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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

'Each time a woman is not listened to is another brick in the wall of medical misogyny.' This International Women’s Day, Deborah Fenney explores the impact of medical misogyny on women’s health and care. Would you call yourself a feminist? Read the full blog: bit.ly/47fs9vm

I grew up in a context where ‘feminist’ was a dirty word, for women who hated men and didn’t look after their appearance. It wasn’t until my late 20s that I embraced it as a term that meant being part of the fight for gender equality. And working in health care policy, I see even more the need to talk about protecting and advancing women’s rights. - Deborah Fenney

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

What do broken bridges have to do with the state of public services? My excellent colleague @lucatiratelli.bsky.social has written the blog to launch @thekingsfund.bsky.social's newest headline project: Good Health for All - Reimagining the Welfare State 1/3

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 27/10/2025

Shocking new figures from the RCN show growing racist abuse against nurses. We stand in solidarity with affected nurses and colleagues across the NHS, and call for an end to the escalating use of hostile language and anti-migrant rhetoric. Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

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Trade unions demand end to attacks on overseas workforce

Employees from ‘international backgrounds, or perceived as ethnically distinct from the majority population, are facing a sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric’

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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The #NHS recently announced a review into the health of LGBT+ people. While this is a welcome development, says @dfenney.bsky.social in her blog, the review will need to lead to specific measurable actions. Read more ⬇️ www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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Tackling LGBT+ Health Inequalities Or Just Talking? | The King's Fund

An NHS review into the health of LGBT+ people has been announced. While welcome, to be meaningful it will need to lead to specific measurable actions, says Deborah Fenney.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 07/05/2025

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search. In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

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ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Labour: We’re cutting £5bn from disabled people but it’s fine—we’re redeploying 8,000 work coaches. Also Labour: We have an unprecedented shortage of work coaches. tinyurl.com/mpzsu8yb #WelfareNotWorkfare #DisabilityBenefits

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Work coach shortage leads DWP to reduce support for Universal Credit claimants - NAO press release

DWP has reduced the level of support it offers to Universal Credit claimants due to a shortage of available work coaches at jobcentres.

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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I'll tell you what does drive people to despair: money worries. The idea that you can improve someone's mental health by giving them more money worries should be an obvious mistake of thinking. But it isn't. Because years of right wing rhetoric has made it impossible to see people's needs clearly

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

GP working 30 yrs in a mixed urban area, rich & poor Rarely seen people abuse the benefits system Seen lots of the health, social & wealth systems fail those in most need The healthy & wealthy always making the decisions Compare how the UK spends with similar nations inews.co.uk/news/pip-sic...

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Pleased to share a new blog exploring trans🏳️‍⚧️ healthcare by my excellent colleague, Frank on @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog. It highlights the need for better evidence and more attention to providing good, timely health care for trans folk. Take a look! www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

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Trans People And The NHS: The Heat Of The Debate Needs The Light Of Evidence | The King's Fund

Frank Rigby highlights the glaring lack of evidence on trans health care, and calls for more data and patient stories to inform policy decisions.

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

@samlevang.bsky.social thanks for the follow, your work sounds super interesting! Would love to know more - not familiar with COPC?

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Thanks to @theguardian.com for sharing this amazing recipe - just cooked a brunch that my LA girlfriend said tasted like she remembered (even tho I skipped the coriander and forgot the avocado 🙈) also we had tequila sunrises on the side, no dry Jan here 😂

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Saw a colorectal surgeon to consult on my upcoming surgery for #endometriosis this week and the first thing he said was how sorry he was that it had taken this long. Appreciated the acknowledgement but this can be such a devastating condition for so many www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Medical misogyny sees women told to 'put up' with pain - BBC News

One woman awaiting surgery said she had learned to "just get on with it because that's what you're told".

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

"That there is more outrage directed towards the ill people finding ways to navigate this rotten system than the politicians who are responsible for it is the real sign of a sick society." Indeed.

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The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service,' says Sarah Woolnough, responding to the Prime Minister's speech on its Plan for Change and the #NHS waiting list 'milestone'. Read more: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Sarah Woolnough, CEO of The King's Fund, is featured in a press release quote:

'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service.

‘To seriously drive change, ministers should conduct a more wide-ranging and fundamental review of health service targets so that they incentivise the improvements to services that
patients need.’

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

"We need to ensure people’s right to live well, too." My latest blog: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-... #AssistedDying #SocialCare #PalliativeCare

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Very pleased to see this finally up in time for #DisabilityHistoryMonth - @thekingsfund.bsky.social has a rich history of work with and for disabled people to improve health and care, and I'm keen we continue to build on the best parts of that legacy. Take a look ⬇️

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Who's working on better clinical coordination (ie things that improve how primary/secondary/tertiary services join up) to support people with multiple long term conditions in the UK at the moment?

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Who's working on better clinical coordination (ie things that improve how primary/secondary/tertiary services join up) to support people with multiple long term conditions in the UK at the moment?

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I see this quite a lot. Don’t confuse healthcare equity with health equity. Don’t use these terms interchangeably. The first is only a small part of the second. Health is largely shaped outside of healthcare by factors outside of the health service.

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Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Belatedly setting up this profile and hope to connect with people in health, disability and environmental circles (plus people who post cat pics) 😊

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Jenny Edwards CBE @jennyedwards.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

As temperatures fall below freezing in many parts of the UK a reminder of what we heard from some of the poorest areas about the challenges facing older people. #HeatingorEating www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories...

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