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Maternity care should be equitable for all regardless of race. Current statistics show that black women are almost three times more likely to die during pregnancy or in the first year after. Collaborative initiatives like Black Maternity Matters aim to provide safer maternal care for everyone. North Bristol NHS Trust Health Innovation West of England #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMaternity #BlackMaternityMatters

We asked Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP Stephen Kinnock Karin Smyth MP Andrew Gwynne MP and Baroness Gillian Merron why they want your input. This is what they said 👇 change.nhs.uk

"What one thing would you change about the NHS?" We asked our partners to share their ideas to help build a health service fit for the future. Add your voice: https://lnkd.in/es62vpDc Featuring: Hazel Cheeseman Action on Smoking and Health (UK) Sonya Trivedy Samaritans Charles Kwaku-Odoi DL MFPH Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN) Professor Oonagh Smyth Skills for Care Nicola Stockmann Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) Rachel Power The Patients Association

From Wes Streeting, Health and Social Care Secretary: When I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, in 2021, the NHS saved my life. I felt this Rolls-Royce machine kick into gear, as I was treated by a world-class surgeon equipped with a robot and looked after by a group of incredibly caring nurses. I saw the best of the NHS. But I also saw how today’s NHS is letting patients down. After I was discharged from hospital, I was pretty much left to my own devices, despite not being able to get myself into bed. I had to wait for months longer than the recommended time for scans to check my cancer hadn’t returned, because of the ballooning backlog. The most frustrating moment came when I went to hospital to get the results of my follow-up tests. On arrival, I was told the results hadn’t been processed in time, and that I should arrange another time to come back. I was lucky enough to have a boss who didn’t mind if I needed to take time off work. But for someone on a zero-hours contract, the cost of the NHS not sending test results via text, or even a message to say the results weren’t ready, could be two days’ wages. These are the inefficiencies and inconveniences that I can’t see from behind my desk at the Department of Health and Social Care, but that patients see every day. And so we are calling on them to offer insights and ideas for turning our NHS around. This week, in England, we've launched the biggest national conversation about the NHS since its birth. We will be holding events across the country, including citizens’ assemblies, asking the public what needs to change and putting patients in the driving seat of NHS reform. This will also be the biggest staff engagement exercise in history. When I visited Singapore general hospital last year, they told me about a programme, called Get Rid of Stupid Stuff, that I think the NHS could do with. It does what it says on the tin. By just giving hospital staff some agency over their working lives, their morale and patient care improved. Over the coming months, we will be inviting NHS staff to tell us about the stupid stuff that’s holding them back from doing what they’re best at, and their ideas for turning the NHS around. I know how hard it must be to battle against a broken system to give patients the best care you can, only to go home at the end of the day knowing your best couldn’t be good enough. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The cavalry is coming, and together we can turn this around. My message to NHS staff is: stay and help us change it. The challenges the NHS faces today are huge, but the opportunities are enormous. The revolution taking place today in science and technology will transform the way we receive healthcare. Nye Bevan would have had no idea in 1948, but the model he created makes the NHS the best-placed healthcare system in the world to take advantage of rapid advances in data, genomics, and predictive and preventive medicine. Add your voice: change.nhs.uk

Banning disposable vapes will stop children from becoming hooked on nicotine. We will also introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to pave the way for a smoke-free UK. Moving from sickness to prevention is one of the three shifts which will be part of our 10 Year Health Plan.

📲 (1) NEW MESSAGE: FROM Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP https://lnkd.in/eh7ZUaXC

🤝 Health and Social Care Secretary Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP brought together friends and partners from across the health, social care and voluntary sectors in the Science Museum to encourage as many expert voices to get involved and help shape the government's upcoming 10-year health plan. A huge thank you to Shri Mukundagiri and Peter Dickinson for hosting. Add your voice today: change.nhs.uk

"The best ideas aren't going to come from politicians in Whitehall. They're going to come from staff working right across the country and crucially, patients." Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met NHS staff and patients on Monday to hear their ideas. 👉https://lnkd.in/dDVdjcsS

📝 Add your voice today to help us build an NHS fit for the future. Here’s how 👇 https://lnkd.in/eK4JA_5H

📢 We want to hear your experiences of the NHS and your ideas to help us change it. Get involved: https://bit.ly/4eLNq1w ✍️ Add your voice today. ✅ Let's make it fit for the future.