I see a lot of commentary about the @NHSEngland paper on the future of integrated systems. Here is a perspective based on what is happening NOW rather than on some conceptual future - a hugely exciting agenda and one that is right in front of you @WYHpartnership The paper recognises the role of LAs and the #NHS on the BROADER DETERMINANTS of health, including the economy, the environment, housing. Between @LeedsCityRegion @WYHpartnership we have made substantial progress on aligning health, housing, economy e.g.
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1/n Some reflections on #BAME inequality #covid19 and #NHSBirthday. Today is the 72nd birthday of the #NHS - founded upon a set of principles that we hold dear of universal access to healthcare, free at the point of delivery at a time when the nation was impoverished due to war 2/n A few weeks earlier, the Empire #Windrush arrived in the UK bringing the first of the “windrush generation” to help rebuild Britain, including the new #NHS. Things were not quite as promised for them. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #Covid19 #NHSBirthday #BAME

1/n I chaired @WYHpartnership Exec today where we talked about the fact that in a matter of #days we have delivered astonishing changes across the partnership through councils, NHS, independent and 3rd sector and our communities as we respond to #COVID19. Here you go... 2/n Our hospitals @WYAAT_Hospitals have exponentially increased their critical care capacity to record levels, reconfiguring whole hospitals across @WYHpartnership as a result #COVID19...

1/ It’s been 17 years today since I lost my younger brother to #suicide. Since then, so much has changed. 2/ The stigma surrounding #mentalhealth has diminished a little and organisations like @TimetoChange and @heads_together bring a powerful lobby and royal patronage to the topic.