The NHS may be broken, according to @UKLabour@wesstreeting, but here’s how to fix it.
Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention….
1. Prevent poverty. It’s the single biggest determinant of ill health, and health and social care demand, both now and in the future. Blair and Brown made good progress in reducing it. So it can be done.
2. Prevent illness, with a relentless focus on living well, self-care, mental health support and tackling the commercial determinants of illness. Dental disease is the commonest cause of childhood operations, and yet it’s almost 100% preventable.
3. Prevent existing risks and diseases getting worse, with evidence-based screening and a substantial shift in resources to primary, community and social care
4. Preventing waste and medical harm, by ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, from the right people at the right time. This is the toughest nut to crack, as it requires adequate numbers of well trained and well rested staff working in safe, clean environments with the right equipment. We currently spent three times as much litigating harms from maternity care than we do on maternity care. This is a permanent disaster and would be a very good place to start. Instead of repeating our mistakes, we need to learn from them.
For more detail see @PrivateEyeNews and come to the shows @edfringe@theSpaceUK Aug 2-17
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BREAKING: Commissioner of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley has been seen leaving the Cabinet Office in Westminster.
As he left, he was asked a question about two-tier policing, but Sir Mark grabbed the journalist's microphone and dropped it to the ground.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump just proudly announced that everyone wanted Roe v. Wade overturned. I think Donald Trump is going to find out just how powerful American women really are. Retweet so all Americans see this and vote accordingly.
Today we pray for all those seeking sanctuary. Eternal God, as more people continue to die while trying to reach safety, we pray for more safe routes and greater hospitality towards people fleeing.
#StayandPray
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In November far right thugs rioted in Dublin like they are in Southport tonight.
Leo Varadkar’s response has stayed with me:
“They did not do it because they love Ireland, out of any sense of patriotism, or to protect Irish people. They did it because they’re filled with hate.”
@jonsopel Patriots, like in America, had become a word stolen by the far right... "we aren't racists, we are patriots"
Its how they refer to each other and identify themselves to avoid saying out loud, I'm a massive f*king racist
Shameful. The idea that the thugs behind this call themselves ‘patriots’ is risible. What they did last night in a town understandably consumed by grief was odious