Kate O'Neill

Irish in London. Comms for Maggie’s. Former NHS. Views are mine obvs.

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

A five-minute “superjab” that treats 15 types of cancer will be available on the NHS in a European first

https://t.co/1DVmDwNTfQ

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

76% of the NHS workforce are women - scientists, midwives, doctors,  receptionists and more - all are shaping the future of healthcare.

This #InternationalWomensDay, thank you to the women leading, caring, and innovating across the NHS.

[Neil Henderson @hendopolis]

MIRROR: Please get screened #TomorrowsPapersToday

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'7% more patients coming into A&E this December than last December - that's 5,000 people a day'

Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the challenges faced by the health service as part of a special day of coverage across BBC News

https://t.co/2wyZwuCd4f

[PA Media @PA]

Information on alcohol consumption, rabies, and bites – both animal and human – were among the top of the list for NHS advice being sought on Christmas and Boxing Day last year, new data shows.

https://t.co/Xx4jFasqN8

[Daily Express @Daily_Express]

NHS issues dementia alert on symptoms to look out for this Christmas

🖊️ @hannagsslr #DailyExpress #dementia
https://t.co/NZbRBZaWIR

[LBC News @LBCNews]

Christmas dementia alert issued by NHS after spike in diagnoses across 2024 https://t.co/WWOG6GogZe

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Dozens of kids hospitalised from vaping as NHS warns of Xmas flavours like mince pie https://t.co/CWK9PMpeZJ

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Almost one out of every eight phone calls made under the Martha's Rule scheme has led to a potentially life-saving change of treatment, NHS England has revealed.

Merope Mills, whose daughter Martha died from sepsis in 2021, tells #R4Today it's clear the policy can 'save lives'.

[Metro @MetroUK]

Warning issued over ‘festive flu’ by NHS with hospital cases on the rise https://t.co/vOvITNQWS8

[PoliticsHome @politicshome]

💉 Amanda Pritchard has been telling MPs at roundtable events that “the more that we can do to encourage vaccination, the better”

Read the full interview below 👇
https://t.co/DuBceepgHi

[Sky News @SkyNews]

A "game-changer" pill is to be offered to tens of thousands of smokers in England who are trying to quit.

Sky's @AmeliaHarperTV has the details ⬇️

Full story: https://t.co/TDy5PrlJeN

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[BBC Health News @bbchealth]

NHS offers 'improved' stop smoking pill https://t.co/5cjFHIGryb

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Thousands of lung cancer cases detected in lorry clinics https://t.co/LheCRCftDh

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

NHS England to screen 100,000 babies for more than 200 genetic conditions https://t.co/GRUfyG7RyN

[Amanda Pritchard @AmandaPritchard]

Jamie Theakston's bravery in speaking up about cancer may have saved lives - prompting one person every 16 seconds to check symptoms on our website.

Today I'm in Birmingham with @wesstreeting seeing one of our cancer buses that go into communities to improve early detection. ⬇️

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

“The Valdo Calocane case was gut-wrenching”

NHS England speaks to #R4Today in its first interview since a report found multiple failings in the mental health treatment of Valdo Calocane.

@MishalHusain asks Claire Murdoch, Mental Health Director, what lessons had been learnt.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

In June, the NHS successfully hit its aim of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes - a world-leading effort that will help unlock personalised medicine and rare diseases.

I spoke to mum Amanda Cole about the journey her son Ben has faced:
https://t.co/wJw63T7YSZ

[Kate O'Neill @KateONeill21]

Lovely and uplifting to see our announcement on this potentially curative treatment for patients get so much coverage today👇

[BBC Health News @bbchealth]

First gene-editing therapy may cure blood disorder https://t.co/phbR9tBbym

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Dementia cases hit record of high of nearly half-a-million https://t.co/g6PEca7aoD