Jess Marshall

She says the 10 year plan will have a focus on health inequalities. She says that the engagement with communities, including those that are seldom heard, has been crucial to finding solutions - as 'answers are not found in the corridors of power but in communities'.

06.05.2025 10:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Ashley Dalton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention in the Department of Health and Social Care, gives a keynote address at The King's Fund conference, Tackling Health Inequalities.

This morning we were delighted to be joined by @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention in the Department of Health and Social Care at our #KFHealthInequalities conference.

06.05.2025 10:08 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Park run

GPs are now “prescribing" parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventative care.

But @mgtmccartney.bsky.social argues that turning parkrun into a prescription medicalises a walk in the park and is a retrograde step
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

10.04.2025 08:20 — 👍 37    🔁 13    💬 6    📌 5

Happy World Health Day poster

😁Happy #WorldHealthDay😁

07.04.2025 08:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Behavior Analyzer | COM-B Model Platform Analyze behaviors using the COM-B model to identify barriers and generate effective interventions for sustainable behavior change.

🔖Neat web app that helps you explore intervention ideas com-b.replit.app

Gives some feedback on how you might define behaviours, COM-B analysis & intervention ideas

Great for teaching & brainstorming

Via Juan David Casasbuenas on LinkedIn
@ehps.bsky.social @divhealthpsych.bsky.social #BCConf2025

02.04.2025 08:36 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

What can be done differently to make the shift towards primary and community care a reality?

Our call to action is:
1️⃣ Prioritise, be consistent & clear.
2️⃣ Enable & support local innovation.
3️⃣ Focus on changing national financing, rules & culture.

Read now. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

31.03.2025 13:34 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Community Health Services Explained | The King's Fund Community health services are poorly understood compared to other parts of the NHS. So what are they, how are they organised and what challenges are they facing?

📰A great article from @thekingsfund.bsky.social outlining the complexity of partnering with community health services and why this needs to be addressed by policymakers NOW ⏳

31.03.2025 09:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

7.5 million people are food insecure - 60% more than 21/22. 📈

This means they could be skipping meals or eating less than they should.

Compared to 22/23 - 500,000 more people were in households using a food bank in the last 12 months, including 300,000 children 2/3

27.03.2025 11:34 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1