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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... more @bbclookeast 6.30pm

Suffolk mum's campaign to get son access to healthcare services

When Harry turned 18, he no longer had access to various healthcare services, his mum says.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 3d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 7000 women affected as breast screening vans out of action since beginning of August in parts of Essex. (Back online from today but backlog)

Breast screening glitch in Essex affects 7,000 women

An NHS trust says it is

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 9d

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Scams & Scandals - The Botox Black Market

An undercover investigation exposes Britain’s “Botox Wild West” where medical professionals break the rules, selling prescriptions for cash, with patients left at serious risk.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 16d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... UK first clinical trial for genetically edited food

Norwich trial uses tomatoes to test gene-edited food on humans

Seventy-six people with low vitamin D levels are being recruited to take part in the study.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 22d

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Queen Elizabeth hospital boss 'surprised' about maternity review

The BBC understands it was included in a national review because of a high perinatal mortality rate.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

QEH also poor for urgent referrals receiving definitive diagnosis within four weeks.

As expected finance is bad partly because of spending on agency staff.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

Both the queen elizabeth and Norfolk and Norwich have only treated 53% of cancer patients within 62 days. National average is 71%.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

This is the link you want to properly look at the hospital league table data
data.england.nhs.uk/dashboard/no...

mental health

data.england.nhs.uk/dashboard/no...

or ambulance

data.england.nhs.uk/dashboard/no...

Home - NHS England Data Dashboard

data.england.nhs.uk

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

The ICB areas are likely to align with new mayoral council areas

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

If you haven’t got a clue what I’m on about or have a question, feel free to ask

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

The rest of ICB’s will follow a year later in 2027. Northamptonshire is expected to merge with Leicestershire and Rutland

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

That’s set to be one of biggest ICB’s in country. If anyone has views on this good/bad let me know.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

So which areas are merging I hear you say?

1) Norfolk and Suffolk join together
2) Essex is one on own including every part of Essex
2) Then a massive ICB called Central East ICB (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough)

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

East Anglia will also be a trial area for ICB reorganisation (health boards which buy services and manage them) (which means more staff will lose their jobs, but of course the government argues money saved on admin will be redirected to front line care)

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

The government says its allocated £10m of government funding, but the neighbourhood centres appear to be a candidate for public/private funding (watch this space) t.co/fGCrho2P8V

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036062-2025?origin=SearchResults&p=1

t.co

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

What else have we leant on a busy day for health?
43 pilot neighbourhood health centres being built by the government. They’ll target “working class areas with the lowest life expectancy”

Fenland & Peterborough
North east Essex
Ipswich & east suffolk
West Essex
West suffolk

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

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John Appleby @jappleby123.bsky.social · Sep 9

Those confidence intervals in full!

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (mental health) fifth from bottom for mental health trusts. The only mental health trust in the country at the centre of a public inquiry Essex (EPUT) is quite a way off bottom.

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

QEH - relatively small local hospital - struggles to attract some staff - high agency costs - financial issues (told to save 10% of budget last year!)
Wards with propped up ceilings & previously buckets to catch water
A&E
Old
Spot the difference (one is ranked 5th, one 134th)

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Nikki Fox @nikkijfoxbbc.bsky.social · 29d

Papworth and Queen Elizabeth in same league table. A comparison.

Papworth:
World renowned heart & lung hospital - attracts the best staff.
Individual rooms - scores high on infection control purely on layout
No A&E so can plan beds and doesn’t cause cancellations
New

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