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Luke, Jo Coles and David stood together in front of a fire engine.

Luke and the Civic Party smiling together

Luke holding the Lord Deramore's Banner

🌈Happy York Pride!🌈

☀️What a brilliant day and the weather was (for the most part!) nice and sunny.

👏A huge thanks to the army of the volunteers who make this wonderful day happen every year.

Control Room Awards 2025 Finalists are Announced to Celebrate the Unseen Heroes of Emergency Services.  — Control Room Awards 2024 The shortlist for the Control Room Awards 2025 has officially been announced, honouring the outstanding professionalism, dedication, and compassion of the people working behind the scenes in control r...

Great to see Yorkshire Ambulance Service represented in the shortlist for the Control Room Awards this year. Awesomely well done to the Remote Patient Care team (for Team of the Year) and Julian Nixon (Leader of the Year)! controlroomawards.com/news/control...

A big next step in the govt's Places for Growth strategy. With the right support, relocation can bring great benefits - see my write-up from visiting Sheffield policy campus here www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/shef...

Graphic shows a picture of Jason Killens KAM and headline reads: 'New Chief Executive appointed to lead UK’s busiest ambulance service'. The quote reads: '“It’s a great honour to return to the place where my career began and lead an organisation full of great people all focused on delivering great care for more than nine million people. “Against a backdrop of an ageing population and growing pressure on the urgent and emergency care sector, I want to continue driving forward improvements that ensure our service is the best it can be for our staff and volunteers and for our patients in the years ahead.”

We are pleased to announce that Jason Killens KAM has been appointed as our new Chief Executive.

Jason, who will take up his post in the summer, has nearly 30 years’ experience in the ambulance sector. He is currently Chief Executive of Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust.

Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?

Britons largely unaware of Black and Asian contribution to WW2 effort, research shows Most people do not know soldiers from countries like Jamaica and Kenya, and Muslims, fought alongside British troops

Amazingly Brits are not aware the British armies in WW2 (and WW1) included more than 50% strength from Indian (2.5m Indian troops alone) and African troops, along with Polish, Czech, French, Dutch, Aussie, NZ, Canadian, SA etc

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

🎧 You can listen to our Chief Executive, @rachel-p.bsky.social, on the latest @nhsconfed.org podcast episode about why public satisfaction in the NHS declined again in 2024, and what can be done to reverse the trend.

Listen here: www.nhsconfed.org/podcast/how-... #HealthOnTheLine

🔎 Over the next few months we will be highlighting some of the inspirational figures across the Paramedic profession.

👉 First up we have Harrison Young, the founder of Medical Training Solutions.

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What Will The Relationship Between Ministers & The NHS Be In Future? | The King's Fund Following the recent announcement of changes to the top of NHS England, Nicholas Timmins and Professor Sir Chris Ham take a look back at the chequered relationship between government and the health se...

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Over the years I've been saving interviews with comedians from UK radio. Here's some recentish ones, with others to be added in time.

Stewart Lee, Brian Butterfield, Mark Steel, Catherine Tate, etc.

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Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection | John Naughton The company that pioneered voice communication over the internet has withered to dust in Microsoft’s hands. Still, I for one am grateful for it

Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection | John Naughton

If you want a desktop TweetDeck style experience here on Bluesky, subscribe to @deck.blue now. It’s really good and will support to the developer, who is going full-time on it 👇

It’s borderline criminal.

All of the major auto makers* Have a chunky share of their US sales made in Mexico or Canada

*apart from Tesla

From @economist.com

Round, blue Leeds Civic Trust plaque on a red brick wall which reads: "LEEDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE This institution, founded in 1831, was one of the first provincial medical schools in England. The move here from Park Street in 1894 provided the school with its second purpose-built premises. W. H. Thorp Architect: Erected 1891-94"

Enjoyed hearing about plans for the old medical school in #Leeds to become a health tech innovation hub. As regular readers will know I'm a sucker for new uses of old buildings

Research for our long read found that 42% of people who’ve had a problem with #NHSAdmin said it would make them less likely to seek care.

We spoke to Stella, who’s ‘largely given up engaging with NHS services’ due to her experiences as a deaf person. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Directors accuse NHSE of ‘imposing solutions’ on systems and trusts A network representing data chiefs in the NHS has raised concerns about "programme drift" in the national federated data platform (FDP) programme.

A network representing data chiefs in the NHS has raised concerns about “programme drift” in the national federated data platform (FDP) programme.
www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.

Tech to save time: how the NHS can realise the benefits This analysis investigates the challenges of using tech to free up time and provides recommendations to better realise the benefits of health care technologies.

With the NHS under pressure, there is a focus on tech to potentially free up time.

Our new analysis explores when health technologies have had no or negative impact on staff time and looks at why ⬇️

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🌼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Happy St David’s Day! 🌼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Interesting and challenging couple of days with a YAS Board meeting to progress our plans for next year yesterday, and out on a Rapid Response Vehicle in South Yorkshire today. It was an honour to meet some professional and empathetic crews responding to some very poorly people.

this is the kind of thing that people obsessed with ending "woke diversity and inclusion policies"

want to enable, encourage and ignore

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust are recruiting for a Director of Strategy and Partnership. Learn more here: www.hsjjobs.com/job/2615210/...

64% of people have experienced a problem with NHS admin in the past 12 months. And these problems affect people from ethnic minority backgrounds, with long-term conditions or those struggling financially more. Find out more about the impact of poor #NHSAdmin www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Another opportunity to be my boss's boss as interim Chief Information Officer for NHS England. Now more than ever our organisation needs an inclusive leader who will empower teams like mine and instil modern digital ways of working at the highest level. If that sounds like you, please apply by […]

Because this platform is moderated. This is not Twitter. There is no Elon Musk dominating an algorithm that drags down the platform

Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.

The annual Viking Invasion of York is back!
From 17 to 23 Feb the Jorvik Viking Festival will bring five days of Norse fun, living history, hands-on combat & culminates in a parade of over 200 Vikings through the historic streets of York
www.daysoutyorkshire.com/whats-on/yea...

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more.

Thanks to NIH, we have:
💉 Cancer immunotherapy
❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins
🩸 Insulin for diabetes

Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

Insight And Analysis | Our Work | The King's Fund Our archive of independent research on health and social care. From reports and long reads to blogs and podcasts, Read, listen and watch our latest insight and analysis today.

The English health and care system can be confusing and complex. From data nutshells to podcasts, our explainer content can help you to understand the system, how it works, and how it's changing 💡 https://buff.ly/4gs09Xg