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Morning folks!! #PrideMonth has finally arrived. Follow this thread throughout the month for top tips on how to celebrate #Pride in a meaningful way at your charity 1/? #Pride2023
#CharitySoStraight
#CharitySoStraight
Firstly, it doesn't have to complicated! Focus on what #PrideMonth is about: celebration + protest. Think about content that helps readers learn something about your organisation, but more importantly, the people in it and the people you work with. 2/? #CharitySoStraight #Pride
You have a platform. Use it for good. Enable Queer voices to be heard. Offer them a platform. This is not a time to amplify corporate voice. #PrideMonth is the perfect time to offer a platform to your Queer stakeholders, employees, volunteers or partners #CharitySoStraight
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Right now, across the UK, not everyone gets the same opportunities to live healthy lives.
Today @Health_Equals launches #LivesCutShort, highlighting the #HealthInequalities that people face from the moment they are born
It doesn't have to be this way:healthequals.org.uk/lives-cut-shor…
Today @Health_Equals launches #LivesCutShort, highlighting the #HealthInequalities that people face from the moment they are born
It doesn't have to be this way:healthequals.org.uk/lives-cut-shor…
2. @Health_Equals is a five-year campaigning initiative made possible by @HealthFdn one of Health Equals’ founding members. Alongside 29 member organisations, we want to make a positive difference to society's health and wellbeing, and stop lives being cut short.
3. It’s part of one of @HealthFdn key priorities to improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities health.org.uk/what-we-do/a-h…
#ContinuityOfCare
a thread 📜
1/n
Great to see Continuity of care high up the political agenda
But why does it matter?
@jkaffash @costanza_fierce
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/politics/…
a thread 📜
1/n
Great to see Continuity of care high up the political agenda
But why does it matter?
@jkaffash @costanza_fierce
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/politics/…
#ContinuityOfCare 2/n 📜
Continuity of care is a highly cost effective health intervention
It does not grab the headlines as well as flashy new hospitals -
but is proven to:
⬆️ your life expectancy
⬇️ hospital admissions
@pash22 @pwhitakerwriter
Continuity of care is a highly cost effective health intervention
It does not grab the headlines as well as flashy new hospitals -
but is proven to:
⬆️ your life expectancy
⬇️ hospital admissions
@pash22 @pwhitakerwriter
#ContinuityOfCare a 📜3/n
Powerful evidence from the world of midwifery 🫄
They have dedicated **Continuity of Carer champions** for a reason 🤔
Follow ⬇️
@mcareetrixie #Midwife #Maternity
Powerful evidence from the world of midwifery 🫄
They have dedicated **Continuity of Carer champions** for a reason 🤔
Follow ⬇️
@mcareetrixie #Midwife #Maternity
📢 Starting now!📢
Follow this thread for live updates from this fantastic panel, with Chair @KevinASchofield, and panellists @RobinMillarMP, @SymaCullasy, Lord Willetts, & @OfficialUoM's Prof @RichardALJones 👇
Organised with @DodsEvents🤝
Follow this thread for live updates from this fantastic panel, with Chair @KevinASchofield, and panellists @RobinMillarMP, @SymaCullasy, Lord Willetts, & @OfficialUoM's Prof @RichardALJones 👇
Organised with @DodsEvents🤝
@KevinASchofield @RobinMillarMP @SymaCullasy @OfficialUoM @RichardALJones @DodsEvents Lord Willetts kicks off our panel, by praising the work of @OfficialUoM as an example of how UK universities can promote R&D, and economic opportunities. He says we should "be proud of and embrace our universities"
@KevinASchofield @RobinMillarMP @SymaCullasy @OfficialUoM @RichardALJones @DodsEvents "In my view, universities are crucial anchor institutions", says Lord Willetts, though he notes that more can be done - he says a well-tailored, investable proposition for domestic & international investors is needed, which brings together strengths in research and students
Great to see @rcgp calling for extra funding for practices in deprived areas as part of 'a comprehensive review of the Carr-Hill formula'.
Hot on heels of @NikkiKF and great news for #generalpractice @deependgp
A reminder of why 🧵👇
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workforce….
Hot on heels of @NikkiKF and great news for #generalpractice @deependgp
A reminder of why 🧵👇
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workforce….
General practice in deprived areas has:
- More demand/higher patient need
- Less funding
- Fewer GPs
Very hard to fix #healthinequalities in the context of inequitable supply.
More on that: health.org.uk/publications/r…
- More demand/higher patient need
- Less funding
- Fewer GPs
Very hard to fix #healthinequalities in the context of inequitable supply.
More on that: health.org.uk/publications/r…
We looked at 30 years of attempts to tackle this #inversecarelaw in general practice.
Since 2004, all attempts have existed in the context of a flawed funding formula.
Hard to 'fix' workforce inequities unless funding is fairer - so action on CH key.
health.org.uk/publications/r…
Since 2004, all attempts have existed in the context of a flawed funding formula.
Hard to 'fix' workforce inequities unless funding is fairer - so action on CH key.
health.org.uk/publications/r…
Now Andy Netherton from @OHID introduces the Healthy #Places Framework that is being developed for England...
The questions we need to answer are 'Is this a good place?' and 'What do people think about this place?'...
So commissioned a review of existing #place assessment tools and frameworks...
@VHSComms @ClaireJStevens @SP_HSCS @theGCPH @HealthFdn Along with colleagues I was delighted to be invited to give evidence to the health inequalities enquiry at @SP_HSCS yesterday
@VHSComms @ClaireJStevens @SP_HSCS @theGCPH @HealthFdn I made the point that #healthinequalities are determined by the fundamental causes, the inequalities in income, wealth and power which are shaped by political economy, and that we need to tackle these to be successful healthscotland.scot/media/1053/1-h…
@VHSComms @ClaireJStevens @SP_HSCS @theGCPH @HealthFdn I expressed scepticism of the current narrative that #place-based approaches will reduce health inequalities because: 1. It fails to address the fundamental causes, and ignores the economic relationships between social groups doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe…
Looking forward to what should be an insightful conversation about how the government can make the #LevellingUp agenda work in practise #IfGLevellingUp
.@bronwenmaddox opens by asking Haldane if the #LevellingUpWhitePaper provides a description as to what #LevellingUp is. Haldane says the 12 Missions were designed to "provide clarity" around what successful levelling up would look like #IfGLevellingUp
Haldane stresses that "Missions" are not government targets, but are "loftier goals" that have actions that governments, private sector, VCSE, etc can all contribute towards to #IfGLevellingUp
Today @GeneticAll_UK is launching a new report, ‘Good Diagnosis:Improving the experiences of #diagnosis for people living with rare conditions’.
Read the full report geneticalliance.org.uk/gauk-news/news…
#GeneticAllianceUK
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
Read the full report geneticalliance.org.uk/gauk-news/news…
#GeneticAllianceUK
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
Over a third of people living with a #RareCondition
will wait for more than five years to obtain a
definitive #diagnosis, often receiving a number of
#misdiagnoses along the way
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
will wait for more than five years to obtain a
definitive #diagnosis, often receiving a number of
#misdiagnoses along the way
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
The ‘diagnostic odyssey’ is a term used to describe the time taken between a patient first developing #symptoms and receiving a correct #MedicalDiagnosis. This can be a long and eventful journey.
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
#RareDiseaseDay2022
#RareDiseaseDay
What impact can Allied Health Professionals have on #healthinequalities? See our rapid review published today
phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/research/r…
@HindleLinda @davidjbuck @R_S_P_H @BolaOwolabi8 @NwangliaFT_AHPs @Karen_ThPCU @AnnaGiouleka @PCU_Cambridge @DurkaDougall @PCU_CRMH
phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/research/r…
@HindleLinda @davidjbuck @R_S_P_H @BolaOwolabi8 @NwangliaFT_AHPs @Karen_ThPCU @AnnaGiouleka @PCU_Cambridge @DurkaDougall @PCU_CRMH
Key findings
1/7 – AHPs can reduce inequalities at patient, organisation and system level
1/7 – AHPs can reduce inequalities at patient, organisation and system level
2/7 AHPs can improve the equity of access to their services for lower socio-economic groups, ethnic minority groups, people with mental health problems or in rural areas and specific disadvantage groups (e.g. homeless people, offenders or those at risk of offending)
Thread: An example of why we are struggling in the US to complete #COVIDVaccination of the willing but not yet #vaccinated people. I made appts for my 12-15 yr old kids. Like many busy parents, we’d prefer the predictability of an appt over walking up with an uncertain wait. /1
I tried several sites until i found one with open appts. The vaccine confirmation I received said to make sure I have a full tank of gas due to waits of an hour or more. With an appt. And there’s a gas shortage on the E. coast. Will people risk having no gas to go to work, etc?
The confirmation also said “you need to bring your govt-issued identification card to the appt” to #GetVaccinated. These appts are for kids <16. What govt issued ID card is this referring to? And for whom-the kid? The parent? No clue. Who do I ask? 🤷🏻♀️Confused parents may no show.
Despite rhetoric on #healthinequalities, the current UK #vaccination strategy discriminates against poorer people.
🧵 below on why.
Immediate action needs to be allowing vacc sites to move down cohorts (& providing supply to do so)
@CdsPcn @NikkiKF @CMO_England @Jeremy_Hunt
🧵 below on why.
Immediate action needs to be allowing vacc sites to move down cohorts (& providing supply to do so)
@CdsPcn @NikkiKF @CMO_England @Jeremy_Hunt
With the exception of HCWs, the top JCVI cohorts are based on biological age.
But poverty affects life expectancy. In poor areas people don't live so long.
But poverty affects life expectancy. In poor areas people don't live so long.
Our #PCN covers a highly deprived area. Most people don't live to be over 80. Or > 75 for that matter. Our first cohorts are tiny.
BUT we have huge numbers of patients in cohort 4 (over 70, and clinically extremely vulnerable). That's b/c we have LOADS of ppl w multimorbidity
BUT we have huge numbers of patients in cohort 4 (over 70, and clinically extremely vulnerable). That's b/c we have LOADS of ppl w multimorbidity
Today is the start of #SHW2020! Each day this week, I'll be tweeting about Britain's long, tempestuous and ever-so-slightly bonkers love–hate relationship with its #sexualhealth.
Darlings, brace yourselves. 💋 #SHW20
Darlings, brace yourselves. 💋 #SHW20
We begin with the Victorians, who, contrary to popular belief, were obsessed with sex. In the C19, the only known #STIs were syphilis and gonorrhoea. Diagnosis depended on observable symptoms (no blood tests/smears). Effective treatments were non-existent. Image: @ExploreWellcome
In 1864 the British government introduced the Contagious Diseases Acts, intended to protect the armed forces through 'regulation' of 'common prostitutes'. The Acts gave police almost-unlimited discretionary powers to arrest any woman they thought might be soliciting. Image: HCPP
I'm invigorated after today's @NHSCitizen meeting. Be warned this is a long thread!
@NHSCitizen Advisory Group's ambition is to draw together all of the forums and networks that @NHSEngland work with to share experiences, identify areas of shared interest (and frustration), 1/7
@NHSCitizen Advisory Group's ambition is to draw together all of the forums and networks that @NHSEngland work with to share experiences, identify areas of shared interest (and frustration), 1/7
to amplify the voice and experience of people with lived experience and to drive change in how we @NHSEngland involve people and communities in meaningful and impactful ways. We have many forums and networks that do brilliant work in their own area and the Advisory Group 2/7
aims to bring that work in to a shared space to learn, connect and amplify peoples experiences across different communities of place, health, geography and identifies. It's a new work in progress that, especially after today's meeting, I know will have enormous benefit 3/7
I have spent the last week RTing rather than tweeting myself. Mostly because the last couple of weeks and months have been hard. COVID-19 and the current events in the US have been a lot and I needed time. But let me tell you I am tired, angry and fed up! #BlackLivesMatter (1/8)
I am tired, angry and fed up of watching another Black person lose their life to police violence. #GeorgeFloyd #BreonnaTaylor #AhmaudAubrey (2/8)
I am tired, angry and fed up of people pretending that this is an American issue. Let's not pretend that the UK is innocent. Structural racism is a global problem. I am already worried about my two nephews and they are both under 5. #BlackLivesMatter (3/8)
Sitting on the train to Birmingham and reflecting on the many impactful and insightful conversations we've had today. Leaving feeling even more committed to shifting the systems attitude to involving and working in partnership with people and communities #EngagementPractitioners
Huge thanks to @ProfDonnaHall @SunnyDhadley @BradGudger @wellbeingandy and everyone who contributed their expertise, passion and impatience for change. #healthinequalities will only begin to be reduced in partnership with people, their families and communities.
BTW for those of you that know me .... I am even more committed so that should probably mean folk should be slightly scared 🤣🤣🤣
1. Pity that the @rtenews focus on the @IMO_IRL deal on FEMPI restoration is on extension of the GMS to 6-12 when that is not actually agreed, just an agreement to negotiate. Misses really key positive elements
2. €2 million funding for GPs working in high deprivation areas like @deepend_ireland A major step for the health service in recognising the need to address #healthinequalities deepend.ie
3. GP support to implement an Individual Health Identifier. Needed to unlock the potential of data for research that can drive improved patient care @hrbireland @astaines
