Sally I enjoyed writing my piece for the Local Government Association (LGA) reflecting on the beauty of the Care Act as a piece of legislation but also that the fundamental flaw over the last 10 years is that “it has been completely divorced from the reality of the resources.”

local.gov.uk/jacob-lant-chi…

Today Centre for Mental Health we’re publishing our review of what a government #MentalHealthPolicyTest could look like and how it would work. We think this is a crucial step to creating a mentally healthier nation #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Torn between massively celebrating this woman (which obvs I do Fatimah Mohamied 💪) and noting that even now the likelihood of a man saying the same is low...

This is from a kids’ nursery but also works for academic conferences…

Gertrude Jekyll looking particularly stunning in the sunshine.

We'll be holding a WEBINAR on 22nd May 7 pm GENERAL PRACTICE in a DIGITAL WORLD. Results of our Remote by Default 2 study (28m observing remote and digital care in GP land). We have patients as co-researchers and speakers. It's for everyone. Register here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bafad54b…

It's important to keep an eye on how different #NHS waiting lists are recorded and why some changes impact how progress on the backlog appears. 👇

See our #QualityWatch analysis of the latest data: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch/n…

Shout out to the NHS finance community, aspiring deputy CFOs established CFOs looking for their next move.We’re looking to recruit our next CFO. #WeCare #WeValue #WAreOneTeam if you want to be part of that Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT⁩ team then check this out bthft-opportunities.com 👇👇👇

🆕 Despite a rapid recovery in the early 2010s, MMR vaccination coverage has recently declined. 💉

But is it just MMR affected by a #vaccination confidence crisis? Bea Taylor explores the data, including the 6 in 1 jab which covers #WhoopingCough . 👇

nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/is-it…

At National Voices we hear all the time from members about importance of NHS #gettingthebasicsright to deliver high quality care.

So it’s no surprise to see the cancer patient survey highlighting this too. Check out the top 3 drivers of high rated care:

ncpes.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

Risk, Rules and regulation can help us move into an age of aspiration, by tackling micro risks at the expense of increasing macro risks. #RSACEO

Museum Barberini: the small museum mixing it up with Berlin’s big hitters. Just 40 minutes from Berlin, the museum boasts more than 110 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, including no fewer than 39 by Monet. Read more: bit.ly/3JLuRMZ

If you happen to be around Potsdam this summer, this exhibition is STUNNING.

Everyone who asks me why there 📈NHS staff but they are less productive should read this.👇
Its not the staff but the system they work in. We find huge amounts of labour are consumed by unproductive work & expert organisers like experienced registered nurses have left the system

Music to my comms ears at #rapidevaluation - the ability to condense and explain work truthfully and clearly is vitally important, says Thea Stein . And Prof Judith Smith cites this great and prescient paper by Professor Chris Whitty from 2015 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Great to be at the annual Nuffield Trust The Health Foundation #rapidevaluation conference. Great turn out despite the rail strikes. Bravo to the team for organising this event and also all speakers 🙌

.The King's Fund Kiran Chauhan & Naja Felter are curious re holistic approaches to managing anxiety in organisations & what might stop this happening - would you like to join them to explore, learn with others & experiment with what is possible? Sarah Woolnough kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

To every person who tells you Innovation can't be spread uniformly in the #NHS ?

Some data to help

The progress of 'Non-invasive' glucose monitoring in #T1D iabetes NHS England

2019: 4%
2024: 97%

Deprivation gaps: ❌
Population HbA1c improvement🎯

Next stop? #ClosedLoops #T1D