Amidst the gloom at the NHS crisis its easy to forget one factor: sociomedical success In the last 30 yrs UK health has been transformed.The predictable consequences required long term planning which appears absent A 🧵 of old slides (2017) but they still make the point 1/n

Question to those saying the NHS should be replaced with an insurance model: You do know that it will be far more expensive, as you’ll not only be paying for the massive administration costs of insurance companies reviewing claims and paying them, but also for their profits?

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The argument that’s often made for why we need an alternative model to the NHS or radical reform is that the NHS is unsustainable. The latest to make the argument is Sajid Javid. But *is* the NHS unsustainable? A Friday🧵

Thrilled to be able to help every woman learn how to examine her breasts with this illustrated poem by Laura Bradford and Ellamae Statham based on my #breastexam video. Can you help us get it global? We’re doing this for free

Don’t let the bastards take away your NHS.

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John Burn-Murdoch John Murdoch Office for National Statistics (ONS) Health and Social Care Committee Emma Runswick 🏳️‍🌈 The BMA Pat Cullen rcn NHS Employers NHS Providers NHS Confederation @BrineMP Lucy Allan @PaulBlomfieldMP Paul Bristow Martyn Day SNP Chris Green Paulette Hamilton MP Dr Caroline Johnson MP 💙Rachael Maskell MP James Morris OBE Taiwo Owatemi Wes Streeting Financial Times 18/18 Our NHS is in a dire state. None of this is due to striking NHS workers, or (just) covid, but due to political choices UK Prime Minister RT if you want this (or the next) government to make the choices to fix this mess now & properly #payrestoration #fixDDRB

I so agree with this. When we reach the end of our lives we would all rather slip away peacefully than die than being given chest compressions by desperate people in a frantic atmosphere.

Diana Toynbee Many patients and relatives have little idea how damaging CPR is. On TV, majority of resuscitations are successful, in real life very few are, leading to unrealistic expectations of benefit vs harm.

Never more true for the NHS

Now that’s cool!

I just signed the petition calling on Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the Post Office to be stripped of her CBE. Will you sign too? #MrBatesVSThePostOffice you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stri… via 38 Degrees

Photographs taken in the right place at the right time, intentionally or by chance - a thread 🧵 1. Wilma Hurskainen

Shocking finding about the state of children's health in #Darzi report. More than 100,000 infants under 2 waiting 6+hours in A&E depts; 500K young people on waiting lists for mental health support. It is so wrong that under-funded key public services should be felt by children.

I’ve delivered change and reform against resistance before. Now, my government will reform the NHS so it’s fit for the future.

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment Claude Malhuret

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Some of my favourite signs. A thread 🧵