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Oxford University will remove the Sackler name from its buildings following a review of its relationship with the family that recently expressed regret for its role in the US opioid crisis. cnn.it/3o99Sg4

Preventing falls is a good thing. A snippet in the The BMJ here on a study from Age_and_Ageing. We have a “Steady Steps” programme in Edinburgh from The City of Edinburgh Council with some similarities to this one. Interesting to note the biggest reduction was in the worst falls.

New Zealand abandon Qatar friendly at half-time over alleged racial abuse theguardian.com/football/2023/…

Longer hospital stays and fewer admissions | The Health Foundation health.org.uk/publications/l… 12% fewer hospital admissions in 2022….does a 36 hour stay in ED count as an admission?

Heathrow security staff pay deal. Generally the pay deals in the private sector seem much higher than those in the public sector.

Fascinating talk by Sir Michael Marmot The BMA #ARM2023 showing how the UK was devastated by Tory led austerity from 2010 - political ideology that led to a lowering of life expectancy & worsening health for the poorest. Shame on Conservatives and Liberal Democrats for making that happen

New Ofsted report upgrades headteacher Ruth Perry’s school to ‘good’ theguardian.com/education/2023…

Rare to see op eds arguing that actually the NHS needs more/better managers as well as more drs/nurses etc as (((Dan Hodges))) does here - ‘fewer penpushers!’ is popular but a cheap shot really mol.im/a/12278377

David Dr K Wildschut OLD AGE Psychiatrist 🤾🏽‍♂️ NHS England The Charlotte Observer Jon Ungoed-Thomas Susan Bewley Joseph Ross Benoy Shah MD This is the problem IMO. Who will bell the cat? theguardian.com/society/2022/a… via Shanti Das

Oh Steve Barclay Just seen this. Awful 🤣 for you. Feel everyone needs to see it again.

Up to 900,000 older people taken to A&E each year due to lack of NHS England care at home, says Age UK report theguardian.com/society/2023/j… via Denis Campbell

"This bill ties the hands of the police and it undoes the good work of the modern slavery act," Theresa May says The former PM tells the Commons the government's Illegal Migration Bill will "consign more people to slavery" bbc.in/44DKmPD

We join with Age UK in calling for government investment in joined-up care for older people, enabling them to stay well for longer at home and reducing their reliance on crisis health care in hospitals bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

The Conservatives have gone from doing virtually nothing to doing nothing virtually. Back in the real world, waiting lists are at their highest ever levels and rising, patients struggle to see over-stretched GPs, and the NHS is suffering the worst strikes in its history.

The headline you didn’t see yesterday Instead it’s busy A&E overwhelmed with patients unable to get GP appts In reality hospital A&E is seeing no more than 2019, hospital OPD only 90% activity & hospitals barely managing the 7m waiting for treatments, 1.5m for investigations 🧵

Older adults who received a consult from a geriatric nurse specialist in a level 1 geriatric ED had a 13% absolute risk reduction of admission. This was also associatied w/ decreased cost of ED and inpatient care at index and within 90 days. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Describing public sector workers as "paid by the taxpayer" is so 🤮🤮 We are taxpayers too. We are paid by the government, not by you. Working for the NHS doesn't mean you own us or have any more right to talk down to us than we do you.

Private equity investment in healthcare provider institutions reached record highs in recent years in the US and Europe. A new evidence review suggests costs rise and quality falls at acquired healthcare providers. Merrill Goozner comments on the implications bmj.com/content/382/bm…