A farewell celebration was held at Gloucester's The Friendship Cafe for our Chair Ingrid Barker whose term of office ends this month. Tribute was paid to Ingrid's remarkable dedication and commitment to the county's communities and NHS. More here: ghc.nhs.uk/news/farewell-…

The Government is planning to renationalise Thames Water and pay off £15.6bn of their debt.

NO, let them go bankrupt and nationalise for nothing.

Hear hear! Sorry I couldn’t be there for one of my heros

Spotted in a bookstore in the City of London just now…

Overdiagnosis and too much medicine in a world of crises bmj.com/content/382/bm… via Helen Macdonald et al

This is astonishing. The MP who made the complaint to police about wrongdoing by Angela Rayner 🌹 won’t or can’t say what she’s alleged to have done wrong. It’s not sub judice; as far as we know no charges are imminent. So why not just say. Bit weasely, no?

following this logic, I assume you are happy to pay for the adverse effects of your personal choices? So if your risky behaviour results in an injury, a cancer or liver failure, you would pay the healthcare costs as you would if you paid insurance? Your decisions impact on us all

It's #FootHealthWeek ? It's important to look after your feet, particularly if you have type 2 diabetes as foot injuries can lead to ulcers & infections
👣 Keep feet clean and dry
👣 Try not to go barefoot outside to avoid cuts
👣 Wear shoes that fit well
nhs.uk/conditions/typ…

Love this 🙌

Thank you for all the comment and feedback on NHS Practitioner Health over the last 48 hours. Following discussions with NHS Practitioner Health on their current service for secondary care doctors, dentists and senior staff, we have jointly agreed to extend the service by 12 months,...1/x

Laura Richards BSc MSc MBPsS The brutal attack was a chilling act of misogyny. He didn’t just randomly lash out; he specifically targeted women, bypassing men to inflict harm on females only. The first victim? A mother and her baby. This wasn’t chaos; it was a calculated assault driven by hate. A security

It seems that around 13 of the 16 people stabbed in Australia by Joel Cauchi were women.
If the victims were black, he would be called racist
If the victims were gay, he would be called homophobic
If the victims were trans, he would be called transphobic
But because he targeted

This is a bit baffling isn't it - NHSE feels it can't manage to increase fully qualified GP numbers even with a 13 year lead time. Despite all the policy intent of shifting the service towards primary care

WATCH | Ill or injured, but not life threatening? A number of Community Minor Injury and Illness Units across the county are open until 8pm this evening. Book through the local MIIU line - 0300 421 7777 or 111

Big thank you to NHS Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust especially the nurses on the children day ward and ward yesterday. Especially on the ward last night. 👏👏

Oops I did it again 🤭

#TotalSolarEclipse

We’re nearly there! Teams and services are getting ready to move into the new Forest of Dean Community Hospital. We'll start moving later in April and should be finished by mid-May. We'll keep you updated as we move - more information on our website at: ghc.nhs.uk/news/forest-of…

New suicide figures for the final 3m of 2023 are published by Office for National Statistics (ONS) today, giving us rates for last year as a whole.

It is not good news.

The suicide rate rose 6% from 2022, the first substantial rise since 2018.

The rate was 11.1 per 100,000 people, highest figure since 1999.

Agreed

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