Shaun Lintern

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Health Editor at The Sunday Times. 'Almost unstoppable' in pursuit of #patientsafety. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17
Childhood vaccinations survey by @[email protected] finds 95% of parents think vaccines work, more than nine in 10 think vaccines are safe and 90% trust vaccines. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-vaccines-parental-attitudes-survey-2022/childhood-vaccines-parental-attitudes-survey-2022-findings#findings-from-the-survey
Childhood vaccines: parental attitudes survey 2022 findings

GOV.UK

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NHS England has been criticised by the public spending watchdog:
- Six "irregular" exit payoffs made in 21/22
- Two suspended drs got nearly £500k each in incorrect payments

Auditor General also warns recent ICS reforms increase risk of exit payments

https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/unauthorised-payoffs-made-to-senior-staff-at-six-nhs-organisations/7034154.article

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/HMAnderson39/status/1620417552362119168

‘Unauthorised payoffs’ made to senior staff at six NHS organisations

NHS England has been criticised by national auditors after a spate of unauthorised payoffs to departing commissioning staff, and warned that the move to integrated care boards may bring more.

Health Service Journal

🚨 Next week will be tough for the NHS with strikes planned every day bar Wed.
6th Feb: Nurses plus ambulance staff
7th Feb: Nurses second day
9th Feb: Physiotherapists second strike
10th Feb: Ambulance strike across five trusts

83k ops cancelled so far...

RT @[email protected]

UNISON announcement:
UNISON’s 10 February strike again involves ambulance workers across five services in England – London, Yorkshire, the South West, North East and North West.
Strikes will now be happening across the NHS every day next week apart from Wednesday (8 February).

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1620391985407221760

Hugh Pym on Twitter

“UNISON announcement: UNISON’s 10 February strike again involves ambulance workers across five services in England – London, Yorkshire, the South West, North East and North West. Strikes will now be happening across the NHS every day next week apart from Wednesday (8 February).”

Twitter

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Betsi Cadwaladr vascular services: Coroner not fully informed of patient deaths https://bbc.in/3DrizXv

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/bbchealth/status/1620394704775921665

Betsi Cadwaladr vascular services: Coroner not fully informed of patient deaths

A review of patient notes finds four historic deaths had not been fully declared to the coroner.

BBC News
UK economy to shrink and perform worse than Russia, says IMF

The UK is on course to be the world’s worst-performing big economy this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. In an update to its growth outlook, the IMF delivered a hefty blow to Britain’s prospects despite brightening global conditions, with a 0.9 percentage point downgrade to the UK

The Times
So #ChatGPT has a good insight into why redress for sodium valproate harmed families should happen. Worth a read @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] #valproatecrisis

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Deaths from alcohol-related liver disease in the UK described as “an escalating tragedy.”

Michael E D Allison and colleagues discuss findings from a report released by @[email protected]: https://hubs.li/Q01zC5dN0

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheLancet/status/1620078629764927488

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Today we’ve published a new blueprint to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times and improve patient experience.

Find out more. https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/delivery-plan-for-recovering-urgent-and-emergency-care-services/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NHSEngland/status/1619968684377899009

NHS England » Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services