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Booking is now open for our #CareCloserToHome conference! 📅 30 April 2025 📍Birmingham 🧵1/3

"We have a system that is chronically overwhelmed. A chronic lack of beds and an unreformed social care system means that patients cannot be discharged when they are well enough." @RCEMpresident responds to the latest NHS England weekly 'situation report' data 👇 rcem.ac.uk/flu-surge-caus…

Local #NHS leaders are warning of huge pressure on services in the coming days as the NHS faces up to its busiest period. After hearing from many leaders in recent days, @NHSConfed says the NHS is in a position of “national vulnerability”. 🧵 1/5 nhsconfed.org/news/nhs-posit…

We are delighted that our trustees @MarieGNHS and @JoeHMK have been named in the #NewYearHonours list 🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to them both, and to our members recognised for their extraordinary service to the #NHS

"The good news is that this new government has invested more in capital...but as you have said, when you have a £14 billion maintenance backlog and the capital budget itself is less than that, it's going to take several years for us to get this right." @ConfedMatthew on @LBC 📻

“Greater investment in NHS estate, buildings and kit is desperately needed Our acute network director @rory_deighton was quoted in today’s @ObserverUK on the state of NHS estates. He spoke in more detail to @TimesRadio. 1/

Yesterday on #bbcpm, @ConfedMatthew set out why restructuring the NHS isn't the answer to addressing its challenges, but that changing the way money flows from the centre is key to enabling the Integrated Care System structure to work. Listen back. 🎧👇

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Influenza is now rising rapidly. Antiviral 'flu medicines can now be used in primary care. If you are eligible please get vaccinated. For healthcare workers, being vaccinated helps protect you, your patients and colleagues. gov.uk/government/sta…

The new Mental Health Act bill aims to end inappropriate detentions of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, but "only when sufficient community provision is available" Our chair @Voa1234 has been voicing concerns from members in the House of Lords this week. 🚨

We all need, if eligible, to get vaccinated. Nag your parents…

2 weeks to go for our session on Interface Improvement Learning & Reflections -Join us on 27th November: nhsconfed.org/events/primary… Learn from teams tackling challenges across boundaries - their challenges, recommendations & successes from the interface improvement collaborative

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton was absolutely amazing and inspirational #WelshConfed24 conference talking about her experience and importance of psychological safety

The people who work in our NHS are the beating heart of our services and crucial in helping more patients get the treatment they need. @Jeremy_Miles gave a keynote speech at today’s #WelshConfed24 conference, discussing the way the NHS adapts for the challenges of tomorrow.

@mancunianmedic Building a bigger ‘bath’ (Ambulance cohorting/ ED area/ AMU ) never works. When systems are crowded, people end up in the wrong place=inefficient =unproductive #page=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">79a10773.flowpaper.com/RCEMAcuteCarei… Concentrate on flow

📽️Celebrating the role of SAS doctors #SASWeek24 in our new film. Inspiring to hear about their love for the job, what’s important to them and their aspirations for the future. @UHDBTrust has 160 plus #SASDoctors who are the senior permanent clinicians delivering frontline care

@UHDBTrust Huge thanks to: ❤️SAS tutor Dr Ajay Bajoria 💜Dr Jothi Vasan-O’Leary UHDB outpatient clinical lead & medical informatics officer (Women’s & Children) 2/3

Community services are a fundamental part of our lives - from the start, throughout the journey, often to our last days. They are there for us in so many ways. #TheCommunityNetwork chair Siobhan Melia explains why we're #CelebratingCommunityServices all week with @NHSProviders

🌟 🌟 NEW JOB VACANCY 🌟 🌟 A fantastic opportunity to come and work with us as a Senior Research Fellow to develop and contribute towards a research agenda examining the role digital and social media plays in adolescent mental health. jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

📻 Last night @NHSEmployers chief executive Danny Mortimer spoke to @TimesRadio about Secretary of State Wes Streeting's push for more 'homegrown talent' in the NHS.👇