Sarah Tilsed
@sarahtilsed.bsky.social
@patientsassoc.bsky.social Partnership. Podcasts. Patients. Proud. Pizza. People. Pencilling portraits. Padam.
Views my own.
Views my own.
Dave says:
"Health is UK's untapped growth strategy.
What Autumn Budget must do:
1⃣Forward funding prevention agenda
2⃣Introduce tax incentives for workplace health investment
3⃣Remove Insurance Premium Tax on health insurance
4⃣Create Workplace Innovation Zones"
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"Health is UK's untapped growth strategy.
What Autumn Budget must do:
1⃣Forward funding prevention agenda
2⃣Introduce tax incentives for workplace health investment
3⃣Remove Insurance Premium Tax on health insurance
4⃣Create Workplace Innovation Zones"
ifamagazine.com/the-budget-w...
The Budget won’t ‘get Britain working’ unless it backs a preventative health growth strategy - IFA Magazine
In the following exclusive piece for IFA Magazine's New Insurance & Protection, Dave Capper, CEO of Westfield Health, explores why the Autumn Budget must
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Dave says:
"Health is UK's untapped growth strategy.
What Autumn Budget must do:
1⃣Forward funding prevention agenda
2⃣Introduce tax incentives for workplace health investment
3⃣Remove Insurance Premium Tax on health insurance
4⃣Create Workplace Innovation Zones"
ifamagazine.com/the-budget-w...
"Health is UK's untapped growth strategy.
What Autumn Budget must do:
1⃣Forward funding prevention agenda
2⃣Introduce tax incentives for workplace health investment
3⃣Remove Insurance Premium Tax on health insurance
4⃣Create Workplace Innovation Zones"
ifamagazine.com/the-budget-w...
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“Who holds the power? How is this product empowering women?”
Dr Bola Grace on why we must question who truly benefits from #FemTech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth #Innovation #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
Dr Bola Grace on why we must question who truly benefits from #FemTech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth #Innovation #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Who holds the power? How is this product empowering women?”
Dr Bola Grace on why we must question who truly benefits from #FemTech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth #Innovation #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
Dr Bola Grace on why we must question who truly benefits from #FemTech innovation.
Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation.
www.bmj.com/collections/...
#WomensHealth #Innovation #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth
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'Racism won’t go away. However, I now know how to protect my health, wellbeing, and worth. I surround myself with allies – people who see me, support me, and stand with me. And I encourage others to do the same.'
Tabetha Darmon reflects on her three-decade NHS career: https://bit.ly/4oXxA8K
Tabetha Darmon reflects on her three-decade NHS career: https://bit.ly/4oXxA8K
Breaking Through The Fog: A Black Leader’s Journey Through The NHS
Tabetha Darmon reflects on her NHS career over three decades, navigating challenges, speaking up and rising to a Chief Nursing Officer role.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Racism won’t go away. However, I now know how to protect my health, wellbeing, and worth. I surround myself with allies – people who see me, support me, and stand with me. And I encourage others to do the same.'
Tabetha Darmon reflects on her three-decade NHS career: https://bit.ly/4oXxA8K
Tabetha Darmon reflects on her three-decade NHS career: https://bit.ly/4oXxA8K
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🤔 Not sure where to turn to with health or social care questions? Get free, confidential guidance from our helpline. Give our team a ring on 0800 345 7115 (Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5pm) or email [email protected]. buff.ly/FOEMQW0
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🤔 Not sure where to turn to with health or social care questions? Get free, confidential guidance from our helpline. Give our team a ring on 0800 345 7115 (Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5pm) or email [email protected]. buff.ly/FOEMQW0
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Homes are an essential building block of our health and wellbeing.
Yet millions live with damp, cold and mould that could harms us.
We’re backing @healthequals.bsky.social to call for a cross-government health inequalities strategy to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉
Yet millions live with damp, cold and mould that could harms us.
We’re backing @healthequals.bsky.social to call for a cross-government health inequalities strategy to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉
Hazmat Loungewear | Health Equals
1 in 4 of us are living in homes that could make us ill from issues like damp, cold and mould. It's time to change that and #MakeHealthEqual.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Homes are an essential building block of our health and wellbeing.
Yet millions live with damp, cold and mould that could harms us.
We’re backing @healthequals.bsky.social to call for a cross-government health inequalities strategy to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉
Yet millions live with damp, cold and mould that could harms us.
We’re backing @healthequals.bsky.social to call for a cross-government health inequalities strategy to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉
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If you’ve been questioned, stopped or challenged using a gendered space tell us at tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
By letting us know about your experience, you’ll help us to track patterns, identify common themes and take steps to advocate on this issue at a national level.
#ScrapTheBathroomBan #EHRC
Have you been questioned, stopped or challenged using a gendered space? – TransActual
If you’ve been questioned, stopped or challenged using a gendered space…
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you’ve been questioned, stopped or challenged using a gendered space tell us at tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
By letting us know about your experience, you’ll help us to track patterns, identify common themes and take steps to advocate on this issue at a national level.
#ScrapTheBathroomBan #EHRC
"Deprivation, geography, ethnicity, gender & #sexuality shape #health in early years & compound across childhood, adolescence & into adulthood. Diet, #housing, participation in #education, air pollution, & parental health behaviours all powerful drivers of children’s health outcomes."
Children and young people in England are facing some of the worst health outcomes in Europe.
This first explainer in our series brings together the latest evidence to show how the system is responding and where it is struggling.
Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/4oRj5na
This first explainer in our series brings together the latest evidence to show how the system is responding and where it is struggling.
Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/4oRj5na
What Is The State Of Children's Health In England? | The King's Fund
We look at the data available on children's health in England - from child mortality to diet and exercise, teenage pregnancy and smoking, we we look at what this means for children's health.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Deprivation, geography, ethnicity, gender & #sexuality shape #health in early years & compound across childhood, adolescence & into adulthood. Diet, #housing, participation in #education, air pollution, & parental health behaviours all powerful drivers of children’s health outcomes."
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Travelling to healthcare appointments is challenging for some people. Find out what people told us about their experiences the difficulties they face booking and using patient transport services https://bit.ly/4pmFwRh
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Travelling to healthcare appointments is challenging for some people. Find out what people told us about their experiences the difficulties they face booking and using patient transport services https://bit.ly/4pmFwRh
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📞 Our free helpline is open and ready to take your calls! We provide specialist health and social care information and guidance across all four UK nations.
👉 Call 0800 345 7115 or email [email protected] to speak to one of our team buff.ly/FOEMQW0
👉 Call 0800 345 7115 or email [email protected] to speak to one of our team buff.ly/FOEMQW0
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📞 Our free helpline is open and ready to take your calls! We provide specialist health and social care information and guidance across all four UK nations.
👉 Call 0800 345 7115 or email [email protected] to speak to one of our team buff.ly/FOEMQW0
👉 Call 0800 345 7115 or email [email protected] to speak to one of our team buff.ly/FOEMQW0
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📣 Your voice matters, take our survey to share your experience of the resident doctors' strike.
Whether your appointment was delayed, changed, or unaffected, we want to hear from patients.
Click here and please share to help us reach more patients: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PF6V
Whether your appointment was delayed, changed, or unaffected, we want to hear from patients.
Click here and please share to help us reach more patients: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PF6V
Your voice matters, share your experience of the resident doctors' strike
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📣 Your voice matters, take our survey to share your experience of the resident doctors' strike.
Whether your appointment was delayed, changed, or unaffected, we want to hear from patients.
Click here and please share to help us reach more patients: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PF6V
Whether your appointment was delayed, changed, or unaffected, we want to hear from patients.
Click here and please share to help us reach more patients: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DD5PF6V
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Opinion 🗣️
Rachel Power, chief executive of The Patients Association, says that the 10 year health plan’s shift to digital and emphasis on using technology to empower patients will mean addressing big challenges around equity, trust and accessibility.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/rach...
Rachel Power, chief executive of The Patients Association, says that the 10 year health plan’s shift to digital and emphasis on using technology to empower patients will mean addressing big challenges around equity, trust and accessibility.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/rach...
Rachel Power: It’s not enough to tell patients that ‘digital is good’
The 10 year health plan’s shift to digital means addressing challenges around equity, says Rachel Power, CEO of the Patients Association.
www.digitalhealth.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Opinion 🗣️
Rachel Power, chief executive of The Patients Association, says that the 10 year health plan’s shift to digital and emphasis on using technology to empower patients will mean addressing big challenges around equity, trust and accessibility.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/rach...
Rachel Power, chief executive of The Patients Association, says that the 10 year health plan’s shift to digital and emphasis on using technology to empower patients will mean addressing big challenges around equity, trust and accessibility.
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/11/rach...
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A huge thank you to our speakers for joining us, and to everyone who attended. We'll be posting the video recording on our website and publishing it as a podcast shortly.
To find out when our next webinar is announced, sign up to our weekly newsletter: www.patients-association.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
To find out when our next webinar is announced, sign up to our weekly newsletter: www.patients-association.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Sign up for Weekly News
Every Friday, we send subscribers our enewsletter, Weekly News. It's packed with opportunities for you to share your views and opinions on health and care services, as well as work with us.
www.patients-association.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A huge thank you to our speakers for joining us, and to everyone who attended. We'll be posting the video recording on our website and publishing it as a podcast shortly.
To find out when our next webinar is announced, sign up to our weekly newsletter: www.patients-association.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
To find out when our next webinar is announced, sign up to our weekly newsletter: www.patients-association.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
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Andrea shared 7 ways to embed a 'missingness lens'
1️⃣ Change perspectives on why it happens
2️⃣ Identify patients at risk
3️⃣ Improve co-ordination of care
4️⃣ Person-centred processes
5️⃣ Needs-led approach
6️⃣ Tailored forms of access
7️⃣ Contact before and after appointment
@uofgshw.bsky.social
1️⃣ Change perspectives on why it happens
2️⃣ Identify patients at risk
3️⃣ Improve co-ordination of care
4️⃣ Person-centred processes
5️⃣ Needs-led approach
6️⃣ Tailored forms of access
7️⃣ Contact before and after appointment
@uofgshw.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Andrea shared 7 ways to embed a 'missingness lens'
1️⃣ Change perspectives on why it happens
2️⃣ Identify patients at risk
3️⃣ Improve co-ordination of care
4️⃣ Person-centred processes
5️⃣ Needs-led approach
6️⃣ Tailored forms of access
7️⃣ Contact before and after appointment
@uofgshw.bsky.social
1️⃣ Change perspectives on why it happens
2️⃣ Identify patients at risk
3️⃣ Improve co-ordination of care
4️⃣ Person-centred processes
5️⃣ Needs-led approach
6️⃣ Tailored forms of access
7️⃣ Contact before and after appointment
@uofgshw.bsky.social
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"People have got lots of competing demands with limited resource - financial resource, family support resource, relationships resource etc. And it's whether people are actually struggling to survive at that time, that's really what is driving missingness" Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"People have got lots of competing demands with limited resource - financial resource, family support resource, relationships resource etc. And it's whether people are actually struggling to survive at that time, that's really what is driving missingness" Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
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This #CarersRightsDay we're resharing our blog from @iamjessplant.bsky.social, on why equality in care must start with supporting unpaid carers: buff.ly/XpJ9KpY
For more information on carers rights take a look at this from @carers-uk.bsky.social : go.carersuk.org/CRD
For more information on carers rights take a look at this from @carers-uk.bsky.social : go.carersuk.org/CRD
Why equality in care must start with supporting unpaid carers
For Carers Week 2025, Jess Plant shares her experience of caring for her mum and calls for the real support unpaid carers need and deserve.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This #CarersRightsDay we're resharing our blog from @iamjessplant.bsky.social, on why equality in care must start with supporting unpaid carers: buff.ly/XpJ9KpY
For more information on carers rights take a look at this from @carers-uk.bsky.social : go.carersuk.org/CRD
For more information on carers rights take a look at this from @carers-uk.bsky.social : go.carersuk.org/CRD
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The health inequalities shared by @sarahtilsed.bsky.social at the @patients-association.org.uk highlight why perioperative care is so vital.
By improving communication, access, and coordinated support, periop and personalised care can help reduce the barriers many patients face across the system.
By improving communication, access, and coordinated support, periop and personalised care can help reduce the barriers many patients face across the system.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The health inequalities shared by @sarahtilsed.bsky.social at the @patients-association.org.uk highlight why perioperative care is so vital.
By improving communication, access, and coordinated support, periop and personalised care can help reduce the barriers many patients face across the system.
By improving communication, access, and coordinated support, periop and personalised care can help reduce the barriers many patients face across the system.
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"Past experiences of healthcare are really important. Each contact a person has with the NHS really drives whether people will feel able to use the NHS the next time" Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Past experiences of healthcare are really important. Each contact a person has with the NHS really drives whether people will feel able to use the NHS the next time" Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
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It’s positive to see the men’s health strategy launched today, with a clear focus on encouraging men to seek help early, tackling mental health issues and health inequalities, and addressing conditions that disproportionately affect men, such as CVD. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Men's Health Strategy for England
Details the government’s 10-year vision for men's health and the actions we are taking now to improve the health and wellbeing of all men and boys in England.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It’s positive to see the men’s health strategy launched today, with a clear focus on encouraging men to seek help early, tackling mental health issues and health inequalities, and addressing conditions that disproportionately affect men, such as CVD. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
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"The biggest issues that we have are people not understanding what the appointment is for, when the appointment is and where it'll take place" Caroline Norman, @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The biggest issues that we have are people not understanding what the appointment is for, when the appointment is and where it'll take place" Caroline Norman, @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
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"Missed appointments are often closely linked to health inequalities. Patients from marginalised groups are more likely to miss their appointments, including people with disabilities, or have English as a second language" @sarahtilsed.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Missed appointments are often closely linked to health inequalities. Patients from marginalised groups are more likely to miss their appointments, including people with disabilities, or have English as a second language" @sarahtilsed.bsky.social
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"We define 'missingness' as the repeated tendency not to take up offers of care, such that it has a negative impact on the person and their life circumstances." Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"We define 'missingness' as the repeated tendency not to take up offers of care, such that it has a negative impact on the person and their life circumstances." Andrea Williamson, @uofgshw.bsky.social
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Our webinar on why patients miss multiple appointments and how the system can support' has just begun!
@sarahtilsed.bsky.social is joined by Dr Susan Langridge, Deep End GP, Andrea Williamson, GP & Professor of General Practice @uofgshw.bsky.social & Caroline Norman @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
@sarahtilsed.bsky.social is joined by Dr Susan Langridge, Deep End GP, Andrea Williamson, GP & Professor of General Practice @uofgshw.bsky.social & Caroline Norman @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our webinar on why patients miss multiple appointments and how the system can support' has just begun!
@sarahtilsed.bsky.social is joined by Dr Susan Langridge, Deep End GP, Andrea Williamson, GP & Professor of General Practice @uofgshw.bsky.social & Caroline Norman @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
@sarahtilsed.bsky.social is joined by Dr Susan Langridge, Deep End GP, Andrea Williamson, GP & Professor of General Practice @uofgshw.bsky.social & Caroline Norman @refugeecouncil.bsky.social
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"...we’ve got to understand the trust issues around using digital and we’ve also got to understand how to make it more accessible...We should be saying, ‘how is this going to work for you?’"
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Rachel Power: It’s not enough to tell patients that ‘digital is good’
The 10 year health plan’s shift to digital means addressing challenges around equity, says Rachel Power, CEO of the Patients Association.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"...we’ve got to understand the trust issues around using digital and we’ve also got to understand how to make it more accessible...We should be saying, ‘how is this going to work for you?’"
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
Read @rachel-p.bsky.social's interview ahead of her keynote at @dhrewired.bsky.social
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Read our full statement: www.patients-association.org.uk/news/five-da...
Five days of further strike action: how long will patients be made to pay the price?
The Patients Association raises grave concerns over planned strike’s impact on patients
www.patients-association.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Read our full statement: www.patients-association.org.uk/news/five-da...