Tamsin S
@ravenmaven.bsky.social
I would love to see a documentary on the re-opening of Britain’s last tin mine.
Tin mining to return to Cornwall after Reeves makes £29m investment
Tin mining to return to Cornwall after Reeves makes £29m investment
Reopening of South Crofty mine, which closed in 1998, could create 1,300 jobs for region
Tin mining is poised for a comeback in Cornwall after the UK government invested almost £29m to reopen the county’s last tin mine, creating more than 1,000 jobs in the region.
The South Crofty tin mine, near the Cornish village of Pool, closed in 1998, and in the years since, as tin prices have soared, attempts to reopen it have been unsuccessful. Continue reading...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I would love to see a documentary on the re-opening of Britain’s last tin mine.
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Today is #WorldBloodCancerDay
GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma.
You could be someone's lifeline❤️
Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done
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GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma.
You could be someone's lifeline❤️
Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done
www.blood.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Today is #WorldBloodCancerDay
GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma.
You could be someone's lifeline❤️
Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done
www.blood.co.uk
GiveBloodNHS is sharing the crucial role donations play in helping people recover from blood cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma.
You could be someone's lifeline❤️
Book an appointment today. It’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve done
www.blood.co.uk
Thats what i call dedication to your YouTube channel (on snake handling, obvs) www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thats what i call dedication to your YouTube channel (on snake handling, obvs) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'We'd like to see action around secondary prevention, the importance of rehabilitation, and to stop revolving door cases of people coming back into hospital.'
@robyeldham.bsky.social updates on the forthcoming 10 Year Plan and the move from a sickness to prevention healthcare based system.
@robyeldham.bsky.social updates on the forthcoming 10 Year Plan and the move from a sickness to prevention healthcare based system.
April 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
'We'd like to see action around secondary prevention, the importance of rehabilitation, and to stop revolving door cases of people coming back into hospital.'
@robyeldham.bsky.social updates on the forthcoming 10 Year Plan and the move from a sickness to prevention healthcare based system.
@robyeldham.bsky.social updates on the forthcoming 10 Year Plan and the move from a sickness to prevention healthcare based system.
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If it weren't for Brexit, Rachel Reeves would have another £50 billion in her purse; plenty enough to boost the NHS, welfare, and infrastructure, and allow for some tax cuts. What a happier and more optimistic Britain that would be.
That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit.
#RejoinEU
That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit.
#RejoinEU
March 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If it weren't for Brexit, Rachel Reeves would have another £50 billion in her purse; plenty enough to boost the NHS, welfare, and infrastructure, and allow for some tax cuts. What a happier and more optimistic Britain that would be.
That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit.
#RejoinEU
That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit.
#RejoinEU
Imagine all’s AI…
(John Lennon) 🎶 Imagine there's no admin 🎶
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Imagine all’s AI…
“We need to get rid of the nice to haves”, says Foluke Ajayi, vice-chair of NHS Confed and trust CEO. I guess that includes anything without a target eh like, er, all community services? Neighbourhood Health Service going to be tough to pull off, eh?
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What's the way forward with NHS cuts?
Podcast Episode · Health On The Line · 26/03/2025 · 32m
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March 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“We need to get rid of the nice to haves”, says Foluke Ajayi, vice-chair of NHS Confed and trust CEO. I guess that includes anything without a target eh like, er, all community services? Neighbourhood Health Service going to be tough to pull off, eh?
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Cutting 10000 civil service jobs is a lame no-impact move when Cameron announced a 100,000 cut and they could not make the numbers work because they couldn’t afford the ££££ of exits too! I was one of those civil servants so thinking of my former colleagues heading for ugly workplace dynamics
A painfully inevitability if you place yourself in a fiscal rules straitjacket. But as Tories found after 10 years of severe austerity- it don’t work. But then Tories just liked inflicting pain on us plebs
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Reeves’ gloomy Spring Statement to set stage for autumn austerity
Speech to MPs on Wednesday could be the harbinger of a more difficult full Budget, analysts warn
www.ft.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Cutting 10000 civil service jobs is a lame no-impact move when Cameron announced a 100,000 cut and they could not make the numbers work because they couldn’t afford the ££££ of exits too! I was one of those civil servants so thinking of my former colleagues heading for ugly workplace dynamics
This is what devolving responsibility for the shift from hospitals to community to ICBs looks like when there are no targets or incentives - plans to close walk in centres and out of hours GP hubs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government asked to review possible Norfolk and Suffolk NHS cuts
A walk-in centre and out-of-hours GP bases could be closed under plans to save money.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is what devolving responsibility for the shift from hospitals to community to ICBs looks like when there are no targets or incentives - plans to close walk in centres and out of hours GP hubs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anecdote, meet data.
March 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Anecdote, meet data.
Today they are talking about avoiding NHS trust deficits (don’t take long) so savings are not about putting “more” money anywhere, they are about delivering within current budgets. ICB cuts also prompting a culture of risk aversion & bunkering.
Abolition of NHS England and an NHS wide voluntary redundancy scheme? NHS has been here many times before. But anyone seen a copy of any new NHS Plan? All seems populist distraction- axing a ‘quango’ and bureaucrats to supposedly give the cash for more nurses and doctors. Yeah, sure
March 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today they are talking about avoiding NHS trust deficits (don’t take long) so savings are not about putting “more” money anywhere, they are about delivering within current budgets. ICB cuts also prompting a culture of risk aversion & bunkering.
Surely not just a problem for introverts…
March 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Surely not just a problem for introverts…
Turning care homes into reablement centres so that people age with true quality of life and no one falls through the cracks is working - www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/falki...
Falkirk Council physiotherapy facility earns praise from Care Inspectorate
A facility which provides physical and emotional support to people recovering from an accident, illness or hospital stay has been assessed as “very good” following a surprise inspection.
www.falkirkherald.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Turning care homes into reablement centres so that people age with true quality of life and no one falls through the cracks is working - www.falkirkherald.co.uk/health/falki...
I’ve spoken to so many internationally educated physios who were woefully overqualified but forced to take entry-level roles. One had two masters and had run a college for physios back in India then started in the UK as band 5. Promotion after that point was rapid for them though.
March 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I’ve spoken to so many internationally educated physios who were woefully overqualified but forced to take entry-level roles. One had two masters and had run a college for physios back in India then started in the UK as band 5. Promotion after that point was rapid for them though.
This has to be accompanied by education of NHS managers so that reasonable adjustments are offered in every NHS workplace - and are not viewed as incongruous with the work. Sick absence and union-backed disputes are then staff’s only options to protect their health.
35% pain reduction is good. But how long does it last if staff return doing same work in same way placing stress on muscles and joints doing same repetitive actions. Much spaced to change this?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Government and Nuffield Health support NHS staff get back to work
Thousands of frontline NHS staff to benefit from a free rehabilitation programme with Nuffield Health to get them back to work.
www.gov.uk
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This has to be accompanied by education of NHS managers so that reasonable adjustments are offered in every NHS workplace - and are not viewed as incongruous with the work. Sick absence and union-backed disputes are then staff’s only options to protect their health.
Tacking health inequalities means surfacing patients who have not previously accessed healthcare thus increasing patient numbers and perhaps backlogs. Hard to do both at least for some years I would have thought?
Much due to increase diagnostic capacity with programme of introducing community diagnostic centres that started in 2021? But some research published last year indicated that increased diagnostic activity may not necessarily shorten waiting times.
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Over two million extra NHS appointments delivered early as trusts handed £40 million to go further and faster
Over two million extra NHS appointments including for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endoscopy, and diagnostic tests delivered as government delivers first step to fix the NHS seven months early.
www.gov.uk
February 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Tacking health inequalities means surfacing patients who have not previously accessed healthcare thus increasing patient numbers and perhaps backlogs. Hard to do both at least for some years I would have thought?
Yeah I thought last night’s press release from DHSC was carefully worded to avoid a direct causal relationship- not least because Labour improvements to CDCs not implemented yet I assume?
In relation to government pub. of increased NHS diagnostic numbers, this research relates rise to intro of CDC programme. But, at least in post Covid years, increased activity seemed to be related to CDCs stimulating demand and not reducing waiting
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The effect of community diagnostic centres on volume and waiting time for diagnostic procedures in the UK
Many health care systems are looking to implement policies to improve productivity and accessibility of health care. In this paper we use data from th…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Yeah I thought last night’s press release from DHSC was carefully worded to avoid a direct causal relationship- not least because Labour improvements to CDCs not implemented yet I assume?
The more bizarre, insane and dictatorial the US looks the better the EU looks to UK voters. I expect this trend to continue
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February 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The more bizarre, insane and dictatorial the US looks the better the EU looks to UK voters. I expect this trend to continue
Those with knowledge and expertise are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding
Fellow scientists, when you see dis/misinformation on here, call it out. Or share responsibility for the consequences. These are dark days. 🧪
This is not good science. It’s flawed in so many ways. There is a huge body of evidence showing that vaccines do NOT cause neuro developmental disorders.
February 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Those with knowledge and expertise are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding
Stop typing all those questions to ChatGPT and WhatsApp them to the brilliant brains of Electoral Dysfunction instead.
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February 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Stop typing all those questions to ChatGPT and WhatsApp them to the brilliant brains of Electoral Dysfunction instead.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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I wish Brexit support was only alive with a small proportion but I hear it all the time when I’m out and about. Isn’t underestimating anti EU feeling why we
Lost the referendum in the first place? We must do better.
Lost the referendum in the first place? We must do better.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I wish Brexit support was only alive with a small proportion but I hear it all the time when I’m out and about. Isn’t underestimating anti EU feeling why we
Lost the referendum in the first place? We must do better.
Lost the referendum in the first place? We must do better.
Principles are not practical… guidelines are not enough.
‘Some is not a number, soon is not a time’
If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva.
Read the full blog.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva.
Read the full blog.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
When It Comes To Prevention Spending In The NHS, ‘Some Is Not A Number, Soon Is Not A Time’ | The King's Fund
If the government is serious about prioritising prevention, then some decisive, timely decisions need to be made about how money is distributed and managed in the NHS, says Siva Anandaciva.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
February 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Principles are not practical… guidelines are not enough.
Been chatting to neighbourhood teams up & down England & many identify “frailty” as #1 focus but tell me all patients are in last 1/2 years of life.
Nuffield estimates that £22bn is spent on caring for adults in their last year of life. Including 11.8bn on NHS, ranging from planned and unplanned hospital care to GP,community and hospice care. With another £4.8bn on Social Care and Continuing Healthcare www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh...
Why is it so difficult to estimate expenditure on health and care at the end of life?
Our new report today with the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by Marie Curie, is the most comprehensive analysis of public spending costs at the end of life for over a decade. In this accompanying...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Been chatting to neighbourhood teams up & down England & many identify “frailty” as #1 focus but tell me all patients are in last 1/2 years of life.
“Without a compelling vision, including one for Britain’s place in Europe, [Labour] risks being outflanked – both by history and by a movement built on anger, not solutions.”
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The Guardian view on Labour’s Brexit hesitancy: Tories collapse and Farage fills the void | Editorial
Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s caution has yet to persuade voters, while discontent fuels a resurgent right that thrives by boosting anti-immigrant, climate-sceptic views
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February 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Without a compelling vision, including one for Britain’s place in Europe, [Labour] risks being outflanked – both by history and by a movement built on anger, not solutions.”
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