I’ve never liked Wes Streeting more than his open backing of rejoining the EU which 16 million of us voted remain because we can do maths. BTW - he has said similar comments before but the right wing media chose to ignore them.

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'We set out red lines in the manifesto' Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told #BBCBreakfast 'he won't speculate on what will be in the next manifesto' after former Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that Britain's future should "one day be back in the European Union"

More people are surviving thanks to medical advances, more people ate living longer, that equals more work for healthcare which means we meed more healthcare workers. This “make smarter use of resources” lobby are simply not facing reality.

UNISON@unison.org.uk · 5mo ago

🏥📢 Sustained support required to ensure survival of the NHS UNISON head of health Helga Pile says long-term investment is needed to protect services ⬇️ unsn.uk/4nFTfmE

I would love to see a documentary on the re-opening of Britain’s last tin mine.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Tin mining to return to Cornwall after Reeves makes £29m investment

Today is #WorldBloodCancerDay GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma. You could be someone's lifeline❤️ Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done www.blood.co.uk

Thats what i call dedication to your YouTube channel (on snake handling, obvs) www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.

bbc.com

'We'd like to see action around secondary prevention, the importance of rehabilitation, and to stop revolving door cases of people coming back into hospital.' @robyeldham.bsky.social updates on the forthcoming 10 Year Plan and the move from a sickness to prevention healthcare based system.

If it weren't for Brexit, Rachel Reeves would have another £50 billion in her purse; plenty enough to boost the NHS, welfare, and infrastructure, and allow for some tax cuts. What a happier and more optimistic Britain that would be. That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit. #RejoinEU

Imagine all’s AI…

Ryan Boyd@ryanboyd.bsky.social · 2y ago

(John Lennon) 🎶 Imagine there's no admin 🎶

“We need to get rid of the nice to haves”, says Foluke Ajayi, vice-chair of NHS Confed and trust CEO. I guess that includes anything without a target eh like, er, all community services? Neighbourhood Health Service going to be tough to pull off, eh? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

What's the way forward with NHS cuts?

Podcast Episode · Health On The Line · 26/03/2025 · 32m

podcasts.apple.com

Cutting 10000 civil service jobs is a lame no-impact move when Cameron announced a 100,000 cut and they could not make the numbers work because they couldn’t afford the ££££ of exits too! I was one of those civil servants so thinking of my former colleagues heading for ugly workplace dynamics

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

A painfully inevitability if you place yourself in a fiscal rules straitjacket. But as Tories found after 10 years of severe austerity- it don’t work. But then Tories just liked inflicting pain on us plebs www.ft.com/content/f4ad...

This is what devolving responsibility for the shift from hospitals to community to ICBs looks like when there are no targets or incentives - plans to close walk in centres and out of hours GP hubs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government asked to review possible Norfolk and Suffolk NHS cuts

A walk-in centre and out-of-hours GP bases could be closed under plans to save money.

bbc.co.uk

Anecdote, meet data.

PrefersDogs 💙🍀🌹🇺🇦🐸@prefersdogs.bsky.social · 2y ago

No details yet, but the system especially UC is abused and needs reform. There needs support to those who are struggling and NEETs to access employment From experience I know 16 years old going on PIP for zero reason because there is no support for them.

Today they are talking about avoiding NHS trust deficits (don’t take long) so savings are not about putting “more” money anywhere, they are about delivering within current budgets. ICB cuts also prompting a culture of risk aversion & bunkering.

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Abolition of NHS England and an NHS wide voluntary redundancy scheme? NHS has been here many times before. But anyone seen a copy of any new NHS Plan? All seems populist distraction- axing a ‘quango’ and bureaucrats to supposedly give the cash for more nurses and doctors. Yeah, sure

Surely not just a problem for introverts…

Turning care homes into reablement centres so that people age with true quality of life and no one falls through the cracks is working - www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/falki...

Falkirk Council physiotherapy facility earns praise from Care Inspectorate

A facility which provides physical and emotional support to people recovering from an accident, illness or hospital stay has been assessed as “very good” following a surprise inspection.

falkirkherald.co.uk

I’ve spoken to so many internationally educated physios who were woefully overqualified but forced to take entry-level roles. One had two masters and had run a college for physios back in India then started in the UK as band 5. Promotion after that point was rapid for them though.

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exploitative contracts? www.bbc.com/news/article...

This has to be accompanied by education of NHS managers so that reasonable adjustments are offered in every NHS workplace - and are not viewed as incongruous with the work. Sick absence and union-backed disputes are then staff’s only options to protect their health.

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

35% pain reduction is good. But how long does it last if staff return doing same work in same way placing stress on muscles and joints doing same repetitive actions. Much spaced to change this? www.gov.uk/government/n...

Tacking health inequalities means surfacing patients who have not previously accessed healthcare thus increasing patient numbers and perhaps backlogs. Hard to do both at least for some years I would have thought?

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Much due to increase diagnostic capacity with programme of introducing community diagnostic centres that started in 2021? But some research published last year indicated that increased diagnostic activity may not necessarily shorten waiting times. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Yeah I thought last night’s press release from DHSC was carefully worded to avoid a direct causal relationship- not least because Labour improvements to CDCs not implemented yet I assume?

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

In relation to government pub. of increased NHS diagnostic numbers, this research relates rise to intro of CDC programme. But, at least in post Covid years, increased activity seemed to be related to CDCs stimulating demand and not reducing waiting www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The more bizarre, insane and dictatorial the US looks the better the EU looks to UK voters. I expect this trend to continue

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 2y ago

Check out our new megapoll with @yougov.co.uk on the front page of today’s Observer! Full story: theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/25/move-closer-to-europe-not-trump-voters-tell-starmer-in-major-uk-poll

Those with knowledge and expertise are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding

Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fellow scientists, when you see dis/misinformation on here, call it out. Or share responsibility for the consequences. These are dark days. 🧪

Stop typing all those questions to ChatGPT and WhatsApp them to the brilliant brains of Electoral Dysfunction instead.

Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social · 2y ago

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I wish Brexit support was only alive with a small proportion but I hear it all the time when I’m out and about. Isn’t underestimating anti EU feeling why we Lost the referendum in the first place? We must do better.

John Rentoul@rentouljohn.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Principles are not practical… guidelines are not enough.

The King's Fund@thekingsfund.bsky.social · 2y ago

‘Some is not a number, soon is not a time’ If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva. Read the full blog. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Been chatting to neighbourhood teams up & down England & many identify “frailty” as #1 focus but tell me all patients are in last 1/2 years of life.

Healthwatch@healthwatch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nuffield estimates that £22bn is spent on caring for adults in their last year of life. Including 11.8bn on NHS, ranging from planned and unplanned hospital care to GP,community and hospice care. With another £4.8bn on Social Care and Continuing Healthcare www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh...

“Without a compelling vision, including one for Britain’s place in Europe, [Labour] risks being outflanked – both by history and by a movement built on anger, not solutions.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Labour’s Brexit hesitancy: Tories collapse and Farage fills the void | Editorial

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s caution has yet to persuade voters, while discontent fuels a resurgent right that thrives by boosting anti-immigrant, climate-sceptic views

theguardian.com

I’m just helping edit an oncology and palliative care sub to the Ten Year Plan and I really hope gov funds the unsexy, non headline grabbing basics of unpicking the NHS internal market the led to proliferation of IT systems that physios have to log in & out of to piece together complete patient info

BTW - this happened!

Women at work who tell me they are rather tired of mansplainy policy pods get a quick - and now award-winning - recommendation from me to listen to this! Congrats to the team.

Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social · 2y ago

🥳 NEW: Electoral Dysfunction is now on youtube, so you can watch AND listen to us if that's your jam (am channeling #MAFSAU there, which fits as because this ep has a little nod to Love Island) Thank u to our brilliant editor Tom Sue Yek & @laurafitzpatrick.bsky.social youtu.be/qXQudUsITfE?...