For every four children who develop a long-term health condition, one mother leaves the workforce. We can’t afford to ignore this. Read our new report on why child health = national prosperity ippr.org/articles/fixin…

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A great opportunity for early-career researchers from less advantaged backgrounds who want to work in policy development If that's you, feel free to reach out to me for a chat!

"Do not listen to anybody who tells you the NHS should move in the American direction. "Our system is wildly expensive, inefficient and very very cruel." Bernie Sanders sends a message to those looking to privatise the NHS: Get lost.

The decision to decline the seasonal vaccines is complex…I go into a bit more in the article but those who don’t have access behind the paywall the key message in my article is more about workforce safety: Vaccines are only one weapon in our armoury. If I have gastro symptoms

If your trust has a low staff vax update then you should be updating your local IPC guidance to protect your staff in other ways. 😷 Appropriate PPE in high risk areas 🧪 Lateral flow testing for symptomatic staff and asymptomatic agency staff 🦠 An isolation period for staff

NHS data for England today tells a familiar story. It’s summer. The days are long outside, but even longer if you are inside waiting for a bed, or doing your best for patients, in one of our EDs. Our policy team have added to the flourish slides public.flourish.studio/story/3220116/ Royal College of Emergency Medicine

I still find it bonkers that a resident doctor can start their last 12 hour shift in a hospital this morning and then be expected to move across the country in time for a trust induction at 8am tomorrow. Good luck to all those changing over and particularly to those who are

Changeover day checklist: ✅ ID badge ✅ IT login ✅ Locker ✅ Car parking ✅ Payroll No. Get this right and your new doctors will hit the ground running.

🌍 Honouring a legacy, empowering Global Emergency Medicine. RCEM's William Rutherford International Award celebrates excellence in emergency care and humanitarian work in low- and middle-income countries. This award recognises those continuing William Rutherford's legacy of

It is deeply worrying how as a society we have come to a point where people will freely racially abuse black & brown college students celebrating outstanding A-Level results and securing top university places. That won’t stop us from championing widening participation in higher

A nonsensical argument from Andrew Marr. With Britain’s fertility rate in decline, our population will shrink over a lifetime — so 6.6 million migrants won’t make the difference he claims.

As we head into the NHS winter period, I urge Trusts to introduce rapid testing for all frontline staff and implement clear isolation policies for respiratory infections. Vaccines and PPE alone are not enough.

Yet the NHS still recommends the maximum number of weekly units as fourteen...not zero.

If you’re a healthcare worker in the NHS I want to know, have you been offered a flu jab yet?

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Another way of looking at it: child poverty - kids going to school hungry - massively holds back social mobility. Ending the 2 child limit is a very effective policy to lower child poverty & will give 1/2 million kids a better chance in life. I’d pay more tax for that.