Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 19/07/2026theconversation.com/how-manchest...theconversation.comHow Manchester created Manchesterism: from music and culture to political powerAs Manchester reinvents itself as an internationally recognised cultural city, Burnham’s politics are evolving with it. The relationship has never been one-way. 000
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 29/05/20265 months into 2026, the US has racked up 1,983 confirmed measles cases. That's nearly 87% as many cases as were recorded in all of 2025. Most of those cases are locally acquired; only 9 are imported. Unless vaccination patterns improve, endemic measles is here to stay. www.cdc.gov/measles/data... 47622
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133969736
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 23/05/2026NEW PODCAST: With AI developing at breakneck speed, how can it be made safe for use in real-life health care settings? We speak to members of the national commission looking at regulation. Listen now 🎧bit.lyMaking AI in health care safe: the story so far – with Ricardo Baptista Leite and Alastair DennistonHow can we ensure AI tools work safely in real-life health care settings? 015
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Angus Ramsay @angusramsay.bsky.social · 20/05/2026NEW PAPER in @eyejournal.bsky.social (open access): Qualitative analysis of patient & staff experiences of novel, community-based clinic for chronic eye disease: we discuss how appointments work, clinical setting, communication/engagement, & future of such clinics www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPatient and staff experiences of a community-based diagnostic clinic for chronic eye conditions: Qualitative analysis - EyeEye - Patient and staff experiences of a community-based diagnostic clinic for chronic eye conditions: Qualitative analysis 235
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 23/05/2026What's the public mood on the NHS? 🤔 This year's #BritishSocialAttitudes survey shows a significant six percentage point increase in satisfaction 📈 Nuffield Trust and @thekingsfund.bsky.social chief executives @theasrstein.bsky.social and Sarah Woolnough explain what the data tells us 👇nuffieldtrust.org.ukGlimmers of light but no new dawn in public satisfaction with the NHSWith the results of the British Social Attitudes survey – published today – revealing there was a statistically significant 6 percentage point increase in public satisfaction with the NHS in 2025, The... 0117
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Wow "cash for data" is where global health and development is going Donald Trump reboots foreign aid with cash-for-data strategy www.ft.com/content/f5e1...ft.comDonald Trump reboots foreign aid with cash-for-data strategyAfter gutting USAID, Washington is striking transactional deals that some critics liken to ‘recolonisation’ 11316
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Nigel Edwards @nigel-edwards.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Providers have a key role in Neighbourhood health - my report for NAPC. napc.co.uk/providers-an...napc.co.ukProviders and Neighbourhood Health - NAPCThis paper looks at how providers need to adjust to work effectively with neighbourhood health models. 052
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Lots going on only 2 miles from my house in Makerfield. Might make me read Bluesky a bit more. Who else shld i be following? 000
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Sarah Cowley @profsarahcowley.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Revealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current system open.substack.com/pub/democrac...open.substack.comRevealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current systemNHS leaders privately told that “clunky” £330m platform built by Trump donor Peter Thiel’s firm is “slow” and has “poor user experience”, new documents show 022
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Why the scare quotes? Huge numbers of people in this country are struggling with their mental health, esp since the pandemic. Most politicians diminish this harm and gaslight people suffering for somehow not being robust enough. I celebrate @carladenyer.bsky.social being brave and honest. 681325224
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found. Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? Our weekend read - by @joshih.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...manchestermill.co.ukStop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found itWatching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? 612265
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Although Westminster stuff is entertaining, true politics is actual policy. Including the serious crisis of state capacity in part caused by the austerity of the 2010s - putting anyone and everyone vulnerable at risk. committees.parliament.uk/committee/12...committees.parliament.ukHundreds of vulnerable children placed in illegal homes for months by care system - Committees - UK ParliamentChildren are being put at risk as a result of being placed in inappropriate homes through a residential care system in England that is not working. 1157
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 15/01/2026DHSC published its impact statement for the 10 Year Health Plan this week (yes, that is 6 months after it published the plan) It's more measured and clear-eyed than the original document and quite a contrast to some of the effusive optimism in the plan Some of the things that caught my eye 👇 22621
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 16/01/2026So sad, and so scary to read this about the decline of the chemicals sector. This is where i started my career... one Ammonia IV by products on Billingham site, Carbon Dioxide number 3 plant. Bubbles for Coca Cola, (b1979, no ladies loo for female engineers?!) news.sky.com/story/why-en...news.sky.comWhy this could be final nail in coffin for an industry that was once pride of UK's economyMuch has come and gone in Britain's industrial history. 000
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 24/10/2025I really do enjoy No Meetings Fridays. We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift. Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week. 2754
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 26/10/2025Community services are under growing strain, with almost 1.2 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.buff.lyHow will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health?Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. Focus to date has largely been on efforts to… 026
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Richard Pope @richardpope.org · 28/10/2025I enjoyed this interview with Michael Heseltine: www.thetimes.com/article/9… Hard to disagree with this diagnosis: "This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoye… 021
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...kingsfund.org.ukSerious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's FundSiva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, Events and Partnerships at The King's Fund, responds to scenes from Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into ambulance delays. 021
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Daz @dazwright.com · 10/09/2025Great to hear @andreadgibbons.bsky.social talking about her 100 Voices project. Stories are the thing that make quality improvement real. #QISky #QIWeek 062
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Not sure I'm going to get time for tea on a train today @lourodrigues.bsky.social nevertheless I thought of you! 130
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Martyne May @martynemay.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Q5: I have gained a renewed sense of connection with the QI tribe which I missed from the other place. I think I will do more exploring of the values of the project team in the early stages of a project and note them so we can refer to them. 141
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Iain Smith @driainmsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Be part of the QI conversation and help build the improvement community … 142
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Iain Smith @driainmsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The model for large scale change - the framing and reframing loop is helpful, I think. See page 20 here #QISky www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploa… 152
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Lou Rodrigues (she/her) @lourodrigues.bsky.social · 08/09/2025📢 DON'T MISS OUT! Join us on Tuesday 9th September from 7-8pm BST for a QI Community Live Chat! Follow #QISky and please remember to include the hashtag in your posts so others can see them and respond! #QIWeek2025 #AHPQI 51312
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Dr Andrea Gibbons @andreadgibbons.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Join us next week for our #qiweek2025 Spotlight series! We're showcasing how QI teams are driving improvement Each day a different team will share their work 🔗 Sign up tinyurl.com/qiweek , use QR code or email hello@theqihub.com @lourodrigues.bsky.social @terriporrett.bsky.social 086
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Lou Rodrigues (she/her) @lourodrigues.bsky.social · 06/09/2025#QISky and #AHPQI are partnering for #QIWeek2025 to host another #QISky Chat on BlueSky to bring the #QITwitter community back together and re-build momentum and conversational connection! Share and See You There! @naomi-burden.bsky.social @jokitchen.bsky.social 2115
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025A fairly upbeat message about the new NHS 10-year plan by @chrischirp.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/christin...open.substack.comIs it "Fit for the future"? The NHS 10-year plan and the social determinants of HealthLabour released its 10-year NHS plan this week - in this post I have a look at whether and how it deals with the social determinants of health 67930
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 29/06/2025Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇buff.lySilence, sexism and stigma: The state of working-age women’s health in EnglandWomen spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and… 099
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/06/2025When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed By Mike Chitty @yorkshirebylines.co.ukyorkshirebylines.co.ukWhen choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speechThe health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed 53717
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 29/06/2025I was over in Amsterdam for HLTH Europe conference recently. I interviewed new NHS England chair Penny Dash on the main stage...given the NHS 10 year plan is out next week. Here's some of what she had to say... 3155
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The @thekingsfund.bsky.social comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle #Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices (good start, more to do - see my early take in previous post) www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...kingsfund.org.ukThe King's Fund Comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food ChoicesSarah Woolnough comments on measures in the government’s forthcoming NHS 10 Year Plan to tackle obesity through incentivising healthier food choices. 002
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025My piece for the Observer this month previews the NHS 10 year plan and asks why so few of the previous plans have worked... observer.co.uk/news/opinion...observer.co.ukWes Streeting can't heal the whole NHS now – he should fo...Successive governments have reduced the number of hospital beds in the hope more care would shift elsewhere. But this has left us with a chronic shortage 208722
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Rebuilding regulation. carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...carequalitycomm.medium.comRebuilding regulation: Co-designing a stronger, fairer CQC togetherIn his latest blog Chris Day, Director of Engagement reflects on the recent roadshows held in Manchester and London. 010
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Had a great day all. Amazing what you can learn from making ... in batch at first... paper aeroplanes. 120
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 11/06/2025So today trying something not tried before. . Introducing idea of batch and Q; and flow to a room of analysts. How many others out there fed up of waiting for an informatics request? So let's see what we can learn today. (Might of course also go horribly wrong) 010
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Having a fun afternoon. Me and the wonderful Maeve prepping the Aeroplane game! What learning can we share with analysts about flow and team dynamics tomorrow by making paper planes... 040
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I’ve no idea where the 90% increase in demand comes from either @policyskeptic.bsky.social Tho disagree on flujabs being in the cause hospitalised flu bed days impact flow for crit care & reg beds. Resp LOS redn imho fastest way to improve thruout safely & reduce >12hrs. Been there, done thatpolicyskeptic.blogspot.comThe new NHS UEC plan: a huge improvement but still not good enoughA quick, critical look at the key ideas in the new UEC plan The new NHS plan for improving emergency care is out. It is a huge improvem... 100
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Always exciting to see your own writing in print. #QI Available here www.amazon.co.uk/Healthcare-M... 010
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Opportunity I wish had been around 10 years ago... looks pretty cool imho. #PhD #postdoc www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI264/t...jobs.ac.ukThe Sir Terry Leahy Post Doctoral Research Fellowship at The University of ManchesterRecruiting now: The Sir Terry Leahy Post Doctoral Research Fellowship on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 010
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 24/05/2025The NHS is to open a network of mental health A&Es across England to relieve pressure on hospitals - reports @eleanorhayward.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/aaa5...thetimes.comNHS to open network of mental health A&Es across EnglandThe units will be open around the clock and be staffed by specialists who can deal with patients who are suicidal or experiencing psychosis or mania 62611
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Looking forward to sharing our work using the Toyota Kata to drive improvement in digital and data later this morning. #Quality2026 internationalforum.bmj.com/utrecht/sche...internationalforum.bmj.comSchdule for Poster Presentations in Utrecht 2025Poster presentations are delivered by poster authors attending in Utrecht. Learn about their projects, ask questions, connect. See the schedule & list of presentations. 030
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Anne-Miek Vroom @annemiekvroom.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Almost ready to perform my keynote @theihi.bsky.social forum 2025 - looking forward! 351
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The magnificent Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton, #Cheshire. Early C15 to circa 1600, GI listed. In the care of the @nationaltrust.org.uk. #Woodensday #TimberFrame 📷 My own 09114
Joy Furnival 🐝 @joyfurnival.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Very pleased to see the official publication of 'Healthcare Management' (4th edition) today, edited by Dr S Moralee, Dr Sidhu, Prof. J Smith & Prof. K Walshe, incl. a chapter updated by me on ‘Quality Improvement’ #QI #QIsky Further details: McGraw Hill lnkd.in/eEH5an8W Amazon lnkd.in/ek2uQxaX 000
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Neil Pettinger @kurtstat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Not sure why I'm imagining the impetus for this to more likely come from medics rather than managers. Are there other views..? @joyfurnival.bsky.social @acutemed2.bsky.social @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @hbuckingham.bsky.social @policyskeptic.bsky.social @laylamccay.bsky.social @beans2er.bsky.social 321
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Neil Pettinger @kurtstat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Fourthly, short stay elective and day case ward areas present particular challenges. If specialties sometimes use these areas for ‘boarding out’ inpatients, then we need to tease those patients out so that they can be ‘re-patriated’ to the main specialty count. 8/14 121
Reposted by Joy Furnival 🐝Neil Pettinger @kurtstat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025We have this tendency in the NHS of reporting hospital inpatient activity using ward-based numbers, as if in denial of how much bed borrowing and lending goes on. 5/14 121