Thank you to the organisers and speakers at the COPD UK 2025 conference! What an inspiring and thought provoking couple of days 🫁
Sue Thomas
@thomassue.bsky.social
RN, commissioner & healthcare consultant. PPV member NHSE neuro transformation CRG.
Healthwatch Somerset has expressed serious concern over the Government’s decision to stop commissioning local Healthwatch services as part of the NHS 10-year plan, and the Penny Dash report. You can read more: bit.ly/3IhAzc6.
Healthwatch Somerset responds to Government decision to end local Healthwatch services
Healthwatch Somerset have expressed serious concern over the Government’s decision to stop commissioning local Healthwatch services as part of the NHS 10-year plan and Penny Dash report. This change w...
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We've just launched our latest report, in which we detail engagement with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) survivors and professionals. The report has revealed gaps in the Somerset's healthcare and rehabilitation pathways for people with an ABI. Read more: www.healthwatchsomerset.co.uk/post/neuro-r...
#COPDvoices the patients and carers have spoken. It’s our duty to listen. @monabafadhel.bsky.social @nikkismallcombe.bsky.social @thomassue.bsky.social
A new report has found that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) feel like ‘second class citizens’. Launched today at the House of Commons, the report sets out the stark reality people with COPD face in securing diagnosis & accessing care. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...
People with COPD feel like 'second class citizens', finds new report
A report from King’s College London sets out the stark reality people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face in securing diagnosis and accessing care.
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🚨 1 person is hospitalised every 3 minutes from COPD 🚨1 in 2 patients are readmitted or die within 90 days of a COPD exacerbation 🚨COPD is the 2nd most common cause of emergency admission 🚨In the UK someone has a COPD exacerbation every 20 seconds It’s time for change
A big day today with the launch of the “COPD Voices: A matter of life & breath” detailing the lived experiences of people w COPD 🫁