Many people aren’t aware that measles can make children seriously unwell and can even lead to life-threatening complications. The MMRV vaccine is the best way to protect your family. Check your child is up to date with their vaccinations:
MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox) vaccine
Find out about the MMRV vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects.
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London’s Ramadan Lights are shining once again in the West End. A beautiful celebration of the holy month and a reminder that our city is a beacon of hope, unity, and inclusivity. A city where diversity is a strength, and where everyone is loved and wanted ✨💛
Flu cases are on the rise and have peaked higher and earlier than last year. If you are eligible for a winter vaccination and still haven’t had it, please get one now, it’s not too late to protect yourself and your children. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
Getting the basics right and communicating at every level are the keys to any successful change and this is a huge one
Nick Davies@njdavies.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW REPORT: abolishing NHS England could help simplify accountability, improve prioritisation and create savings. But the change could also lead to increases in policy incoherence and blame culture, as well as the loss of skills, capacity and focus on areas outside the day-to-day NHS.
Flu cases are rising in London - cases are three times higher than this time last year. It’s important to protect yourself this winter by getting vaccinated. The NHS is making it easier than ever for eligible Londoners to get their flu vaccine: www.england.nhs.uk/london/our-w...
Join us tomorrow for this online event: Elevating Patient Care Standards should be a top priority for us all. I am pleased to be chairing the afternoon sessions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Great news. HPV testing in the privacy of our homes. Of course further testing will be offered if HPV is positive. We can make cervical cancer a disease for the history books
At-home HPV test kits to be offered to thousands of women in England
The home tests will be offered so that women can check for cervical cancer without visiting a GP.
bbc.co.uk
Mounjaro injections on the NHS currently have strict eligibility criteria with BMI over 40 (or 37.5 in certain ethnicities) and 4 out of 5 specific medical conditions. But it’s a first step to rollout and will help treat obesity to prevent the diseases caused by obesity in the longer term
If you’re travelling to Hajj (the annual Pilgrimage for Muslims) here’s a few quick health tips. May Allah accept your efforts and protect us all in this time of huge injustice and violence in our world
Join us this morning as I chair the important session on Optimising Primary Care Workforce. I wonder if they will let me sit on the throne 🤣
Graham Stretch@grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · last yr.How can we optimise our primary care workforce? Opening keynote panel- at Primary Care Partnership Network (PCPN) Looking forward to participating in morning pcpn-uk.com/agenda/2025/ @fhussain73.bsky.social Sonia Kumar @victoriatb.bsky.social Rachel Power Estefania Costa @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
How can we optimise our primary care workforce? Opening keynote panel- at Primary Care Partnership Network (PCPN) Looking forward to participating in morning pcpn-uk.com/agenda/2025/ @fhussain73.bsky.social Sonia Kumar @victoriatb.bsky.social Rachel Power Estefania Costa @pcpa-uk.bsky.social
When ICBs were told to make huge financial savings, I was still hoping that essential front line clinical services would not be cut. It’s a sad day in my 28 years in the NHS (24 as a GP) to have been informed that funding for GPs to provide end of life care as part of enhanced services has stopped
This really is brilliant news for our patients. Something that will make a real difference. So many patients taken off already long waiting lists because they got their appointment letter after the date of the appointment- excellent work Jacob ! @wpett.bsky.social
Jacob Lant@jacoblant.bsky.social · last yr.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...
Pleased to have the opportunity to raise awareness of breast cancer screening in our South Asian communities this week. Thanks to the radio stations and Islam Channel and B4U TV for having me on. It was great to speak both as a GP and a woman who has had a recent breast screen. #HelpusHelpYou
Savings definitely aren’t a given and currently we have hidden and very visible unmet needs. I have patients waiting for 5 months to make it on to the hospital outpatient waiting list- a waiting list for the waiting list!
Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · last yr.Here @jacoblant.bsky.social highlights a paradox of the left shift to prevention. Before getting to the sunny uplands of genuinely better & cheaper health, you have to make your way across the rocky terrain of uncovered unmet need. Doesn't make it the wrong thing to do, but savings aren't a given.
Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating. Thanks @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social for my Eid chocolates! Many people around the world including Gaza, won’t have basic food and water this Eid. Please donate whatever you can @islamicrelief.bsky.social
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workloa... I agree with this. There’s so many factors currently such as long waiting lists for operations. GPs are not occupational health specialists & especially where mental health is concerned, we may not have the knowledge to state that no work can be undertaken
GP role in fit-note process 'questionable', suggests Government review
The ability of GPs to issue fit notes and deal with work and health issues is ‘questionable’, according to a Government-commissioned review.
pulsetoday.co.uk
On this holy night in the Islamic calendar, I pray that the innocent people being murdered in Palestine and Ukraine and all those oppressed in the world, get their justice, if not in this world then in the next. May we be forgiven for not using our voices more and helping our brothers and sisters
“Getting the balance right between reform led by ministers and improvement led by staff within the NHS, will not be easy” the abolition of NHS England may be effective long term but with all change, we need to ensure this doesn’t distract from purpose of the NHS:to provide healthcare for patients
Chris Ham@chrisham.bsky.social · last yr.My views on abolition of NHS England. Is the NHS capable of being controlled by Ministers? And why political, managerial and clinical leadership are all needed www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Throughout the inevitable disruption that this huge reform will cause over the next 2 years, even if there are long term advantages, we need to ensure patient outcomes don’t get worse- more locally 50% job cuts in ICS is a huge concern for frontline workers and patients
Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · last yr."It is just possible there will be some real gains from this that could not have been achieved by a more evolutionary approach. But if there are they will be a long way down the road, and the risks are precisely those that Mr Streeting set out six weeks ago." Nick Timmins on classic form here.
“It’s almost inconceivable that ministers will seek to run the NHS day to day, so some operational function will have to be devised-perhaps like the previous NHS executive who worked inside the department” With NHSE being abolished, the question is what will replace its functions effectively?
Sam Macrory@sammacrory.bsky.social · last yr.Lots of words will be written about Keir Starmer's decision to abolish NHS England, but few people understand how NHSE worked - and why it was set up - like Nick Timmins does. So read his new @instituteforgov.bsky.social blog on a risky strategy.. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir...
Great blog:”what is a neighbourhood health service” and do the 3 different definitions and purposes matter? Everything to everyone can lead to nothing at all!
The King's Fund@thekingsfund.bsky.social · last yr.Does a neighbourhood health service mean different things to different people? Chris Naylor says 'while everyone seems to be talking about neighbourhoods, we are not all talking about the same thing.' Read the full blog. buff.ly/hhhDHDY
People in most economically deprived households have twice the number of long Covid sufferers compared to people in the wealthiest households. A stark reminder of Health inequalities and policy makers and the NHS needs to do much more to address this injustice
Neil Tester@neiltester.bsky.social · last yr.5 years on and we remember the NHS staff who gave their lives in service to humanity on Covid 19 Day of Reflection
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · last yr.On the COVID-19 Day of Reflection, we remember those who we lost during the pandemic and pay tribute to those who made sacrifices to keep our city moving and keep us safe during the most difficult of times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jep5...
youtube.com/watch?v=gw8r... Got to watch this session as couldn’t make it in person with Ramadan commitments. Many issues eg : lack of trust around GP partners managing their finances, the centre wanting more control over GPs & younger GPs worries over risk - shame there were no partners on panel
The GP partnership model: is it still fit for purpose?
YouTube video by Nuffield Trust
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Small, intentional, consistent steps practiced daily- is actually the key to success in most aspects of life.We need to value the grind as much as the grand- real leaders walk the talk and there are many, quietly running GP practices or departments in hospitals & community trusts- we must value them
Tara Donnelly@taradonnelly.bsky.social · last yr.Love this quote - « real delivery is about the grind, not just the grand » & it needs individual relationships, genuine expertise & hard work - from Thea’s opener at #NTSummit @theasrstein.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social
The increased item of service vaccine fee won’t help practices in deprived areas (whose uptake is lower and harder to achieve as @drgandalf.bsky.social explains) Inverse care law in action. Over 1 year since I had to give up my practice as it wasn’t financially viable & health inequalities widen
Dr Hussain Gandhi@drgandalf.bsky.social · last yr.Vaccination Challenges in Deprived Areas CONTINUE : www.youtube.com/live/5gAcCPT...
World Cancer Day- breast cancer is common- don’t let embarrassment put you off going for your mammogram
World Cancer Day- what questions will you be asked at your mammogram? Let’s find out together
World cancer day- some useful tips when going for your mammogram