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One day to go until @nhshackday.com #29 in Belfast! #nhshd29

We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend!

We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event!

The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social

NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warns The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.

Whenever I see stories like the below. I am reminded of the excellent paper @felly500.bsky.social shared from @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Showed that mostly expensive new drugs generate less impact than investing the same amount into other areas of health.

Last month I attended the incredible Donald Rodney exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social and panel discussion. His powerful work, shaped by his lived experience of sickle cell, explored important themes of chronic illness and Britain's colonial past

Our work examining disparities in investment care for sickle cell compared with cystic fibrosis and haemophilia is highlighted here.

Yesterday we launched our report with the @nhs-rho.bsky.social and @sicklecelluk.bsky.social highlighting disparities in funding and support for sickle cell yesterday in the House of Lords on #WorldSickleCellDay. Read our report and key recommendations here nhsrho.org/research/sic...

Our work highlights the need for greater investment into #sicklecell and better data to increase clinical trials, research publications and drug approvals #sicklecellawarenessmonth @nhs-rho.bsky.social

Indicators of inequity in research and funding for sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia: a descriptive comparative study Sickle cell disease, one of the most common genetic conditions in the UK, is often considered a neglected disorder, but rigorous quantitative evidence…

🔔 Our new article published in @thelancethaem.bsky.social showed that #sicklecell had the lowest research funding per person compared to cystic fibrosis and haemophilia and despite sickle cell being more prevalent it had the lowest proportion of clinical trials and drug approvals bit.ly/4gusj5H

Tickets now available for the next NHS Hack Day!

🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
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Save the Date for the next NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥

🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast

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UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’ Study commissioned by NHS finds that sickle cell disease care lags behind that for conditions such as cystic fibrosis People living with sickle cell disease face substandard care as its treatment significantly lags behind advances relating to other genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, a report has found. The study, commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory and carried out by researchers at Imperial College London, analysed various measures of care for sickle cell disease between 2010 and 2024, including clinical trials, approved drugs and reviews of existing studies. Continue reading...

UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’

Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear?

Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear? Thanks to @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social for their analysis in The Sunday Times this week: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/re...

deathlessons.org updated to March 2025, this update also brings significant improvements in data extraction and, currently, somewhat breaks metadata. it's a WIP.

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched its new strategy for 2025-27. The strategy outlines robust, co-designed ambitions and frames for a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system for all.
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...

Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today and over the coming days. A time for celebration and for reflection. A time to remember the vulnerable and marginalised - those suffering in conflicts and from natural disasters.

Is anyone else rocking the intersect of having dabbled with vim and cerner? Vim snippets->cerner auto texts. What an exciting journey I begin.

Very sad. So many good doctors driven to either leaving the NHS or taking their own lives.

@nhshackday.com 28! presentations are up nhshackday.com/events/2025/... sad I missed the it, deeply impressive people, projects, and community #nhshd28

Small cell in never smokers. On the rise for unknow reasons and a different biology. Having recently encountered my first patient who’s a never smoker(and no alcohol or recreational drugs), with extensive stage disease this insight is fascinating @stephenvliu.bsky.social #BTOG25

If your patient leaves your clinic after a diagnosis of #lungcancer & they don’t have NRT +/- varenicline/ cytisine you are failing them. We need to sort this out. Thanks #BTOG25 for giving me energy to try again to remove the barriers & fox this for our patients in SE London

Great diagnostics session at #BTOG25 highlighting value of pillars of #lifestylemedicine as cancer treatment. Treat tobacco dependence, support to exercise, pay attention to wellbeing. Great to hear focus on healthy eating in #prehab too!

@blangry.bsky.social good to meet! apologies I muddled you with https//x.com/invis... re messing around with trying to count retractions once upon a time openhealthcare.org.uk/blog/2015/04...

Do have a listen! I make the case that there is hope! But it relies on us all doing something. 🌎 ❤️

Wow!!! You'll smash it.

‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients

excellent news for sickle cell patients today, now need to make more accessible at scale www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Pioneer sickle cell nurse honoured at new donation centre via @nursingtimes.bsky.social

www.nursingtimes.net/haematology/...

Join in @lungsatwork.bsky.social @dr-lungs.bsky.social @copddoc.bsky.social @nottscopd.bsky.social @balrcommunity.bsky.social @drjesspotter.bsky.social @drcjar.bsky.social @jamesmurray07.bsky.social ! #cough #RespEd #pulmsky #lungsky

We are holding another NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥

🗓️ On the 1st and 2nd of March 2025

📍 In Cardiff

🎟️ Tickets at nhshackday.com

Can't wait to see you there! 👋

They aren't even published in a way that is searchable to facilitate learning... I fixed that as a side project deathlessons.org?q=