Testing and cancer diagnosis in gen practice
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Top editorial
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Excellent on the complexities:
Benefit, risk, cost, interpretation in real world settings, limitations of crude interpretation of data on testing variation to make policy
I actually quite like having a government that seems to be ignoring pathetic political arguments on social media and instead seems to be just getting on with the job. #Starmer #Labour
On Monday there were 45 patients waiting for a bed on a ward in @NHSGlos A&E...it has been at 'Opel 4' - highest level of pressure - for 10 days I am told
The view from #primarycare on the #elective recovery plan www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...
An honour to be the 1st guest on this @the-bma.bsky.social podcast! Thanks @alexcauvi.bsky.social Maggie Shui & Seren_Boyd for making this happen!
I discuss my book #Unheard, the medical practice of silencing & how better listening throughout medicine improves patient outcomes & health equity.
Framing challenges... @socialcarefuture.bsky.social was pleased to add our name to this carefully framed statement on the perilous state of adult social care following the recent budget. The message 'funding for social care is an investment in us all' www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
Driving equitable care for all. The NHS Race & Health Observatory is proud to see its recommendations shaping the latest national guidelines for neonatal care - helping to ensure improved outcomes for every newborn.
Learn more: www.nhsrho.org/blogs/the-ob...
Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
#Oliverscampaign
I fully stand by @BaronessHollins & this report
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Baroness Hollins' final report: My heart breaks - solitary confinement in hospital has no therapeutic benefit for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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"We talked about how a Poverty Truth Parliament—made up of people who have lived through poverty—could change things. Imagine the impact if those who have actually experienced poverty were at the table when decisions are made"
p.s I need my hospital number - of course its not in the appointment calendar on the app, I have to navigate into the letters part of the app, open a letter and find my number. Did anyone user-test this app?!
Wrong person, they can't do it either. Hang up, call back, 3rd in queue, finally transferred to the right person & given a direct line - why didnt the app give me this number?! Anyhow started at 9.20am, cancelled appointment at 10.05. & people think we should pay £10 if we don't cancel! 4/4
Called yesterday twice, navigated the call system to get a message that said "No one can take your call" and the call ended. No message on when this number is answered. Called today, got through in ten mins to the appointment line, but they can't cancel the appointment either, transfers me... 3/4
No one asked if i could do that date but there we go. I got the appointment through a bespoke app this hospital uses, i hit the cancel button on the app - a note pops up to says you can't cancel the appointment using the cancel button, you need to call a number 2/4
At National Voices we talk a lot about patient admin and many people ask what we mean and why patients who don't cancel appointments shouldn't be charged, so here's a thread on my attempt to cancel an appointment. I was offered an appointment for 30 December - I am away so can't make it. so.... 1/4
The testing phase is complete! 🎉
Our improvement framework for ICSs to tackle health inequalities (developed with @CareQualityComm & @NVTweeting) has completed its testing phase.
🗓️ The framework and guidance launch 12 Feb.
For more info: www.pointofcarefoundation.org.uk/news/testing...
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Small cuddly dog sleeping
Small dog in front of rowing boats
It’s a dreary old day outside & not much positivity going on, so I’m posting photos of Ruben my Norfolk Terrier.
Well he always makes me smile 😊
Are you a registered #healthcare professional driven by a passion to make a difference for #children & young people?
We’re looking for a new Strategic Lead for Clinical & Quality Governance - could it be you?
Closes Jan 6
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Sarah Woolnough, CEO of The King's Fund, is featured in a press release quote: 'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service. ‘To seriously drive change, ministers should conduct a more wide-ranging and fundamental review of health service targets so that they incentivise the improvements to services that patients need.’
'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service,' says
Sarah Woolnough, responding to the Prime Minister's speech on its Plan for Change and the #NHS waiting list 'milestone'. Read more: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
The long-term focus should be on rebuilding the nation’s health by ensuring that people live longer healthier lives and, critically, tackling deep inequalities in health between different parts of the country. Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive at the Health Foundation
Our Chief Executive, Jennifer Dixon responds to the Prime Minister's newly announced 'Plan For Change' in the context of our recent polling and analysis work.
Read more 👇
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The NHS Race & Health Observatory is expanding. Join our mission to tackle racial and ethnic inequalities in healthcare. Take a look at our current vacancies and apply to be part of the Observatory, here: www.nhsrho.org/about-us/wor...
Tackling health inequalities place by place. Over 50 areas in the UK and today 1 more - launching Oxfordshire Marmot County. @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @marmotihe.bsky.social
Estimating adolescent mental health in the general population: current challenges and opportunities Louise Black, Margarita Panayiotou, Neil Humphrey Adolescence is a period of change and increased mental health difficulties, which are important for lifetime outcomes. Adolescent mental health is therefore an active research area, with large samples often drawing on self-report general measures (ie, not disorder-specific or focused on a narrow outcome). We argue that these measures have a key role in our understanding of issues such as prevalence, antecedents, prevention, and intervention, however, measurement has been given little attention and high-quality measures do not tend to be available or used. We offer insights into historical and psychometric challenges that have contributed to current problems and highlight the implications of relying on poor measures, which at their worst can be biased and unethical. We make recommendations for research and practice on selecting measures and improving the evidence base and make a call to action to reject low-quality measurement in this field.
For anyone working in adolescent mental health: I *really* recommend reading this important paper about the most commonly used questionnaires (inc SDQ)
In short: most of them have poor psychometric properties, so do we even know what they are measuring?
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Funding available to do a PhD on statistical methods for assessing the integrity of RCTs, based in Aberdeen, with Alison Avenell, myself, Graeme MacLennan and Mark Bolland. Competitive process, funded by MRC Trials Methodology Research Partnership: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We are proud to have contributed to The TCPA report "Raising the healthiest generation in history: why it matters where children and young people live", an evidence based inquiry into children, young people and the built environment www.tcpa.org.uk/resources/ra...
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Are you a registered #healthcare professional driven by a passion to make a difference for #children & young people?
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