Dr Sarah Hargreaves

Consultant Clinical Oncologist and proud to work for the NHS. Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Bristol. NIHR West of England CRN Scholar.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Between 2013-14 and 2019-20 £3.9 billion was transferred from NHS capital spending to meet day to day running costs.

One of those factoids that continually amazes me and underlines the starvation diet of funding the NHS had pre-Covid.

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@GreenManFest website told me I took too long processing payment but the money has left my bank account! No email confirmation of tickets……also has happened to other people, please reassure!!!

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

The problem with the NHS is very simple..there isn’t enough capacity. There aren’t enough GPs, hospital doctors, nurses, physios, OTs, lab techs, radiographers, etc…. We currently have less hospital bed capacity than Mexico. We have the second lowest in Europe.

[Asad Naveed @dr_asadnaveed]

Johns Hopkins is offering FREE research courses online.

Here are 10 courses you can audit to elevate your skills (links below):

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@TYoungstein @GPDrYvetteDoc I’m a cancer doctor. We no longer have named secretaries, or even tumour site specific admin teams. We have a pool of young, poorly paid school leavers; dictated letters disappear into that pool. As a consultant I have v minimal control over the timing of even urgent letters.

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@GovenderRoganie @UCLDivofSurgery @uclh @UCL_HNAC Congratulations! 💪🏻🙌🏻

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@A_Hilborn Please also consider funding @NCRI_partners again. The loss of @NCRI_partners is a huge blow for UK cancer research.

[Dr Kevin Fong @Kevin_Fong]

Shocking report from @Billy_Palmer_ & @NuffieldTrust. 29% rise in number of #NHS staff off sick since 2019. Rates now at 5.6%, equivalent to an additional 17k staff off sick each day. 1 in 4 for reasons of mental health. https://t.co/8NByrjmGkP

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@naserturabi @CRUK_Policy Please reconsider your funding of the NCRI

[Radio X @RadioX]

.@Boneheadspage sat down with @TobyTarrant to talk about his experience with his tonsil cancer diagnosis, openly speaking about the fear, the worry and the importance of talking about cancer, as well as how Oasis track Rock ’n’ Roll Star helped throughout his treatment. #FindTheWords @macmillancancer AD

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@IanWalker_CRUK Surely helped by a strategic and collaborative institution such as @NCRI_partners…..to see the back of it is a brutal blow.

[Richard Sullivan @SullivanProf]

This is a stunning failure by the UK’s
public funders to continue to
support NCRI. No more joint planning, no more clinical study groups, etc. Following the demise of England cancer plan this is yet another colossal strategic failure @AggarwalOnc @WHO @UKIGlobalCancer

[Richard Simcock @BreastDocUK]

Without @NCRI_partners we would have less:
-Public - patient participation in trials
-Trial development workshops and groups
-Stimulus to research outside of major centres
-Studies in living with and beyond cancer

and more
-Pharma driven research for 💸💸💸

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

@DHSCgovuk @SteveBarclay how can you let this happen? Don’t let it happen.

[NCRI Partnership @NCRI_partners]

Important news: NCRI is winding down after 22 remarkable years. Read more about this difficult decision here.
https://t.co/VBf22H0HzC

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Wow. UK's National Cancer Research Institute is to closedown after more than 20 years over concerns about its funding. I am told this infrastructure is vital to cancer clinical trials across UK.

Letter today from NCRI chair:

[Dr Sarah Hargreaves @thesarstar]

This is a devastating step backwards for UK cancer research. @NCRI_partners offered a strategic road map for cancer research whilst optimising the UK output through never before seen levels of collaboration. A huge loss for the UK.

[NCRI Partnership @NCRI_partners]

Important news: NCRI is winding down after 22 remarkable years. Read more about this difficult decision here.
https://t.co/VBf22H0HzC

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Britain could be saving lives on an industrial scale. Instead we’re going backwards. Me for @thetimes on why medical research matters https://t.co/Pwrlh4JOuh

[Cancer Research UK @CR_UK]

Find out what a clinical trial is in less than 30 seconds! 👇 ⏰

#InternationalClinicalTrialsDay 1/3

[Tom Dudding @dudders1986]

@thesarstar Strongly standing up for the under-representation of women in clinical research at @BAHNOOfficial #BAHNO2023

[BAHNO Head & Neck @BAHNOOfficial]

@thesarstar rebuttal asking the pertinant question are our current trials fit for purpose #EDI #equitable funding #diversifying research teams/leaders