Helen Buckingham
@hbuckingham.bsky.social
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Expert by experience in healthcare management & policy, Chair National Voices, Trustee RVS, NED PHIN. Also cook, wine drinker, reader, gardener, walker, armchair art critic.
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hbuckingham.bsky.social
🧵 illustrating beautifully how safe care is enabled by people who aren't doctors and nurses.

(We need drs & nurses, but we need techies - and porters & cleaners and many others too)

Sounds a fab role @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
hadleybeeman.bsky.social
I have a new job.

To explain it, let me tell you a story.

Have you ever been in the hospital, or with a family member in the hospital, when all the chaos is surrounding you — the busy nurses, the other patients talking, the machines going beep-beep-beep, the occasional…

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medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social
I have discovered that women are more than capable of undertaking any task which requires physical strength or of learning any discipline which requires discernment and intelligence. Books which say otherwise were definitely not written by women.

- Christine de Pizan, b. 1365
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ryancordell.org
Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.
A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE
hbuckingham.bsky.social
"But running a country IS hard work. It is mud, and muck and coffee stains."

Fabulous read. Hope springs eternal...
pollymackenzie.bsky.social
My hero is a farmer, not a duck. Which will only make sense if you read this new piece by me, the start of a new substack which I am bravely calling How To Run A Country.

howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/its-the-de...
It’s the despair that’s going to kill us
Time to cheer up
howtorunacountry.substack.com
hbuckingham.bsky.social
It used to be so good... and exactly what was needed to enable people to work and thrive.
hbuckingham.bsky.social
jonnelledge.bsky.social
bit random but... is anyone familiar with the Weybridge/Shepperton ferry and specifically whether it takes dogs
hbuckingham.bsky.social
It was presented to her by Dame Cicely Saunders. Very special.
hbuckingham.bsky.social
My mother has a gold medal from the Radcliffe Guild of Nursing which I couldn't see in the list ( thought I had but it was midwifery). Same principle, but you had to reach a certain minimum grade so wasn't awarded every year.
hbuckingham.bsky.social
With apologies for the truly appalling disclaimer at the top of the page, explainer here: www.hhs.gov/answers/medi...

It's a little complex as it varies state by state.
www.hhs.gov
hbuckingham.bsky.social
The tiny numbers written on the lefthand ones might be a giveaway, also the label styles (but you could have swapped those). Absolutely stunning!
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profjanegreen.bsky.social
Working on something with a typo. The Untied States. Quite.
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charlotteaugst.bsky.social
How cool is this?? Can't do the date but will definitely check it out in the future.
youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com
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shaunlintern.bsky.social
The @mndassoc.bsky.social has been a tremendous support for my family. From their helpline taking my desperate phone calls, to making direct grants to mum so she has equipment she needs without delay. You can help their work & direct grants by donating here: donate.mndassociation.org?campaign=25S...
Donate | MND Association
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se13ed.bsky.social
Policymaking - developing and agreeing policies, and then implementing them - is difficult, but plenty of people (increasingly) confuse it with "coming up with ideas for policies" which is, indeed, very easy. Same philosophy that says that announcing the thing is the same as doing the thing
t0nyyates.bsky.social
Someone who thinks 'policymaking is generally not very complicated' either does not know what they are talking about or has very strong ideological leanings that help disappear the trade-offs that worry the rest of us.
wrathofgodbot.bsky.social
Good thing he has a high quality team of thoughtful people with a firm grasp of the issues and how complex governing is
hbuckingham.bsky.social
That chapter terrified me as a child... but yes, it is.
hbuckingham.bsky.social
Not quite sure which industry it says more about...

Also (sorry) made me think OnlyFins 🧜‍♀️
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jackserle.bsky.social
So far as I can tell, to-date she is the only HSJ contributor to be made Archbishop of Canterbury.
tom-phillips.com
there's a "fact" about the new Archbishop of Canterbury on her Wikipedia page that'll be an interesting test of which media organisations do their jobs...
hbuckingham.bsky.social
"...we can and will use the privilege of our leadership to call out injustice, to celebrate connection and to help make things safer and fairer.”

Absolutely stonking statement from ADASS.
richardhumphries.bsky.social
”…..we do this work at a time when trust feels fragile and anger is often directed downwards — with disenfranchised communities pitted against one another and with people being encouraged to blame those who already have the least power.” Wise & timely words
Leading in troubled times - ADASS
The President of ADASS, Jess McGregor, and Vice President, Phil Holmes, have today published a short statement about the challenges we all face and the standards we must maintain when leading adult so...
www.adass.org.uk
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ushagrieve.bsky.social
Good to hear @sharonbrennan.bsky.social @nationalvoices.bsky.social championing the crucial role that VCSE’s will play in realising the shift to community and brilliantly making the point that the 10YP care plan target must not result in tokenistic recording of patient wishes. #LabourConference2025
hbuckingham.bsky.social
Smelly to cook and bony to eat if you don't know your way round them (I love them too but those two factors put off the uninitiated).