'Each time a woman is not listened to is another brick in the wall of medical misogyny.' This International Women’s Day, Deborah Fenney explores the impact of medical misogyny on women’s health and care. Would you call yourself a feminist? Read the full blog: https://bit.ly/47fs9vm

What do broken bridges have to do with the state of public services? My excellent colleague @lucatiratelli.bsky.social has written the blog to launch @thekingsfund.bsky.social's newest headline project: Good Health for All - Reimagining the Welfare State 1/3

Shocking new figures from the RCN show growing racist abuse against nurses. We stand in solidarity with affected nurses and colleagues across the NHS, and call for an end to the escalating use of hostile language and anti-migrant rhetoric. Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

The #NHS recently announced a review into the health of LGBT+ people. While this is a welcome development, says @dfenney.bsky.social in her blog, the review will need to lead to specific measurable actions. Read more ⬇️ www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search. In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

Labour: We’re cutting £5bn from disabled people but it’s fine—we’re redeploying 8,000 work coaches. Also Labour: We have an unprecedented shortage of work coaches. tinyurl.com/mpzsu8yb #WelfareNotWorkfare #DisabilityBenefits

I'll tell you what does drive people to despair: money worries. The idea that you can improve someone's mental health by giving them more money worries should be an obvious mistake of thinking. But it isn't. Because years of right wing rhetoric has made it impossible to see people's needs clearly

GP working 30 yrs in a mixed urban area, rich & poor Rarely seen people abuse the benefits system Seen lots of the health, social & wealth systems fail those in most need The healthy & wealthy always making the decisions Compare how the UK spends with similar nations inews.co.uk/news/pip-sic...

Pleased to share a new blog exploring trans🏳️‍⚧️ healthcare by my excellent colleague, Frank on @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog. It highlights the need for better evidence and more attention to providing good, timely health care for trans folk. Take a look! www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

@samlevang.bsky.social thanks for the follow, your work sounds super interesting! Would love to know more - not familiar with COPC?

Not often shocked by health care news, but this is.... I return to the words of my last blog - people need support to live well, too www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks to @theguardian.com for sharing this amazing recipe - just cooked a brunch that my LA girlfriend said tasted like she remembered (even tho I skipped the coriander and forgot the avocado 🙈) also we had tequila sunrises on the side, no dry Jan here 😂

ICYMI: Great blog for @thekingsfund.bsky.social from @dfenney.bsky.social, the assisted dying debate has helped shine a light on palliative and social care www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Back for 2025 with a call out for artists interested in health and care: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Thanks for sharing my @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog, Julie!

Saw a colorectal surgeon to consult on my upcoming surgery for #endometriosis this week and the first thing he said was how sorry he was that it had taken this long. Appreciated the acknowledgement but this can be such a devastating condition for so many www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"That there is more outrage directed towards the ill people finding ways to navigate this rotten system than the politicians who are responsible for it is the real sign of a sick society." Indeed.

'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service,' says Sarah Woolnough, responding to the Prime Minister's speech on its Plan for Change and the #NHS waiting list 'milestone'. Read more: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

"We need to ensure people’s right to live well, too." My latest blog: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-... #AssistedDying #SocialCare #PalliativeCare

may be of interest to some thanks to Deborah Fenney (also Debora's Google scholar profile has many good things like 2011 and later environmental activism meet disability activism #disability #disabilityrights #environmentalActivis @dfenney.bsky.social features.kingsfund.org.uk/ordinary-lif....

Very pleased to see this finally up in time for #DisabilityHistoryMonth - @thekingsfund.bsky.social has a rich history of work with and for disabled people to improve health and care, and I'm keen we continue to build on the best parts of that legacy. Take a look ⬇️

Who's working on better clinical coordination (ie things that improve how primary/secondary/tertiary services join up) to support people with multiple long term conditions in the UK at the moment?

Who's working on better clinical coordination (ie things that improve how primary/secondary/tertiary services join up) to support people with multiple long term conditions in the UK at the moment?

The Guardian article:

I see this quite a lot. Don’t confuse healthcare equity with health equity. Don’t use these terms interchangeably. The first is only a small part of the second. Health is largely shaped outside of healthcare by factors outside of the health service.

Belatedly setting up this profile and hope to connect with people in health, disability and environmental circles (plus people who post cat pics) 😊

As temperatures fall below freezing in many parts of the UK a reminder of what we heard from some of the poorest areas about the challenges facing older people. #HeatingorEating www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...