zoetidman
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🧵What problems is the NHS facing from its estate? It can be hard to keep up... so I'm going to be tracking incidents & the most interesting stories here👇
'All my son was trying to do was help a girl who needed help' theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
Second derogation agreed in Nottingham
The BMA has agreed to a derogation for one resident doctor at the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. This derogation has been agreed in order to support the obstetric department this afternoon and evening (Friday 25 July).
The BMA has agreed to a derogation for 2 anaesthetists at University Hospital Lewisham on Saturday to ensure patient safety. We advise resident doctors to return to work if contacted by the Trust to staff this specific service.
The industrial action will have a significant impact on the level of care we can safely provide to patients. We're asking people to only come to A&E if they need life-saving care: mse.nhs.uk/patients-and-v…
Resident doctor strikes to go ahead, @TheBMA says after crunch day talks fail How will this play out for patients? Trusts told to maintain electives but will this hie emergency care? Am told trusts struggling to find cover with consultants asking for BMA rates?
A typical NHS story. Replacement only when the current machine is so old it can't function any longer. The lack of funding for equipment doesn't get much coverage but is a major issue when running diagnostic services.
Incredible - a year and a half for FOI to *neither confirm or deny* information is held

Staff welfare spaces - inc rest areas and catering facilities - will be mandated % in new hospital designs

This confirms what Salisbury MP @JohnGlenUK has been most concerned about - after years of uncertainty the UKHSA campus at Porton Down will move to Harlow in Essex Lots of questions now to be answered about what this means for Wiltshire
Exclusive: Major new biosecurity lab gets go-ahead from government after years of delays The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics hsj.co.uk/technology-and…
Huge boost for Harlow - but also risks piling more pressure on local hospital in major need of rebuild: hsj.co.uk/the-princess-a…
Exclusive: Major new biosecurity lab gets go-ahead from government after years of delays The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics hsj.co.uk/technology-and…
Exclusive: Major new biosecurity lab gets go-ahead from government after years of delays The new centre in Essex - now expected to cost over £3bn - to support research against future pandemics hsj.co.uk/technology-and…
not a vacancy freeze, but a vacancy ~chill~ (mid & south essex icb)

Carbon Copy: The trusts fined for not being green enough ift.tt/LmyY5Pv