Dr Deborah Fenney

I grew up in a context where ‘feminist’ was a dirty word, for women who hated men and didn’t look after their appearance. It wasn’t until my late 20s that I embraced it as a term that meant being part of the fight for gender equality. And working in health care policy, I see even more the need to talk about protecting and advancing women’s rights. - Deborah Fenney

'Each time a woman is not listened to is another brick in the wall of medical misogyny.'

This International Women’s Day, Deborah Fenney explores the impact of medical misogyny on women’s health and care.

Would you call yourself a feminist?

Read the full blog: https://bit.ly/47fs9vm

Good Health For All: Reimagining The Welfare State | The King's Fund A new headline project from The King's Fund that will reimagine what future health and care services could look like.

I'm sure we're not the only ones asking these questions, and we absolutely can't answer them alone. Can you help us? Find out more:

www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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We have 2 big questions:

What does a future welfare state need to look like? How do we build a health and care system that is compassionate, equitable and fit for the future, with people at its heart, and what does this mean for relationships between individuals, communities and the state? 2/3

What do broken bridges have to do with the state of public services?

My excellent colleague @lucatiratelli.bsky.social has written the blog to launch @thekingsfund.bsky.social's newest headline project: Good Health for All - Reimagining the Welfare State 1/3

Shocking new figures from the RCN show growing racist abuse against nurses.

We stand in solidarity with affected nurses and colleagues across the NHS, and call for an end to the escalating use of hostile language and anti-migrant rhetoric.

Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Tackling LGBT+ Health Inequalities Or Just Talking? | The King's Fund An NHS review into the health of LGBT+ people has been announced. While welcome, to be meaningful it will need to lead to specific measurable actions, says Deborah Fenney.

The #NHS recently announced a review into the health of LGBT+ people. While this is a welcome development, says @dfenney.bsky.social in her blog, the review will need to lead to specific measurable actions. Read more ⬇️ www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs? One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

Labour: We’re cutting £5bn from disabled people but it’s fine—we’re redeploying 8,000 work coaches.
Also Labour: We have an unprecedented shortage of work coaches. tinyurl.com/mpzsu8yb
#WelfareNotWorkfare #DisabilityBenefits

I'll tell you what does drive people to despair: money worries. The idea that you can improve someone's mental health by giving them more money worries should be an obvious mistake of thinking. But it isn't. Because years of right wing rhetoric has made it impossible to see people's needs clearly

Cat on a sofa staring at a TV (out of shot)

Cat poking it's head out of a blanket watching TV

My cats have both been loving Bad Sisters, what is AppleTV doing to make their shows so cat friendly?!

Labour will be tougher than Tories on benefits, vows Rachel Reeves New shadow work and pensions minister says party will cut welfare bill and force long-term unemployed to take up work offers or lose support

Sadly she told us who she was a decade ago, this is not new.

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Thanks for sharing this. We're going to need a lot more advocacy for people relying on benefits in the coming months. It's so scary.

GP working 30 yrs in a mixed urban area, rich & poor

Rarely seen people abuse the benefits system
Seen lots of the health, social & wealth systems fail those in most need

The healthy & wealthy always making the decisions

Compare how the UK spends with similar nations inews.co.uk/news/pip-sic...

Ah I'd never come across this before but I definitely get it now! What a diagram 😭

Trans People And The NHS: The Heat Of The Debate Needs The Light Of Evidence | The King's Fund Frank Rigby highlights the glaring lack of evidence on trans health care, and calls for more data and patient stories to inform policy decisions.

Pleased to share a new blog exploring trans🏳️‍⚧️ healthcare by my excellent colleague, Frank on @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog.

It highlights the need for better evidence and more attention to providing good, timely health care for trans folk. Take a look!

www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

@samlevang.bsky.social thanks for the follow, your work sounds super interesting! Would love to know more - not familiar with COPC?

A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet for hours a day she is being left completely alone, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Not often shocked by health care news, but this is.... I return to the words of my last blog - people need support to live well, too

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I got mine from my local south American market store - support independents if you can!

Thanks to @theguardian.com for sharing this amazing recipe - just cooked a brunch that my LA girlfriend said tasted like she remembered (even tho I skipped the coriander and forgot the avocado 🙈) also we had tequila sunrises on the side, no dry Jan here 😂

The Assisted Dying Debate And The State Of Palliative And Social Care | The King's Fund The debate on assisted dying took place recently. But do people have access to the care and support they need to live well too?

ICYMI: Great blog for @thekingsfund.bsky.social from @dfenney.bsky.social, the assisted dying debate has helped shine a light on palliative and social care www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Thanks, will pass this on to Ruth!

What Can Policy-Makers Learn From Artists? | The King's Fund Ruth Robertson considers what the government can learn from artists, as it develops its 10-year plan for health.

Back for 2025 with a call out for artists interested in health and care:

www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Sugar cube baby here - although my autistic ass refused to eat it cos I knew it wasn't right and caused a whole lot of fuss till they basically forced it down me 😂😭

Thanks for sharing my @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog, Julie!

So sorry to hear about your friend - I hope the surgery gives her some relief. The other thing about #endometriosis is how poorly understood it is as a condition even once you're diagnosed. So much unknown re treatment and outcomes.

Yep. Thought it might be a scam so ignored it.

Medical misogyny sees women told to 'put up' with pain - BBC News One woman awaiting surgery said she had learned to "just get on with it because that's what you're told".

Saw a colorectal surgeon to consult on my upcoming surgery for #endometriosis this week and the first thing he said was how sorry he was that it had taken this long. Appreciated the acknowledgement but this can be such a devastating condition for so many

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"That there is more outrage directed towards the ill people finding ways to navigate this rotten system than the politicians who are responsible for it is the real sign of a sick society."

Indeed.

Fluffy shadows are so precious. Hope you're feeling as well as possible x

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-...