Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSACare City @carecityuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025We’re delighted to welcome Helen England as our new Chair! CEO of Brandon Trust & experienced Trustee, Vice-Chair & Chair across health & care charities, Helen brings deep insight & passion for inclusive, community-led innovation. Meet Helen 👉 www.carecity.org/team/helen-e... 053
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Fundraiser for a brilliant homeless health charity. Includes a fan prize for one lucky donater. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pathway-tourcrowdfunder.co.ukWin a VIP Tour of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show💛 Support Pathway 💛 Every ticket helps Pathway improve healthcare for people experiencing homelessness & other forms of social exclusion. 000
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAAssociation of Mental Health Providers @assocmhp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The 2010 Marmot Review is vital to informing our understanding of the social and economic costs of #Health inequalities. This @local.gov.uk #Report highlights the work of councils and partners who embraced Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful actions 👇 www.local.gov.uk/publications...local.gov.ukBuilding fairer towns, cities and regions: Insights from Marmot PlacesThis report highlights the innovative and collaborative work of councils and their partners, who have embraced the Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful action. 032
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAThe Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 30/03/2025We are looking for a Senior Fellow to join our team. You'll design and deliver a range of research and influencing activities on public health and prevention, supporting our work on improving health and reducing inequalities. Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 14 April ⬇️ buff.ly/oDOTthv 01215
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAThe King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Back in January, Siva Anandaciva sat down with the Bishop of London to explore her career journey from Chief Nursing Officer to Bishop, and the role that faith groups can play in tackling health inequalities. New podcast episode out now: buff.ly/3EUUkEKbuff.lyFrom nursing to the ministry: the Bishop of London on faith, hope and health inequalities | The King's FundIs there untapped potential in the faith sector to support people’s health and wellbeing? Siva Anandaciva sits down with the Bishop of London to find out more. 022
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Wow! Doctors can advertise as specialist consultants without being on a specialist register with the GMC if they are working in a private healthcare capacity. Shouldn’t private healthcare operate by the same rules as the NHS on qualification? Transparency for pt safety @patientsassoc.bsky.social 110
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025“clearly, more women appointed to leadership positions could drive transformative change in these biased systems.” 051
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAPritesh Mistry @mustbemistry.bsky.social · 30/01/2025📣 New publication: Designing inclusive & trusted digital health services with people Why: -Darzi report:dire state of NHS partly due to not listening to patients -people excluded from digital health because of poor design -greater opportunity to better know patients & improve services with digital 11512
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025For anyone who would find it helpful to understand the Global impact of Trump’s UNAID changes, especially on the African continent, here is a statement from Sudan. mailchi.mp/8f035c3b8406...mailchi.mpStatement on the Impact of the U.S. Government’s Decision to Freeze USAID Funding on Emergency Room Operations in SudanFikraSD stands in unwavering solidarity with the Sudanese people and all organizations working tirelessly to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis. We call upon the global community to prioritize th... 010
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 01/02/2025AMAZING! A GROUNDBREAKING sickle cell disease treatment has been APPROVED for NHS use. Exagamglogene (exa-cel) SUCCESSFULLY edits the faulty gene in a patient’s OWN stem cells. Researchers concluded there was a functional cure in 97% of trial participants that received it! Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️ 502778723
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Congratulations and wishing you a great year of cultural events #Bradford2025 031
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSABeanewood Commafurbatch Ending @beanedictc.dftba.social · 25/01/2025Friendly reminder that tuberculosis isn’t an “1800s disease” and is in fact THE infectious disease that kills the most people in the 21st century. It is preventable, treatable, and curable, and yet it still kills over 1.2 million people a year because we don’t put the resources where the disease is. 01815
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSADon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Health research is one of those functions that if you stop it, people will not notice the impact tomorrow, or next month. This makes it hard to communicate its value, unlike, closed national parks during a shutdown. But it generates big public goods. Once that community is eroded, hard to recover. 161031200
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025A science attack begins. The US funds health research and global public health work outside the US too. From WHO to UNAIDS to wider research grants. Research that has supported global progress on communicable diseases such as HIV. @wellcometrust.bsky.social 000
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 19/01/2025NHS workforce statistics lay bare the extent of the movement towards hospital based care. And we wonder why the hospitals are stacking up. 010
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Brilliantly simple to implement and warrants taking the small amount of time 020
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAMary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Looking for a great overview of the evidence on scale-up and sustainability of innovation and improvement in healthcare? Here you go - part of the open access @thisinstitute.bsky.social series and authored by the mighty @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and team. www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgApproaches to Spread, Scale-Up, and SustainabilityCambridge Core - Medicine: General Interest - Approaches to Spread, Scale-Up, and Sustainability 02011
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Agree with the commenter. Whilst this is all unsettling, at least it’s more crystal clear than ever which corporations and people humanity is up against. 010
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Not a zeitgeist for the next big digital shifts. Captures what’s needed for high quality primary care in a digital age. Its call to base financial incentives on holistic integrated care should be amplified & would best enable digital universal care plans. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social 1154
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Useful principles from which to design impactful interventions. So much of healthcare and public health stops at the point of screening and harvesting data. Health improvement requires applied behaviour change thinking …designing-in the methods that support individuals to take action. 020
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I’ve seen lived experience transform services, shape decisions for the better and reprioritise what needs to change. Great work here by Paul Jones to go further into the different methods and applications. 020
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/01/20251. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵 501470552
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSARussell Webster @russellwebster.com · 23/12/2024Funding gap for women’s centres will mean more prison sentences, experts warn About 50 centres for women in crisis in England and Wales face deficit of £5.1m after funding ends in March www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comFunding gap for women’s centres will mean more prison sentences, experts warnAbout 50 centres for women in crisis in England and Wales face deficit of £5.1m after funding ends in March 026
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAJames Munro @jamesfm55.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Catching up with US research on patient feedback. This paper from Yale is encouraging... pxjournal.org/journal/vol1... 155
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSADr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Back for 2025 with a call out for artists interested in health and care: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...kingsfund.org.ukWhat Can Policy-Makers Learn From Artists? | The King's FundRuth Robertson considers what the government can learn from artists, as it develops its 10-year plan for health. 141
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSADr Mike Brady (PhD) Consultant Paramedic / Academic @drmikebradyphd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Here I discuss (ramble about) all things remote consultation. From the need to provide equitable & quality services to research, service planning & the potential of large data in improving care; especially reducing inequalities. Hope it's useful. open.spotify.com/episode/5wRQ...open.spotify.comEpisode 26 - Advancing Remote Clinical Care with Dr Mike Brady 023
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Its not just whats added like sugar ad fat its also what happens during the processing. Obesity levels have tripled since the 60s - here’s why: www.economist.com/science-and-...economist.comScientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are bad for youA mystery is finally being solved 021
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSACentre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024"Next Government must devolve more powers to London, think tank warns" Published in @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy buff.ly/4iO5H0F standard.co.ukNew Government must devolve more powers to London, think tank warnsNew polling suggests Londoners generally have a greater level of trust in City Hall and their local council, compared with national decision-makers 021
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 29/12/2024A global slow-down in women’s leadership in politics in 2024. I’m wondering what major shifts took place in 2010, 2017 and 2024. Backlash to the #metoo movement of 2006? The equality act 2010? The #WomensMarch2017? Rise of the MAGA #tradwife trend 2024? Or simply key election dates? 110
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Turns out that photo in a cardboard box thing works well. The young ones and the senior ones… #awkwardfamilyphotos 020
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSAAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Also, I thoroughly recommend starter packs for finding interesting NHS / health / social justice people. Here's an example of one... go.bsky.app/GZJeMY5 183
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Big uplift for GP spend in 25/26 …so needed and welcome… 010
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Lots of room for improvement. London’s Million Hearts & Minds Pioneers scheme will be working with employers in 2025/26 so this is well timed analysis! @profkevinfenton.bsky.social 031
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Absolutely right. The question is what is being spent on rough sleeping? and what proportion would be better spent upstream on prevention? We’re a long way from tipping that balance. 000
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024“I won’t be posting my spotify wrapped this year. Can I offer you something less intimate like high res pics of my colon?” How I’ll be responding to any requests for my 2024 #Spotify #Spotifywrapped #spotify2024 020
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Absolutely genius!!! AI Granny Daisy has made my night. Brilliant use of AI to tackle a real societal problem. 😂😂😂 so funny and so brilliant. youtube.com/shorts/JUJq1...youtube.comScammers' worst nightmareYouTube video by O2 110
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Fascinating read on the predicted growth of AI from a futurist. Currently AI is disabled on my NHS issue PC. @wesstreeting.bsky.social gift us some timesaving AI magic for Christmas. www.theguardian.com/technology/a...theguardian.comAI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers 000
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Why maintaining step down services for the homeless matters, why it’s cost effective and why NHS leaders challenged by deep cuts need to protect the fragile capacity there is. www.channel4.com/news/reveale...channel4.comRevealed: The cycle of homelessness, hospital admission and dischargeHospital bosses are desperate to free up beds, but some are occupied by homeless people, who can't be discharged without somewhere safe to go. 000
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSALeonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Great to participate in this alongside my brilliant @thekingsfund.bsky.social co-conspirator Dan, to enthuse about all things British Social Attitudes and our joint NHS and social care module. Thanks @natcen.bsky.social for having us on 045
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSARoyal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Yesterday we announced the winners of the 2024 Health & Wellbeing Awards. 🌟 It has never been more important to recognise public health. Thank you to everyone who came together at the ceremony to celebrate the finalists and winners! Find out who won: ow.ly/heKn50UfGVUow.ly2024 RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards winners announcedThe Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has today announced the winners of the 2024 RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards, the UK's premier awards scheme for promoting health and wellbeing. 062
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Enjoyed attended my first World AIDS Day 2024 cabaret event ⭐️ hosted by Daisy Puller. All money raised went to #PositivelyUK. Can’t tag them yet but here’s their website: positivelyuk.org 010
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Finding shared thought leadership on social media again is wonderful. #Bluesky has been a spark of inspiration to ignite purpose. Lots of new learning to elevate progress. That and the cute pet posts have been a tonic! The antithesis of X. Grateful ⭐️ 020
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I’ve gained a lot from being part of this improvement community. Highly recommend it. Sessions are recorded so if you can’t make it you can still add it to your month. Follow @kindnesshealthcare.bsky.social for more details. 142
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Ahead of the #TenYearPlan this is a useful contribution to plans for integrated neighbourhood teams. 000
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024#healthtech is a productivity driver, but unveils unmet demand too. It captures data and enables us to better evidence gaps & priorities for investment. It’s a chicken and egg moment though if investment in tech relies on the service investment happening in parallel! #digitalhealth #healthAI 000
Reposted by Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSANick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Have added some more folk to this lung health starter pack: #LungSky go.bsky.app/UAR96WC Let me know if I've missed you out. #COPD #Asthma #Emphysema #Breathless #Cough #Wheeze #FCTC #TobaccoControl #StarterPack 142712
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Food glorious food. The low down on food policy and health from @nestauk.bsky.social 010
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024#WAD2024 World AIDS Day #REDRUNLDN today in #VictoriaPark well done to all the runners from @londonftci.bsky.social @profkevinfenton.bsky.social 041
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Tackling the osteoporosis challenge as part of the #WomensHealth strategy would be a good start. #Prevention 020