Today's Times.

The govt's new visa changes have caused an 83% fall in visas granted to health & care workers.

We have:

152k social care vacancies

121k NHS vacancies.

This is catastrophic for our NHS & care sectors.

The govt is putting anti-immigrant populism above care.

Interesting study by Dr Rebecca Mead et al, well worth a read!

Another disastrous “plan” from Rishi Sunak NHS England et al

Best universities for biomedical science in the UK - A New Scientist Careers Guide newscientist.com/nsj/article/be…

A new drug being trialled at The Christie could be a breakthrough for patients such as Joe Murphy. NX-5948CLL is being used for certain people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Read more bit.ly/49K0LEp

Take a look at this new view of The Christie from the Oak Road side.

We’re turning some old office space into a new 20-bedroom ward for inpatients.

Work is progressing well and the ward is due to open later in the year.

The Lancaster Guardian has an article about a novel initiative being evaluated by Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Lancaster Division of Health Research, Lancaster University @HealthEconLancs and Lancaster University Management School to develop a medication management system for people receiving domiciliary care
lancasterguardian.co.uk/health/lancast…

#patientsafety friends, any patient safety success stories/positive initiatives/good work I could help share by including in the next PSW/HSJ newsletter? DM’s open or email me at [email protected] 🙏

“Deception” will always = poor clinical practice and increased litigation.

Nearly 10k signatories now.

Can NHS England please confirm they've carried out the equality impact assessment of cutting specific mental health services for NHS staff?

As a public body, this is their legal duty.

Given the high % of female & BME NHS staff, where is the EIA?

What an utterly disgraceful and potentially a life threatening decision taken by NHS England . There is clear evidence re how much NHS Practitioner Health has been vital for DRs recoveries. So who in NHS England would be willing to debate this decision publicly with me ?

The worry is, as you suggest, some GP’s because of burnout will be tempted by the cash. As interest increases costs will reduce and we could suddenly have a two tier system that becomes the norm. Poor NHS funding will reduce even further.

All NHS premature baby units in England are receiving specialist baby clothing thanks to Tesco and @SalvationArmyUK — helping parents in what is often a difficult time.

All 23,000 packs contain bodysuits, hats and mitts to help more babies just like Roman, Ruby and Ali.

Went there 5 weeks ago - chaotic nightmare!

Please let’s not make it a competition of consultant numbers v GP numbers. The “system” is broken. Increased capacity is needed in primary , community and secondary care as a matter of urgency.

Full criminal investigation, refer to CPS, Court Hearing, Prison if guilty! The evidence we are seeing at the moment seems to be leading in that direction .

Join us at the newly-renovated Claremont Park community centre for Spring into Spring 10am - 2pm today . FREE prize draw for sandcastle and Merlin leisure passes 🤩

This is why it’s so difficult to see a GP

Sad news indeed. Nice guy who did some great work in primary care research around patient experience / “social class” in use of NHS services.

Our new paper- free to access just published- 2 year realist synthesis- NIHR Care Under Pressure 2 Project- causes of poor psychological health in nurses, midwives and paramedics and interventions to mitigate: qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/… WOW Surrey Cath Taylor Prof Karen Mattick