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Mar 2, 2021 13 tweets 6 min read
Today we heard from health and social care leaders and experts in our first session on the Government’s new health and care White Paper.

In this thread we'll tweet a summary of key points made in the session.

You can watch the session back here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/18… (1/13) Our first panel heard from health & care experts @RichardDMurray1 @nedwards_1 @hughalderwick

They agreed the plans are the right direction for integrated care, but legislation alone can't ensure collaboration.

The need to better define the role ICSs was also discussed (2/13)
Nov 24, 2020 44 tweets 20 min read
Our #COVID19LessonsLearnt session with @CommonsSTC is starting soon

Our first panel will hear from @devisridhar and @AlexGAThomas on the Government's communications and the use of strategies like lockdown to control the virus

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/2e…
Live tweets 👇 @devisridhar says it's clear that the UK has experienced more deaths from the pandemic and that much of this results from early decisions to treat the pandemic like flu, rather than treating it like a SARS-like event
Nov 17, 2020 26 tweets 14 min read
Our #HSCCWorkforceBurnout session on the impact burnout has on mental health among NHS and social care staff is about to begin.

Witnesses include:
@CNagpaul
@paulfarmermind
@ClareGerada
@DrAdrianJames
@vicrayner

Watch live parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1d…

Follow for tweets 👇 We're hearing from Denise Crouch @Mac_Campaigning first of all, who talks about the added pressure COVID-19 put on nurses, who are ‘COVID-fatigued.’ She herself worked long hours, being redeployed on top of her day job #HSCCWorkforceBurnout
Nov 10, 2020 40 tweets 17 min read
Our next #COVID19LessonsLearnt session with @CommonsSTC is starting soon. We'll be discussing test, trace and isolate.

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/60…

Follow for live tweets 👇 @profchrisham says the difficulty we've had with contact tracing is that the Government has built a test, trace and isolate system too biased towards the national level, and was too late in providing resources and staff at the local level where most of the effective work happens
Aug 5, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
In our report published today we explain how a new expert panel, commissioned by us, will evaluate progress on Government commitments in health and social care.

Link to report:  publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmse…

Find the key points in our explainer thread👇 Photo of Downing Street street sign on a wall alongside a si Announced is a new ratings system designed to enhance our task of holding the Govt to account

We will: 

👥 Establish a panel of experts  

🤰  Ask the panel to evaluate a specific policy area, starting with maternity services

🎯 Choose a different policy area each time
Jul 21, 2020 49 tweets 20 min read
🚨Watch our evidence session TODAY at 9:30am on the Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak.

🗣️: @CMO_England, Dr Jenny Harries, @JeremyFarrar, @devisridhar, Prof Sir John Bell, Prof Sir Paul Nurse and Prof Jonathan Van-Tam.

📺: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4b…

Follow our live tweets👇🏿 STARTING NOW: Our session on the management of #coronavirus

Welcome to our first panel - Professor Sir John Bell, Professor Sir Paul Nurse, Professor @devisridhar and Professor Sir @JeremyFarrar

📺 Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4b…

Follow for live tweets👇🏿
Jun 16, 2020 53 tweets 26 min read
🚨Tune in TODAY at 9am for our next Delivering Core Services evidence session. We're asking @RCollEM, @RCSnews, @TheBDA, @NVTweeting, @HealthwatchE, @NHSConfed and patients themselves about the impact of #coronavirus

Watch live:
📺: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/9d…
Follow our tweets 👇🏿 Our first panel is starting now. We'll be hearing from @KatherineRCEM, @MickArmstrong61, @RCSnews, and Rob Martinez.

Watch live:
📺: bit.ly/2AtWw5n
Follow our live tweets 👇🏿