13. The incredible statue of Neptune (Poseidon) in Gran Canaria, Spain

12. This sculpture by Bruno Catalano portrays the profound emptiness experienced by migrants as they depart from their homeland—leaving their loved ones and their community behind—in pursuit of a better life.

10. The great challenge by Nicolas Lavarenne. Antibes, French Riviera.

Thread of amazing sculptures you (probably) didn't know existed 🧵

1. Statue of King Arthur, England

2. Melancholy, a sculpture created by Albert Gyorgy, portrays the void that grief leaves us with.

'We may look as if we carry on with our lives as before. We may even have times of joy and happiness. Everything may seem normal. But this emptiness is how we all feel… all the

Shaun Lintern Thirlwall Inquiry There are thousands of dedicated professionals desperate to make patient care safer, but we all seem to come up against similar blockers of time, budget, capacity vs demand etc. Someone said today “you can’t change the tires on a car while it’s moving” and it really stuck

Shaun Lintern Thirlwall Inquiry Part of it is, I think, that formal inquiries take too long (the moment for action has passed) and have too many recommendations. They are then added to by the next and the next.(look at maternity) They mix local and ubiquitous failings. Timeliness, simplicity and focus needed

Thank you for the many positive tweets I’ve seen about @BBCQT its good to debate with colleagues the issue of the day. We need empathy in our public discourse thank you @NHSconfed team and members

Such a beautiful obituary of the moral colossus & campaigning legend that was Jenny Vaughan. Fearless, principled, courageous, humane. She will be so sorely missed 💙

theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

How can you *possibly* treat final year medical students so disgustingly, NHS England?

Are you actively *trying* to lose the doctors you still have?

I’m incandescent on behalf of these poor about-to-be doctors.

Thanks Farhad Peerally We are continuing this work in our ‘decluttering safely for safety’ theme within the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC

“It's like the Government saying 'we're going to legislate against gravity because it's inconvenient”

Chair of the NHS Confederation Victor Adebowale says the Rwanda plan, costing around £233,000 pp, is unworkable

#bbcqt bbc.in/3WdMnks

“The language that we use… even in the question ‘Do we have a sick note culture?’ It’s cruel”

Chair of the NHS Confederation Victor Adebowale says the use of “performative” language needs to stop, and the government should show more 'compassion'

#bbcqt bbc.in/4b8DVY2

Time is running out to apply for this unique opportunity to lead research on getting rid of low-value ‘stuff’ in healthcare to improve patient safety. Come and work with me David Alldred Robbie Foy Daisy Halligan HanaShamsan and our wider team NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC ResearchAsOne - City of Research Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Breaking/

Appalling news that Department of Health and Social Care has decided to stop funding mental health services for hospital doctors from
Monday.

When I was broken & traumatised during Covid, sessions with an NHS Practitioner Health psychologist helped me back on my feet.

How can the govt suspend this?

Zero harm is an illusion pursued in loads of industries- pretty much meaningless and very much an intellectual cul-de-sac - I wish healthcare wouldn’t always rehearse debates in Safety Science and elsewhere which have long since had their day

Fab 2 see R work being shared / used so widely Joe Rafferty. We R also conducting a research study if any of my followers who have done Mersey Care NHS FT 🏳️‍🌈 & Northumbria Uni training Dr Kristina Brown. We also have a community of practice - interested DM Jo Davidson 💙 Lynn Marie Lowe

It is great to see that patient safety is specifically mentioned in this year's NHS planning guidance but I want to see an explicit call on healthcare leaders to create a just and learning culture england.nhs.uk/wp-content/upl…

It's been 10 years since we started Learning from Excellence. Initially a small pilot in 2014 in our PICU. What a heartening journey it has been so far.
Emma Plunkett Chris Turner Alison Jones Appreciating People Learning from Excellence, Plymouth NHS Trust Neil Spenceley Alyson Walker SuzetteWoodward 💙

If I’m ever in charge of the NHS (perhaps because I am the only NHS manager to survive an apocalypse of some kind) then I am going to create a national policy library where single policies on everything exist and must be used by every organisation.