🧵The Mental Health Strategy’s Funding plan set out the need for £9.59million for 2022-23. However only £2.5 million was allocated, leaving a shortfall of >£7million.
Over £24 million is needed for 2023-24. Last year’s allocation is a tenth of what is this coming year.
Our General Secretary and Chief Executive @patcullen9 has written to @Mike_Fabricant over his comments today on nurses drinking in staff rooms during #COVID19.
Good news for vulnerable cancer patients. Make sure you keep doing your lateral flow testing and PCR if you have a positive lateral flow or have symptoms. 👍
NICAN LGI suspect CApathway refresher &update today along with Dr Yvonne McGivern.Thanks to all GPs who attended. It will take primary&secondary care teamwork using this superb tool qFIT wisely, to get the gains for our popl’n @MccayNaomi@taluap@CaraAnd16564794@Sarah_Christie5
There are some key differences in use of FIT for screening asymptomatic people via bowel screening, compared to its use to investigate symptomatic patients. CRUK in collaboration with NICaN & PHA, have developed a useful infographic to highlight the different uses of FIT.
In Northern Ireland, Faecal Immunochemical test is being used for screening asymptomatic people through #bowelscreening and to investigate symptomatic patients. Do you know the key differences? Find out in this useful infographic for health professionals: https://t.co/PJ4SR5RxE7