Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) sums up the cognitive dissonance behind the NHS' problems:

If the NHS top management 'believes that hospitals are run by plans and structures, it will keep producing them.

If it understood that hospitals run through empathy, tender moments, joy, sorrow, effort, judgement, relationships, innovation, determination, inventiveness & skill...

... it might behave differently'!

The problem (as so often is management by spreadsheet).

#NHS #health #management #politics

Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) sums up the cognitive dissonance behind the NHS' problems:

If the NHS top management 'believes that hospitals are run by plans and structures, it will keep producing them.

If it understood that hospitals run through empathy, tender moments, joy, sorrow, effort, judgement, relationships, innovation, determination, inventiveness & skill...

... it might behave differently'!

The problem (as so often is management by spreadsheet).

#NHS #health #management #politics

This madness:

Wes Streeting is going to set the NHS in England targets for getting people back to work - this is going to distort behaviour in the health service, and of course requires the NHS to work to a data point (employment) over which they have absolutely no influence.

It might look good in terms of spreadsheet policy making but will be at best a diversion and at worse a major problem for both patients & health service staff.

Misguided & wrong-headed!

#health #NHS #workers
h/t FT

There are two ways that most patients access the UK's health services via their GP & via A&E.

New research suggests nearly half of Britons delay or do not contact their GP when ill because they expect access to be so delayed as to make it pointless;

while there has been some intervention to try & resolve this issue, it seems for now to remain a significant driver of growing dissatisfaction with the NHS, and reflects budget & workforce planning problems

#health #NHS
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/25/half-of-britons-avoid-calling-gp-when-they-are-ill-survey-nhs

This madness:

Wes Streeting is going to set the NHS in England targets for getting people back to work - this is going to distort behaviour in the health service, and of course requires the NHS to work to a data point (employment) over which they have absolutely no influence.

It might look good in terms of spreadsheet policy making but will be at best a diversion and at worse a major problem for both patients & health service staff.

Misguided & wrong-headed!

#health #NHS #workers
h/t FT

WORLD FIRST: Swansea Bay doctors pioneer breakthrough cancer drug approach using genetic testing that has almost doubled life expectancy for patients. "We are not aware of any other country having this option," says consultant. 30-50 Welsh patients a year could benefit.

#Swansea #NHS

https://swanseabaynews.com/swansea-bay-doctors-pioneer-cancer-drug-breakthrough-that-could-extend-lives-across-wales/

WORLD FIRST: Swansea Bay doctors pioneer breakthrough cancer drug approach using genetic testing that has almost doubled life expectancy for patients. "We are not aware of any other country having this option," says consultant. 30-50 Welsh patients a year could benefit.

#Swansea #NHS

https://swanseabaynews.com/swansea-bay-doctors-pioneer-cancer-drug-breakthrough-that-could-extend-lives-across-wales/

#Introduction Hi there, we've just set up our first account in the Fediverse!

We are a local, #grassroots campaign, supported by #Medact Sheffield, and part of a national network founded by Health Workers for a Free Palestine working to make South Yorkshire's NHS a Palantir-free zone.

We hope to reach out to others on the Fediverse who support this!

We're revving up for a demo on the 12th of March in Sheffield Town Centre. See you there!

#UK #Sheffield #Palantir #NHS #SouthYorkshire #Medact

#Introduction Hi there, we've just set up our first account in the Fediverse!

We are a local, #grassroots campaign, supported by #Medact Sheffield, and part of a national network founded by Health Workers for a Free Palestine working to make South Yorkshire's NHS a Palantir-free zone.

We hope to reach out to others on the Fediverse who support this!

We're revving up for a demo on the 12th of March in Sheffield Town Centre. See you there!

#UK #Sheffield #Palantir #NHS #SouthYorkshire #Medact

I went to my GP today for complications of my recent dose of chicken pox. She spent time, did every tedt she could at the surgery, listened to me, explained her thinking, and advised me to go to A&E that afternoon.

A&E gave me a chest X-ray, an ECG, and half a dozen blood tests. The doctor again took the time to listen, assess me and explain his thinking at all stages. He then ordered more blood tests that'll take a day or two to come back and sent me home with a promise that I'll be called back for an appointment when the results are in.

Both doctors went the extra mile and then some, to make sure my treatment was correct.

Total cost to me? Seven quid for hospital parking.

The #NHS is a bloody miracle. Don't let anyone break it down or sell it off.

"What is happening in Minneapolis is a trial balloon. It’s where Trump is testing the limits of his power"...

...to suppress dissent, create fear & intimidation, & break people’s will.

Surveillance is central to this, & Thiel's Palantir is central to Trump's ICE operation. And now the UK.

In the UK, Palantir has access "to our most sensitive personal data.... the entire nation’s medical records."

https://www.thenerve.news/p/technofascism-us-america-fascism-trump-palantir-peter-thiel-uk-nigel-farage-reform

#USPol #EUPol #Palantir #Surveillance #Thiel #Autocracy #NHS #UKPol .

@wisteela

One thing that isn't mentioned, which is rather important, is it was emails within the fucking #NHS!

It may or may not include personal health data (that wasn't mentioned), but still, it is concerning.

Why the fuck are we allowing this shit in our public institutions?