🤰 A new pilot programme to help reduce avoidable brain injuries in childbirth launches today. This is part of our mission to improve maternity safety for women and babies, with nine NHS trusts involved initially. https://lnkd.in/dV3zcvN5 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG | The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) | THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) Countess of Chester Hospital | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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The Department of Health and Social Care helps people to live better for longer. We lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve. The Department of Health and Social care sets the direction and coordinates action across the health and care system: public health and adult social care as well as the NHS. We create national policies and legislation, providing the long term vision and ambition to meet current and future challenges, and act as a global leader in health and care policy. We work with our partners to ensure everyone can access the health and care they need, from supporting people to have the best start in life, to staying in good health and, where that might not be possible, supporting people to live as independently as they can and ensuring they receive the best possible care. We want to instil a culture that values compassion, dignity and the highest quality of care. We support the integrity of the system by providing funding, assuring the delivery and continuity of services, and accounting to Parliament. We champion innovation and improvement by supporting research and technology, promoting honesty, openness and transparency. Above all, we encourage staff in every health and care organisation, including our own, to understand and learn from people’s experience of health and care and to apply this to everything we do.
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We’re boosting the business of cancer detection 🔬 From flexible scanners to breath tests, this £146 million investment to trial new cures for cancer will transform patient care and launch a new wave of medical technology. This investment into the sector will enable further financial growth, in an industry that already contributes £108 billion to the UK economy and supports around 300,000 jobs across the country. Medical technologies like these not only offer the hope of longer, healthier lives to people living with cancer, but also an economic boost that will drive up living standards for all. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4PtHYca
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Finding cancer early means it's easier to treat. That's why NHS Birmingham and Solihull's cancer bus visits local communities to provide vital information on screening programmes. Health and Social Care Secretary Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP stepped on board to hear more 🚍 #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth Clara Day Kafilla Munir
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Getting support from your local stop smoking service gives you the best chance of quitting successfully. We met ex-smokers and staff at Queen Mary University of London Stop Smoking Services in London Borough of Tower Hamlets to find out more 👇 For free advice and support this #Stoptober visit: https://lnkd.in/eAktXbJ Wolfson Institute of Population Health (QMUL)
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It’s #WorldHeartDay 💓 We recently announced we’re making it easier for eligible people to get heart health checks in the workplace. This will detect those at high risk of cardiovascular disease and help them get support or treatment. ▶️ https://lnkd.in/ggCk5Ra8
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"We showed NHSBT at its best" - Jo Farrar CEO of NHS Blood and Transplant It was our pleasure to welcome Baroness Merron to Filton and the Bristol Donor Centre last week. We showed the Minister - who is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health - the breadth of our work and the value we place on all donations.
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We have appointed a new Chief Social Worker and a Mental Health Social Work Lead at the Department of Health and Social Care. ▶️ Sarah McClinton will be joining us in January 2025 as the Chief Social Worker ▶️ Robert Lewis joins us, on secondment, as the Mental Health Social Work Lead Find out more about these appointments: https://lnkd.in/e7nDzn9x
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It's #OrganDonationWeek and it's more important than ever to make a decision about the gift of life. It takes just two minutes to confirm that you want to be an organ donor, and you could save up to nine lives. NHS Blood and Transplant More information: https://lnkd.in/g9Tpfjf
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Health and Social Care Secretary, Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP and NHS England's Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard hosted a special all-staff event for the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. In his speech, the Secretary of State urged staff to take Lord Darzi's report “as gospel” encouraging them to embrace it as a catalyst for change and work with him to fix the NHS. He emphasised the importance of collaborative work to create effective, long-term solutions to save our NHS.
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The government is working to improve community health and care services, learning from great examples like The Bromley By Bow Centre, a charity where a range of support services are on offer. See how Community Connector Mandy helped improve Tracy's #MentalHealth and #wellbeing 🔻