
Dr Neil Pender BM MSc FRCP 🏳️🌈
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Medical Director of Trinity Hospice & Brian House Children’s Hospice in Blackpool. Consultant in Palliative Medicine. VIEWS ARE MY OWN. Retweets ≠ endorsements
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NHS England has withdrawn funding for the mental health support provided by NHS Practitioner Health to secondary care staff. This is deeply concerning, at a time when "mental health support for NHS staff is needed now more than ever." Dr Roman Raczka 👉 bps.org.uk/news/bps-respo…




.Matt Hancock Matt, we have disagreed on a lot of things you did in office, but one huge lasting achievement of yours was expanding the services of NHS Practitioner Health after we met early in your tenure. This saved doctors’ lives. Now, the service is being destroyed and (1/2)

Natalie Silvey - silv24.bsky.social Laura Kuenssberg NHS Practitioner Health Victoria Atkins Laura Kuenssberg there are countless doctors like me who have benefited from this service This is about supporting the lives, health & careers of health professionals, But also, about providing safe patient care Because evidence shows that burnout adversely affects patient outcomes


Over 3000 signatories in less than 6 hours. This is a service that's saved multiple NHS doctors from suicide. Why aren't you listening, Amanda Pritchard, Victoria Atkins, NHS England? Why don't you care? Do you really think so little now of those pandemic "heroes"???

Now over 4000 signatories. We are coming out to support NHS Practitioner Health because it works. On a plane the guidance is to put your oxygen mask on before helping others. This service for many of us has been our life and career saving oxygen mask - allowing us to help others.

An extraordinary response in less than 24 hours, over 7000 signatories to the letter about the decision to defund NHS Practitioner Health for secondary care staff. The strength of feeling is huge, this is such a valuable service! Amanda Pritchard please intervene.


Delighted to see NHS England & Dr Navina Evans U-turn on their appalling decision to cut NHS Practitioner Health mental health support for hospital doctors. The 16k responses to our open letter of protest were crystal clear - this service is vital & necessary. Cut it at your peril. 1/2



Excited about this new post Trinity Hospice for a nurse consultant, please help spread the word Dr Elizabeth Flannery Claude Chidiac David Kay IOELC trinityhospice.co.uk/about-us/work-…


I’m delighted to announce that I started a new role this week - Medical Director of Trinity Hospice and Brian House Children’s Hospice in Blackpool, UK. Trinity Hospice and Brian House Hospice I look forward to meeting you all in the coming days/weeks! Thank you for the welcome!
