Steven Laitner

General Practitioner with Public Health background. Freelance Health Consultant interested in models and systems of healthcare. Views are my own honest ones.

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@DSAInfo Of course, will do

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She did it!

World record holder

What a girl!

One proud dad!

https://t.co/CWsIHANzaG

@DSAInfo @sallyephillips

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My eldest daughter Charlotte, who happens to have Down Syndrome, is running the London Marathon for a local Down Syndrome charity

https://t.co/oCko7047jy

https://t.co/aLXUuoDAL1

Shows us what can be achieved with high aspirations, love and support!

@DSAInfo @dontscreenusout

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.@LondonMarathon

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She did it!

World record holder

What a girl!

One proud dad!

https://t.co/CWsIHANzaG

@DSAInfo @sallyephillips

[Steven Laitner @SteveLaitner]

@dontscreenusout youngest woman with Down Syndrome to run a marathon apparently, if all goes according to plan!

[Steven Laitner @SteveLaitner]

My eldest daughter Charlotte, who happens to have Down Syndrome, is running the London Marathon for a local Down Syndrome charity

https://t.co/oCko7047jy

https://t.co/aLXUuoDAL1

Shows us what can be achieved with high aspirations, love and support!

@DSAInfo @dontscreenusout

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@ianwharton

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

"If, as a system, we want to improve chronic disease management?

We need to switch our focus to the people with the chronic disease themselves, and to providing equitable access to all three principles of self management, peer support, and trained professionals"

Via @bmj_latest

https://t.co/ddp9lDl1No

[𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic @sib313]

"Better, cheaper, faster: choose two" (sometimes called the project management triangle) is false in the NHS where much of the system is so far from being optimal that everything could improve: https://t.co/BOn3fQHr8a

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Screening - don't tell me it "Saves Lives" without a statistically significant impact on all-cause mortality.

Thanks.

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The money is there in the NHS

It’s just in the wrong places, often doing the wrong things or the right things inefficiently

[𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic @sib313]

@Kit_Yates_Maths Mismanagement, yes. But chronic underfunding is hard to argue when the NHS added nearly 25% more doctors in the last 5 years.

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@DrLKVaughan @Keir_Starmer That’s poor, so sorry

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@DrLKVaughan @Keir_Starmer That’s really bad to hear, interested in why not working and how could be better

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The brave thing to do, which has been done, is not to bow to political and celebrity pressure but hold onto the evidence and use scarce public funds in the best way possible to maximise the nation’s health and reduce suffering.

@David_Cameron @wesstreeting

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

I am disappointed by today’s recommendation on prostate cancer screening from the National Committee.

Targeted screening is a natural first step - but the recommendation today is far too targeted, not including black men or men with a family history, both high-risk groups.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among British men. We are letting down too many men if we don’t push for a wider screening programme that includes all high-risk groups - and not just the men involved, but their families too, who risk losing a loved one unnecessarily.

As I know all too well, prostate cancer can be symptomless early on. That’s why screening is so essential - catching the cancers early when they can be more effectively and successfully treated, like in my own case.

I urge @wesstreeting and the government to be brave and bold on this crucial issue. Make the first step more significant than what’s being recommended. Put in place a proper, targeted screening programme that involves all those at higher-risk. Without it, more men will die, more families will lose a loved one. This is avoidable and can be done.

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@sib313 @DeanEggitt Agreed. And can’t see how patients not having access is exactly safe? Or just unsafe and unseen?

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Surely we should only use the term “Lives Saved” if there is a statistically significant reduction in All-Cause Mortality?

@CRUK_Policy

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@ShaunLintern @Bupa Interesting, I'd be interested if they discount their premium if people take up the screening. I hope you found it helpful Shaun and you are keeping well.

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Meaningful engagement with people with lived experience: challenging, messy, and more vital than ever.

Healthcare leaders at every level must urgently implement @WHO framework on engagement, writes @maiacaryn
https://t.co/7rXl4E4VTh

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@pash22 @Emiliarative @susan_bewley @MichaelBaum11 @paulpharoah Mmm

[Lantum @WeAreLantum]

Have you signed up to our lunchtime webinar with the PCNs and Federations delivering thriving services in their area? Chaired by @SteveLaitner, with panelists from NICS, BSOL ICS and Unity PCN, make sure to secure your spot today: https://t.co/rl01yiaGTG

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