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Geriatric Gardener

“[UK Labour Health Sec Wes] Streeting appoints ex-boss of health privatiser, who pushed non-doctor expansion, to run Dept of Health”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
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“Samantha Jones, who pushed use of ‘associates’ w/out medical training & ran GP business with half usual no of GPs, to run DHSC as part of NHS cost-cutting ‘integrated care’ plan”

skwawkbox.org/2025/04/11/stree

SKWAWKBOX · Streeting appoints ex-boss of health privatiser, who pushed non-doctor expansion, to run Dept of HealthSamantha Jones, who pushed use of ‘associates’ without medical training and ran GP business with half usual no of GPs, to run DHSC as part of NHS cost-cutting ‘integrated care&#82…
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Tony Meredith

NHS reorganisation again. With fewer people, and more of them on their knees.
Really trying to stay optimistic.
Anyway, we're also looking forward to getting a national care service inside DHSC. Possibly then the biggest Whitehall department of all time.
#NHS #DHSC
bsky.app/profile/tonymeredith.

Bluesky Social · Tony Meredith (@tonymeredith.bsky.social)I'm old enough to remember the NHS England being set up. That felt like a good-enough transition, steered by the strong NHS expertise that was then in the Department. So, with today's reversal announcement, I hope that DHSC staff have enough in the way of expertise. https://bsky.app/profile/tonymeredith.bsky.social/post/3lk4j7pymz227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Terence Eden

🆕 blog! “Drinking Champagne with the Secretary of State”

This is a retropost. Written contemporaneously in February 2019, but published much later. My life is weird. Again. Looking out over London from the top floor. The Eye is glittering and the Palace of Westminster is glowing. Someone pours me a glass of (very expensive1) champagne, as the Secretary …

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/drink
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#dhsc #meta #nhsx #retropost #work

Terence Eden’s Blog · Drinking Champagne with the Secretary of StateThis is a retropost. Written contemporaneously in February 2019, but published much later. My life is weird. Again. Looking out over London from the top floor. The Eye is glittering and the Palace of Westminster is glowing. Someone pours me a glass of (very expensive1) champagne, as the Secretary of State laughs at my witty [...]
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Terence Eden

🆕 blog! “My 4th day at DHSC”

This is a retropost. It was written contemporaneously in 2019 - but posted in 2024. I had just been seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care to help kick-start NHSX. I kept a diary of my time there - including working through COVID. As it has been 5 years, and I no longer […]

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/4th-d
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Terence Eden’s Blog · My 4th day at DHSCThis is a retropost. It was written contemporaneously in 2019 - but posted in 2024. I had just been seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care to help kick-start NHSX. I kept a diary of my time there - including working through COVID. As it has been 5 years, and I no longer [...]
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Terence Eden’s Blog

My 4th day at DHSC
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/4th-day-at-dhsc/

This is a retropost. It was written contemporaneously in 2019 - but posted in 2024. I had just been seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care to help kick-start NHSX. I kept a diary of my time there - including working through COVID. As it has been 5 years, and I no longer work in Government, I thought I would publish interesting extracts from it.

My 4th day in a new job and I'm sat in a meeting with the Secretary of State.

I've been in rooms with CEOs. With celebrities. With politicians. But this is the first time I've faced someone this senior, discussing sensitive issues. It's a moment.

I'm in the room. I disassociate briefly. All of a sudden, I'm interrupting someone and making a surprisingly intelligent point. The SofS agrees with me and, seemingly, is impressed - carrying my point forward and referencing it towards the end of the meeting.

The poor chap next to me is getting eviscerated. He either doesn't know his brief - or is being deliberately evasive. The atmosphere is congenial - but there's an undercurrent of menace. The guy is floundering, and the SofS is... not exactly merciless, but lets the guy know he isn't falling for the patter.

I'm simultaneously glad I'm not in the firing line - and worried that I'll one day find myself out of my depth.

The meeting ends and I'm formally introduced. He seems pleased to have me on board - I'm just glad I didn't make a complete fool of myself. And mildly impressed that he actually knew what he was talking about when it came to the details of technology.

That evening, my Great Aunt Sonia dies - aged 90. She had been gently cared for by the NHS. And the work I'm doing suddenly feels a lot more viscerally real.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/4th-day-at-dhsc/

Terence Eden’s Blog · My 4th day at DHSCThis is a retropost. It was written contemporaneously in 2019 - but posted in 2024. I had just been seconded to the Department of Health and Social Care to help kick-start NHSX. I kept a diary of my time there - including working through COVID. As it has been 5 years, and I no longer [...]
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SubtleBlade ⚔️

#Covid19 testing was a weakness in early #pandemic response, DHSC tells #CovidInquiry

#Health department and #CabinetOffice make opening statements on second day of first module

“We need to be prepared for the worst by maintaining the resources and core capabilities that underpin a resilient health and care system and a healthy population,” said Fiona Scolding KC, representing the #DHSC
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j

The GuardianCovid testing was a weakness in early pandemic response, DHSC tells inquiryBy Robert Booth
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Dr Richard Ramyar :idle:

From #DoctorsWithME, the global professional association for medical practitioners, scientists and researchers in the field of #MECFS, #LongCovid and related postviral disease
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1) Rights and Obligations in #MECFS: Overcoming normalised disregard for standards
doctorswith.me/rights-and-obli

2) Video: Normalised #Medical Rule Breaking and the UK #DHSC #ME/CFS Review
doctorswith.me/normalised-medi

3) Context: twitter.com/RRRR4tothe4/status

Doctors with M.E.Rights and Obligations in ME/CFS: Overcoming normalised disregard for standardsRights and Obligations in ME/CFS: Overcoming normalised disregard for standards - Doctors with M.E.
#Compliance#Management#Policy
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