CEO of @QualityHealthUK. Trustee of @Ashgate_Hospice. Passionate about #NHS and #localgov. All views here my own
London and Chesterfield
Joined December 2008
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Hospices shouldn’t be in trouble heading into winter and in the middle of a pandemic with COVID on the increase. They need your help more than ever, and for you to ask why we fund end of life care in this way.
'It's going to be incredibly tough, it's a really scary prospect'
@mariecurieuk Medical Director Dr Sarah Holmes tells ITV News about the 'huge crisis' hospices
She fears for people who 'won't get the care they need' in the second wave of #coronavirus itv.com/news/2020-09-24/excl…
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Congratulations to @Ashgate_Hospice on being shortlisted for the 2020 #CharityTimesAwards – Wishing you the very best of luck! 🏆🎉🍾
Have just discovered that my amazing 99 year old neighbour, who lives on her own, and has been shielding since March, isn’t on the @Ocado priority list for deliveries. She’s asked, but apparently doesn’t qualify. Somewhat odd....
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Thanks to over 1000 people who joined our survey we have powerful new data on sarcoma diagnosis.
1/3 patients saw a doctor more than three times before being referred for more tests.
Full @QualityHealthUK report for the data nerds:
sarcoma.org.uk/sites/default…
#SarcomaWontWait
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Over 1,200 patients and carers told us their experience of early diagnosis of sarcoma cancer.
This Sarcoma Awareness Week, we're taking the next steps in pushing things forward.
Download the report today. #SarcomaWontWait
sarcoma.org.uk/get-involved/…
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We’ve just won the East Midlands Charity Awards Fundraising Event of the Year for the @Sparkle_Walk! ⭐️
Well done to our fundraising team for this amazing achievement 🤩
#EMCharityAwards #CheerForOurCharities
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In these challenging times, cancer patients need more support than ever.
As the #BladderCancerAwarenessMonth nears the end, let’s make sure that the fight against #cancer doesn’t stop here and we’re all #BladderCancerAware
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The patient perspective is making its way into the peer-reviewed literature. We need more of these papers. Well done to this authorship team. #patientauthor #GPP4 @Official_EMWA @AmMedWriters @DrugInfoAssn @ISMPP #PPI @WECANadvocate @PFMDwithPatient
Our paper "Treatment-free remission in CML: the patient perspective and areas of unmet needs" published in @LeukemiaJnl yesterday. Evidence-based advocacy in action, with the perspective of the needs of 1016 CML patients from 68 countries! nature.com/articles/s41375-0…
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👏Hooray!
Our paper "𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬" has been published in @LeukemiaJnl
nature.com/articles/s41375-0…
#TFR4CML
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Hot off the press! Just published in Leukemia (Open Access): "Treatment-free remission in chronic myeloid leukemia: the patient perspective and areas of unmet needs" Well done @GioraSharf @jangeissler @ZPWLC @CMRancel @QualityHealthUK et al @cmlnet nature.com/articles/s41375-0…
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This is so bad. The government burning all its political capital for one man who demonstrably did break the rules.
Breaking: Boris Johnson says Dominic Cummings "followed the instincts of every father...and I do not mark him down for that" #DailyBriefing
Crikey! Good luck
Chesterfield couple to run equivalent of London Marathon on cross trainer for town hospice derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/p…
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This is my amazing grandmother-in-law, the wonderful Nana Joy. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ho…
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His Grace the Duke of Devonshire shows support for Ashgate Hospicecare's... youtu.be/76CLs9JJnms via @YouTube – at Stanton in Peak, England
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Words can't really express how proud we are of our staff working through the current challenging circumstances. We'll say it again - thank you all 💕
Pic of the day: frontline NHS workers at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich @LG_NHS as they prepare to enter the coronavirus isolation zone 👏
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On Friday 6th March members of the School Council celebrated International Women’s Day at Lewisham Town Hall. Celebrating with other Lewisham students, @vickyfoxcroft, @JanetDaby, Mayoress of Lewisham and MC Angel! A great day! @LSFederation @LewishamLearn @damienegan
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All.Can International has submitted feedback to Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, highlighting the importance of early cancer diagnosis and detection, treatment and quality of care for cancer patients, survivors and carers. #CancerPlan bit.ly/AC_cancerplan
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An emotional night at our #LGTStaffAwards2020 was rounded off perfectly when host @richardpbacon travelled to QEH to present the Inspirational Leader of the Year Award to Waqas ‘Vic’ Khaliq, the Intensive Care Consultant who had provided his life-saving treatment in 2018 #NHS 🙌
