Ben Charman

Held at gunpoint: BBC team detained by Israeli forces in southern Syria BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani and his colleagues were held at gunpoint, bound and strip-searched while filming in the Golan Heights.

Why? And on a completely separate point, why are international journalists still prohibited from reporting from inside #Gaza?

Why we’re looking afresh at anti-racism and zero tolerance Examining what zero tolerance means in practice has prompted us to interrogate the idea much more closely, writes Evelyn Asante-Mensah OBE.

How do we respond when #NHS staff are subjected to racist abuse by patients?

Evelyn Asante-Mensah, chair of @penninecarenhs.bsky.social discusses managing the difficult balance between supporting staff and ensuring that those responsible are, where possible, held to account.

In our latest podcast, Matthew Taylor is joined by two ICB CEOs who were part of the working group that helped develop the new Model ICB blueprint.

They discuss how ICBs are now rapidly changing to meet the huge challenges of reducing demand and shifting to preventative, neighbourhood-based care.

We know money is tight.

But we also know that failing to invest strategically in early intervention and prevention is a false economy that leads to massive costs for both the individuals impacted and wider society.

So how do we spend the very limited resources available? 🧵 1/2

🔗 buff.ly/B1OjeQ9

Very much looking forward to the 4th webinar in our series with Michael @nhslocalgrowth.bsky.social.

Louis Theroux - The Settlers Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

I really appreciate Louis for making this very sobering documentary on the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank and the enormous impact this is having on those living there. Intimidation, segregation, arbitrary detention.

"I am a human being"
Louis: "Yes you are. So are they."
"But..."

Looking forward to this event and hearing from Sir James.

This is so inspiring and shows exactly what our NHS estate could look like with a transformative investment plan.

Changing the mental health paradigm While there’s a shared wish to change mental health services, this isn't often followed by the resource to make it happen, writes Victor Adebowale.

"Mental health is either attacked as a symptom of the ‘woke’ agenda or acknowledged as relevant to both social wellbeing and the wider economy, without always being followed up by real actions that create change."

Read our chair Victor's full blog on changing the mental health paradigm. 🔗 💡

Want to know how to work better with partners in education to advance the goals of the NHS, particularly in terms of developing a long-term talent pool?

Join our webinar on 23 April, where Michael @nhslocalgrowth.bsky.social will be joined by representatives from a school, college and University.

Common principles that underpin the left shift in action: 1. A strong role for systems: even where trusts or other providers are driving the left shift, the leadership and coordination offered by systems is essential, bringing stakeholders together and ensuring a unified approach. 2. Clinical and managerial alignment: agreement, not conflict, between clinical and administrative staff is crucial to transforming services. A clear strategy and an early focus on consensus-building can ensure that all stakeholders can contribute to a new way of working. 3. Responsive, flexible financing: while reforming payment mechanisms would empower more of the NHS to pursue the left shift, those who have made progress already have shown what flexibility and imagination within the existing framework can achieve. 4. Patient-centred service redesign: although there are clear and welcome financial gains to be made through the left shift, a focus on improving outcomes for patients unites each of the approaches taken by our members. 5. Measuring what has changed: calculating the movement of resources, versus an agreed baseline and projections of what future costs could be without any change to services, has proved central to both justifying and demonstrating the left shift.

We've been looking at examples of where efforts to shift care out of hospitals and into the community are currently working, identifying five common principles to support success.

For more detail and case studies, read "Is the left shift mission impossible?" on the publications page of our website.

It was interesting to hear from Nic at a recent visit to @myhappymind.bsky.social's head office, along with @confedmatt.bsky.social and @becgray.bsky.social.

Her blog is well worth a read.

Second part of our six-part webinar series, with content reflecting recent news from this week.

Guest speakers - Simon Evans, Group Chief Strategy Officer at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust & Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, and Lizzie Smith, Director for Workforce Training & Education at NHSE.

Imagine being able to explore a tourist hotspot, or wander along an idyllic beach – without leaving your hospital bed. That is exactly our researchers are offering patients in an innovative trial using virtual reality technology.

Read the full story: ekhuft.nhs.uk/news/virtual...

If you or your child have norovirus, you can usually treat it at home and will feel better in 2-3 days.

✅ Drink clear fluids
✅ Stay home and rest
✅ Eat when you feel able
✅ Take paracetamol for discomfort

See more at: nhs.uk/conditions/n...

Advanced paramedic rotational placement models in Wales How experience in primary care is empowering and informing decision making for advanced paramedics and reducing avoidable conveyance to hospital.

💡 Upskilling paramedics through placements in other settings is a simple and effective way to safely reduce avoidable conveyance to hospital – from around 60% to 30%.

We did some filming in North Wales where the system is successfully improving care for patients and reducing pressure on services.

Great people providing incredibly important services.

Lots in Richard Meddings' exit interview with The Times on the dysfunctions between central government, NHS England and service providers.

One question that never seems to be answered is where accountability for failure lies and how we find a better way forward.

“If you oppose ‘DEI’ you should have to use the full phrase instead of the letters. Be brave and say ‘I oppose diversity, equity, and inclusion’ Bonus points if you admit which part of that you don’t like. Making it an acronym transforms it into a thought terminating cliche. From now on, be proud of you opinions but be specific. Let everyone know if it’s diversity you don’t like, or if it’s equity, or if it’s being inclusive” Screenshotted from other social media.

If you oppose #DEI …

BBC journalist calls out Israel for block on international reporters in Gaza A BBC journalist has called out an Israeli block on international journalists reporting from Gaza.

I've really appreciated Jeremy Bowen & Fergal Keane's coverage of the war in Gaza. However, international journalists including those from the BBC have for a long time been banned from reporting from the ground. That to me is one of the more chilling elements of this conflict.

Mental health and A&E: Finding a path forward The interface between emergency medicine and mental health and how we improve care for people in crisis.

Balancing the needs of people attending A&E in crisis is a major challenge, with many opportunities for improvement.

Mark Buchanan, an emergency medicine consultant, shares details of our new support programme for teams working at the interface between A&E and mental health.

Implementing PCREF – our progress one year on Zoë Reed shares how PCREF has helped South London and Maudsley address inequity and improve access to mental health care for racialised communities.

"We have developed what we call a triple leadership model.

Now, decision-making is shared between our staff, representatives of black service users and their carers, and the wider black community."

Zoë Reed shares insights on anti-racism at South London & Maudsley NHS FT.

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Delighted to have worked on this along with colleagues at @nhsconfed.bsky.social

1 in 3 English NHS trusts now have shared leadership models.

@nhsconfed.bsky.social's latest podcast features @paulrobertsnhs.bsky.social and University Hospitals Tees CEO Stacey Hunter discussing our recent report on the topic.

Find #HealthOnTheLine wherever you get your podcasts now 🎧

Looking forward to seeing what speakers/sessions are being lined up for next year.