Nicholas R Hicks

Doctor with GP, public health, management and policy experience. Founder of COBIC. Helping health and care systems focus on the outcomes that matter most.

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

In other news…was sorting out a playlist and rediscovered this. Could have been written yesterday . Well worth reading the lyrics - it’s all there. And written in 1963. Tragic. https://t.co/Jxz0VHfFVJ

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@JTasioulas You will be missed in Oxford. I wish you and yours every happiness and success in all that comes next.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

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[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

"Medicine is difficult. We need to continue to attract the brightest to train as doctors. We need to ensure that their training is long enough to make them equipped to do the difficult daily work of the doctor."

@AndrewElder @RCPEdin
https://t.co/IiJFUpcx3d

[Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist]

More evidence from robust evaluation by my colleagues @TheIFS that SureStart had impressive long run impacts. Previous work showed it improved the long run health and educational achievement of poorer children. New work shows drop in serious youth offending.

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@GrimshawJeremy Congratulations, Jeremy! Hopefully you can combine purpose and pleasure and do more of things that give you deep satisfaction and less of things that do the opposite. (And come and say hello if ever you find yourself in Oxford.)

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@RslewisSally Many congratulations, Sally! Great news and a great platform for the purpose part your new balance of purpose and pleasure.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS.

I think this is a national scandal.

Please RT if you do too 🙏

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@RslewisSally A great stage of life….such a joy to have the chance to build a life of purpose and pleasure that’s right for you.

[lozzyloz @lozzylozboz]

Be careful everyone, this happened in greystones. The lady's daughter was scammed out of €1000, using a QR code that she scanned to pay for parking.

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

⏰ CLOSING SOON: Apply for a unique leadership opportunity – the @commonwealthfnd 2025–2026 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice.

Find out more and apply ahead of the deadline of 1 November 2024 ⬇️
https://t.co/WVSfrTdy37

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

These are very wise and important words from @sean9n. They deserve to be repeated and repeated and repeated till they become widely understood. And, if we want the NHS to survive, we all need to help the system respond to them constructively. Read it from beginning to end.

[Sean Ninan @sean9n]

Why is the NHS less productive? Why are doctors so unhappy? could we fix both these things? With warnings from @ShaunLintern and lessons from @Philippa_Perry @danariely

https://t.co/maXja6H2nh

@Thea_Stein @parthaskar @drohanlon @mgtmccartney @mellojonny

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

A call to “Develop high-quality leadership and management training and development opportunities for prospective, new and experienced clinician leaders and managers.” See https://t.co/wzW1PW3Fjt

[SHOC-OBHC @SHOC_OBHC]

Strengthening clinical leadership and management | @HealthFdn
https://t.co/UGQOqIpp44

[SHOC-OBHC @SHOC_OBHC]

Strengthening clinical leadership and management | @HealthFdn
https://t.co/UGQOqIpp44

[Mark Toshner @mark_toshner]

In amongst the carnage of the workforce plan there is an obvious thing hiding in plain sight. Let’s solve the PA crisis in one 🧵… (spoiler I won’t)

[Global Commission on Evidence @EvidenceComm]

One of the lovely things that happened at #GES2024 was that we had a chance to acknowledge 35 extraordinary years of @GrimshawJeremy's commitment to this global movement. People stood up and gave him a standing ovation, and it was just absolutely lovely to see 🧵4/7

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@RCPhysicians .@RCPhysicians if you are to properly represent your members you will articulate & promote clear views about the role and scope of practice of PAs, the clarity of the distinction between doctors and non-doctors and what regulators need to do to properly promote patient safety.

[Nicholas R Hicks @NicholasHicks]

@LaylaMoran @CommonsHealth Congrats from a constituent. You’ve a heck of a task ahead of you. I wish you every success, for all our sakes.

[Glenn Gould @GlennGould]

Glenn Gould playing J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue 😍

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

Whisper it very softly

But we may not be too far from nearly 1 in 2 children with #T1Diabetes being on #ClosedLoops

1 in 2 on the best thing science can provide at the moment beyond a cure

Less than 12 months since @NICEComms TA 943

Ka-Boom 😎

A promise made…#gbdoc