA.
"After years of being targeted by the junta, #Myanmar’s healthcare workers face a desperate situation." Proud of @globalhealthpart.bsky.social's work here, as part of a wider #HealthPartnerships for Myanmar community. Thanks to @bma.org.uk for your collaboration. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘We feel like we are failing’: Myanmar doctor speaks out as health system teeters on ‘brink of collapse’
Elle’s story is one of personal sacrifice, deciding to help people despite the risk of attack by the military. Her story reflects that of a healthcare system in peril
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Appointment of @kirstymcneill.bsky.social as Minister of State for International Development FCDO is very, very hopeful. Imperative she now be given the £ #UKAid backing to restore UK reputation. For now, congratulations from us all @globalhealthpart.bsky.social 👏. #HealthPartnerships #globalNHS
Nothing quiet about this devastating film, #LifeSupport. A very difficult & challenging 90 minutes which is, nonetheless, essential viewing. #NotTargets www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
Life Support review – quietly devastating medics’ eye view of the war in Gaza
In the absence of foreign media, doctors are valuable witnesses to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Daniele Rugo’s documentary
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The FCDO’s aid allocations today should be a wake-up call for the UK. We can’t claim global leadership while retreating from the world’s toughest challenges. @andyburnham.bsky.social has spoken before about the need for an ambitious international development agenda. Now’s the time for action.
📢 FCDO's annual report, released today, has revealed that some of the lowest-income, fragile and conflict-affected countries will face cuts of up to 90%. As a result, UK aid programmes will be virtually eliminated in many countries across Africa. buff.ly/BVJEvD0
FCDO annual report: UK aid funding to some African countries to be slashed by up to 90% | Bond
Today, Thursday 16 July, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) released its Annual Report & Accounts for 2025-26 and the UK
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“Our hope carries on because the community of partnerships in the UK & around the world will not forget them.” My wonderful @globalhealthpart.bsky.social colleague talking at this very impressive David Nott Foundation event reflecting on the support being given to health professionals in #Myanmar.
Two catastrophic earthquakes have hit #Venezuela. The DEC has launched an appeal. DEC charities are working with their local partners to reach people with emergency aid and support search and rescue efforts. #DECappeal Please donate: http://donation.dec.org.uk/venezuela-earthquake-appeal
This morning I donned my BBC hat to celebrate how the UK public have rallied to "to help strangers in crisis" across 80 appeals & over 60 years. Today, the @decappeal.bsky.social & its members go again. This is who we are. 👏👏https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/venezuela-earthquake-appeal
The NHS is often part of debates on immigration. But what does the evidence say? Our new briefing finds the average person who migrates to the UK is more likely to work in the NHS, less likely to use health services and contributes significantly to NHS funding. Read more⬇️ https://bit.ly/3SI3ECF
'Immigration & #NHS.' Important @healthfoundation.bsky.social report which makes reference to recent APPG Global Health & Security report on health workforce migration. A consensus is emerging. #ExpertsInOurMidst #globalNHS #HealthPartnerships @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @monicaharding.bsky.social
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‘Learnings from Global #HealthPartnerships in Practice’. So pleased to be joining Israa Mohammed & @hubcymruafrica.wales in Cardiff today at #GHPC2026. Looking for heavy doses of positivity! #globalNHS. hubcymruafrica.wales/event/health...
Learnings from Global Health Partnerships in Practice | Hub Cymru Africa
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A timely reminder that health security is global. As #Ebola takes hold in the DRC, @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social asks an important question: what role are we playing, to strengthen #GlobalHealth systems that protect people in the UK and around the world? #HealthPartnerships #GlobalNHS #UHC
The @rcn.org.uk has become a powerhouse in the international space under leadership of Nicola Ranger. I am v much looking forward to engaging with this event, exploring the vital role of nursing in conflict #HealthPartnerships #globalNHS www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN Connecting Champions Global Nursing Event | Events | Royal College of Nursing
On Monday 6th July 2026 at Cowdray Hall, the RCN Connecting Champions bring together nursing leaders, researchers, educators and healthcare professionals to explore the vital role of nursing in confli...
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Everyone wants to be "honest about migration." So let's be honest about migration. 1 in 5 #NHS staff report non-British nationality. Diagnosing illness, delivering babies & saving the UK tax payer some £14 billion in training costs. #globalNHS www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/the-experts-...
The Experts in Our Midst deserve more than our gratitude. They deserve our protection. - Global Health Partnerships
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"Tackling #antimicrobialresistance also depends on who is in the room, whose expertise is valued." Fantastic insights @globalhealthpart.bsky.social colleague Jihoon Yoo #HealthPartnerships #CwPAMS #genderequity. With thanks @lstmnews.bsky.social www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/when-steward...
When stewardship shifts power: gender, inclusion and the fight against drug resistance - Global Health Partnerships
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V grateful & excited that @gemmastacey.bsky.social has invited me to join the #NursingNowChallenge Advisory Board. I am deeply impressed by her vision of how this initiative can flourish in its ambition to support early-career nurses and midwives www.nursingnow.org/board/
Our Board – Nursing Now Challenge
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Heartfelt congratulations - the one and only, the brilliant Dr Marion Lynch: link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Nurses and Allies Harnessing the Arts to Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals
This guide aims at Harnessing the Arts to Achieve SDGs in Clinical Practice, Health Promotion, Professional Education, and National Policy Making.
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A wonderfully positive moment, celebrating UK Government support to the Global Fund with a host of #NHS staff who have lived experience of the impact this support will have. #UKAid saving lives. #ExpertsInOurMidst #globalNHS
"The most courageous choose peace." @drtedros.who.int @who.int, speaking this morning #r4Today. 🙏🕊️💕
Congratulations Public Health Wales for producing this brief but compelling explanation of the benefits of thinking globally to improve health locally: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGZ-... #globalhealth #globalNHS #HealthPartnerships
Benefits of international health for the people of Wales
YouTube video by PHW Storage
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To put 👇 in context: "Perhaps the most consequential text adopted that went almost unnoticed this week was the first revision in 16 years of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel." healthpolicy-watch.news/the-forgotte...
The Overlooked Decisions Of The 79th World Health Assembly - Health Policy Watch
The resolution explicitly recalls last year's resolution on the health effects of nuclear war, a text the World Health Assembly fought bitterly over before
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Ben Simms@bensimms65.bsky.social · 3mo agoDelighted to have chaired first part of this frank side event at #WHA79 on behalf of @globalhealthpart.bsky.social, handing over to the brilliant Helen Dempster from @cgdev.org for the panel discussion. Have a watch. www.cgdev.org/event/ethica... #ExpertsInOurMidst #HealthPartnerships #globalNHS
Delighted to have chaired first part of this frank side event at #WHA79 on behalf of @globalhealthpart.bsky.social, handing over to the brilliant Helen Dempster from @cgdev.org for the panel discussion. Have a watch. www.cgdev.org/event/ethica... #ExpertsInOurMidst #HealthPartnerships #globalNHS
A Sustainable and Ethical Future for Health Worker Mobility
Held on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly, this CGD event co-hosted with the World Bank, OECD, IOM and Global Health Partnerships, will bring together policymakers and experts to discuss how ...
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“If Britain continues to benefit from internationally trained health workers, it should invest in the health systems it recruits from.” Powerful advocacy from @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
We benefit from health workers trained abroad – so we should invest in their health systems too
As a public health doctor, I have spent much of my career thinking about what helps people and health services thrive.
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I will never tire of the leadership of @howardcatton.bsky.social, here galvanizing the nursing community at #WHA79, nor cease to be grateful for the partnership he offers @globalhealthpart.bsky.social in our policy & advocacy work www.icn.ch/news/icn-bri...
Powerful leadership from Philippines Minister Teddy Herbosa at packed #WHA79 side event on #healthworkforce. “We have spent a decade or more building the evidence & consensus. Key test now is to act” argues Prof Jim Campbell in stunningly lucid reflections on his time @who.int #healthpartnerships
⚠️Lower-income countries are training nurses who are then recruited abroad, while their own health systems lose clinicians, educators and leaders. INSIDE VIEW: @howardcatton.bsky.social; @intcouncilofnurses.bsky.social 📖⬇️& 🔁🙏
Nurses Are Not A Cost To Health Systems. They Are The Power Holding Them Together. - Health Policy Watch
Recently, I met with African nursing leaders who told me stories of nurses in countries such as Ghana and Nigeria earning the equivalent of only a few hundred
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'Nigeria Seeks New Global Compact on Health Workforce Mobility’ www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/08/n...
Nigeria Seeks New Global Compact on Health Workforce Mobility – THISDAYLIVE
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I'm proud to volunteer on the BBC Charity Appeals Committee, & we're now looking for new members. It's a genuinely meaningful role, helping to shape the charity appeals the BBC broadcasts to millions. Do take a look: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/BBC-Appe...
BBC Appeals Advisory Committee (AAC) 2 Members (Voluntary)
BBC Appeals Advisory Committee (AAC) 2 Members (Voluntary)
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