In what moral universe can this be the right thing to do: the lower the life expectancy of a local area in 2010-12, the greater the cuts to government funding in the subsequent years. Was this a deliberate policy to increase health inequalities?

Preventing poverty, by enabling economic activity for all is the single, most effective way of improving health and well being. Support for those who can't engage is essential, enabling their involvement. Making it financially and socially worthwhile is a third aspect.

There are 6322 Neighbourhood Health Centres in England GP Practices have lost 20% real terms funding since 2016, if they hadn’t they would be better able to provide the care patients need, but still 31m appts/month Fund GP practices properly & they’ll do the rest Wes Streeting

Primary Care Commercial Research Delivery Centres (PC-CRDCs) nihr.ac.uk/funding/primar…

The Cheshire and Merseyside Secure Data Environment will help the #NHS to improve patient care, speed up diagnosis, and research new treatments faster than ever before. Find out more here: …toaction.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/secure-data-en… #DataSavesLives

Building a career in academic general practice: the Do's and Don'ts with BJGP Open Editor Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller and Dr Lucy Smith #BJGPRC

Hi. The team are looking for a few more responses. They aren't trying to check up on you, just trying to add to what's known. Please pass it on to other clinicians in pcns and practices too. Thanks for your involvement David

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Double the amount of severe mental illness in CKD compared to the general population suggested in this systematic review & meta-analysis - more targeted research and with inclusion of more diverse populations needed - Lauren Fitzgerald & Abigail Hucker #UKKW25

What do IgA nephropathy patients, family, and healthcare professionals in the UK want to see in future research? - Better methods of diagnosis - Treatment options - Advice on lifestyle factors - Mental health support - Accessible and consistent information #UKKW25

Farhan Amin Dr Steve Taylor Axel Heitmueller Dr Dave Triska Dustyn Saint More GPs to be trained - Certainly welcome. We also need to create more jobs given the current jobs situation. Otherwise, looking at unemployed and under employed GPs. Retention is crucial. We are losing experienced GPs. Need more trainers & investment in GP estates.

🎉 Best of luck to our fantastic team UCL Primary Care & Population Health attending and presenting at Scott Collins SAPC Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Cardiff #SAPC2025 Proud to see your work showcased at the SAPC ASM 👏🌟

"Toxteth: The Harlem of Europe" A new photographic exhibition Victoria Gallery & Museum Liverpool featuring the work of Ean Flanders is set to tell the story of Toxteth’s Black musicians of the 1950s and 1960s, whose influence reached The Beatles and beyond. MORE: mandela8.org.uk/toxteth-harlem…

And GPs, with the most convenient service with highest satisfaction and best financial control, CANNOT ACCESS CDCs IN THE MAJORITY OF ICBs. You are aware of this, as I have written to tell you Wes Streeting Classic joined-up NHS thinking.

#RCGPAC Topical poster on funding General Practice. Practice population demographics affect income. One way to reduce this is age standardising especially in Copd, Hypertension, Cancer and Diabetes

Please see our link up with University of Liverpool Law Clinic offering free child SEN advice service at our #WestDerbyCentreForSocialJustice #AccessToJustice ⚖️

#RCGPAC Ashley John-Baptiste is giving us a very moving talk about his lived experience of care, including foster and residential care, and the impact it had on his education. What an incredible man (though he went to Cambridge rather than Oxford; nobody's perfect).

#rcgpac Stephen Kinnock tuning in to General Practice. Positive words on value of GPs as empowered cornerstone of patient care.

Polly Morland makes the fantastic point that the public are told that all that matters is same-day access - but the public don't get told about the huge health benefits of continuity of care. This is a really thought-provoking session #RCGPAC Royal College of General Practitioners Rowena Christmas