Paul Marsden

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu... ‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

“Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling populations... We’re starting to see how this could play out in the healthcare sector, where global demand for migrants is insatiable” #ExpertsInOurMidst observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Late Scottish comedian Janey Godley high fiving a Police Scotland officer while carrying her iconic TRUMP IS A CUNT sign as she walks on the beach at Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland during Trump's visit to his golf course in summer 2016

Trump has told the Wall Street Journal its reporters are not welcome on his visit to Scotland. As a Scot living 3 miles from Trump's Turnberry golf course, I can tell you the unwelcome visitor is Trump. He's despised in Scotland & he'll be met by 1000s channelling the late great Janey Godley.

UK-Africa Health Summit 2025 Thematic Papers - Global Health Partnerships

📢 Final paper alert! 🌍💼 Health workforce migration & ethical recruitment are key challenges. Our paper dives into WHO’s Code review, diaspora impact & bilateral agreements shaping UK-Africa health systems. Collaboration is vital! 🤝🩺 www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/our-work/pol...

“We are deeply concerned that the proposed structural changes at WHO risk stalling — or even reversing — progress on strengthening and investing in the nursing and health workforce,”

Howard Catton, CEO of the International Council of Nurses

💯

World Health Organization Advances Deep Staff Cuts - Unclear How Strategic Priorities Will Be Reflected  - Health Policy Watch The World Health Organization has reduced its global headcount by about 221 people since January, down to 9,231 as compared to 9452 at the start of January -

WHO Advances Deep Staff Cuts – Unclear How Strategic Priorities Will be Reflected

$4.2 billion two-year budget also remains underfunded, with an estimated $1.7 billion revenue gap as of May.

✍️ Elaine Fletcher
@who.int @drtedros.who.int @unaids.org @gavi.org

Facts matter.

UN #health expert @drtlaleng.bsky.social calls on States to immediately stop targeting and killing health and care workers, and urges immediate release of all healthworkers being detained, harassed and tortured. #HRC59
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

“What’s in it for us?”

#DYK?

The #USA imports in excess of 10,000 international #healthworkers each year - saving approx $1 billion in workforce training & supply costs

Front up & pay up 🇺🇸

The great #globalhealth subsidy rip-off

Our second paper dives into the vital role of diaspora NHS staff connecting UK & African health systems - shaping policy, supporting equity, and strengthening health services. 🌍🤝

This paper outlines how and why we must support them.

Read it below👇
🔗https://bit.ly/4kiTf8x

77 Years of the NHS: A Celebration of Global Collaboration and Diaspora Leadership - Global Health Partnerships

"The #NHS is a global institution in its people, in its practices & in the example it sets... a trusted force for health & progress worldwide." #NHS77 #ExpertsInOurMidst #globalNHS #HealthPartnerships

www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/77-years-of-...

Diogo Jota, Liverpool and Portugal footballer, dies aged 28 in car crash It is understood that Jota and his brother were travelling in a car that came off a road in the province of Zamora

Devastating news
#YNWA🫶🏽

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Premier League footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, a professional player for Portuguese side Penafiel, have died after being involved in a car accident in Spain.

EXCLUSIVE: WHO Chief Names New Team Of Directors - Mostly Familiar Faces - Health Policy Watch The appointment of the directors completes the latest phase of WHO's reorganisation following a budget crisis triggered by the withdrawal of the United

EXCLUSIVE: @who.int Chief Names New Team of Directors – Mostly Familiar Faces

Director General @drtedros.who.int announced his new team of 36 directors. Learn More ⬇️

✍️Elaine Fletcher

@mvankerkhove.bsky.social @unocha.org @unesco.org

🔔 Announcing our latest NHS World Health Organization Working for Health Seminar: | Paul Marsden 🔔 Announcing our latest NHS World Health Organization Working for Health Seminar: 🩺 Our Duty of Care: Protecting Mental Health and Preventing Burnout in Health and Care Workers 📅 Thursday 17th July...

🚨NHS-WHO Working for Health Seminar alert:

🩺 Our Duty of Care: Protecting Mental Health and Preventing Burnout in Health and Care Workers

📅 Thursday 17th July 2025
🕒 12:00 – 13:00 (CET)
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YouTube video by The Bulwark New footage: Padilla thrown to floor and cuffed at Kristi Noem presser

VIDEO: Here is the Regime treating a duly elected U.S. Senator like a farm animal because he had the temerity to ask questions of Kristi Noem.

Fascism is here. The jackboot of Big Government is pressing down on all our faces, and the only question is what we do next.

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic God Only Knows (Remastered 1996)

God Only Knows.

God and Brian Wilson. RIP

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lj...

It’s time for federal leadership on health workforce planning Ivy BourgeaultQUOI MediaDuring the most recent federal election campaign, the silence around healthcare in the political conversation was disheartening.

It’s time for federal leadership on health workforce planning


#CommunityNewspaper #opinion #PADailyHerald #quoimediacolumn
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#WHA78: Investing in #HealthCareWorkers for global health and economy | Paul Marsden posted on the topic | LinkedIn 🌍 Today, critical decisions on the #HealthWorkforce were made at the #WorldHealthAssembly #WHA78 📣 The message is loud and clear: #HealthCareWorkers are not a cost — they are an #investment in #hea...

#WHA78 Resolution on Accelerating progress on the #Health & #Care #Workforce is a much needed boost for increased domestic policy, action & investment on #health, #wellbeing & the #economy
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Light text on blue background reads 'At #WHA78 resolutions were adopted on'. In light coloured boxes below, text reads ' 🔸digital health 🔸Guinea worm disease 🔸health financing 🔸the health and care workforce 🔸medical imaging 🔸nursing and midwifery 🔸rare diseases 🔸sensory impairment 🔸skin diseases 🔸social connection ...and more'

Member States adopted resolutions on a wide range of other health issues, including

🔸digital health
🔸Guinea worm disease
🔸health financing
🔸the health and care workforce
🔸medical imaging
🔸nursing and midwifery
🔸rare diseases
🔸sensory impairment
🔸skin diseases
🔸social connection
...and more

#WHA78

Liverpool FC❤️… the best team in the league by a country mile 🏆 and a future dynasty in the making
#YNWA✊🏽
2️⃣0️⃣✖️Champions! 🥇

Terrific #NHS led session exploring the power of #partnerships to unlock bi-directional learning, impact and efficiencies through the #HealthWorkforce

Country-driven, with women leading at the forefront:
True mutual benefits for all countries, in times of scarce resources

“Everyone is a #HealthCareWorker..”

Let’s get behind this weeks’ #WHA78 #HealthWorkforce agenda and invest in health #Jobs, #Education and #DecentWork for our health, wellbeing and economies

#Working4Health
@globalhealthpart.bsky.social @bensimms65.bsky.social

#g20 #health #health #care #healthworkforce #jobs #education #skills… | Paul Marsden 🇿🇦 closing out two days of dialogue in Mzansi with #G20 #Health Working Group special deep-dive on #Health & #Care Workers There is one resounding message: 🔊 “Now is the time to accelerate our ...

This years’ #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦led #G20Presidency can be the catalyst for unlocking sustained #investment for #HealthWorker education, #jobs, and protection … for all of our #health, #wellbeing & #economies

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“… there is economic power in nursing and care ...”
Howard Catton: ICN

Launch of the ‘State of World’s Nurses 2025’

#InternationalNursesDay
It’s time to:
#Act
#Invest
#Protect
#Together
… and create jobs for #nurses, women & youth that can deliver #health, wellbeing, and #economic growth for all

It’s Time for Public Service Workers to Fight Back As we mark International Workers' Day, we face a critical turning point in history. The global billionaire class has launched an unprecedented attack on public services, democratic institutions, and w...

As we mark #InternationalWorkersDay, we're at a critical turning point. The billionaire class has launched an unprecedented attack on public services, democratic institutions & workers' rights. The time to fight back is now. Read full PSI statement: psishort.link/MayDay25

"UN staff are not a Commodity - We Stand for Humanity" As the world marks International Workers’ Day, staff from UN agencies in Geneva will unite in solidarity at Place des Nations (12:30 CEST) to take a stand against deep budget cuts and staffing reducti...

This May 1st, PSI and its affiliates - the ILO Staff Union and UNOG Staff Union - with federations CCISUA and @FICSAHQ
are mobilizing civil servants to protest in Geneva against UN job cuts affecting up to 30% of the workforce across agencies. More here: psishort.link/UNstaff25