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Finally it’s out: @NHSEngland ‘ #WeAreTheNHS - People Plan for 2020/2021’ #OurNHSPeople https://www.england.nhs.uk/online-version/

Here’s me wanting to start from a positive and yet @MattHancock manages to mess that up. His contribution so far, an article behind a paywall and a title saying it’s about cutting ‘red tape’. Only cuts I’m seeing this week are in specialist nurse posts

https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1288714391811129345?s=21 https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1288714391811129345

https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1288714391811129345?s=21

Alongside the People Plan, there is also the People Promise published today https://www.england.nhs.uk/ournhspeople/ , 'a promise we must all make to each other – to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone'... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Not had chance yet [was too busy earlier this week writing a response to org that is cutting its specialist nurse staff] but would like to know how different this is from the NHS Constitution. This set out: 'rights for patients, public & staff'. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

A question I have for @MattHancock & @Prerana_Issar today, how will #OurNHSPeoplePromise succeed where the NHS Constitution has failed [assuming the constitution has failed if we now need a promise]? #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

eg, in constitution: 'The rights are there to help ensure that staff...are treated fairly, equally & free from discrimination'. #OurNHSPeoplePromise?: 'We understand, encourage & celebrate diversity, making the NHS a place where we all feel we belong.' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

You'd expect my eyes to be drawn to 'Expanding & developing our workforce' in #OurNHSPeople plan. As said repeatedly, we needed plan to give some concrete actions & demands that would improve some NHS professions that been badly damaged over last 10yrs #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

V important to see #MentalHealth section BUT

all it can say about MH nursing is '...& the development of bespoke Return to Practice & preceptorship programmes for mental health nursing'. @MattHancock promised 'a whole package', this ain't it! #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

V important to see #MentalHealth section BUT all it can say about MH nursing is '...& the development of bespoke Return to Practice & preceptorship programmes for mental health nursing'. @MattHancock promised 'a whole package', this ain't it! #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Here's the quote from @MattHancock about: 'A whole package [on #MentalHealth nursing] of work is needed and this will be published as part of the NHS long term plan.' https://adaywithdave.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/its-a-party-an-all-party-party/ #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS. And we were talking about this in October 2018!

It’s a party, an All-Party party

Last week, on Tuesday 16th October, I headed to Westminster. Not an uncommon activity for me however what was new was it was my first time with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Mental Health. …

https://adaywithdave.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/its-a-party-an-all-party-party/

Interestingly, yesterday I raised issue of #OurNHSPeople plan at @NHS_HealthEdEng All-England Learning Disability Nursing Steering Group. We had a presentation about workforce numbers. I asked about how much work would be reflected in plan. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

So how many times is learning disability nursing mentioned in #OurNHSPeople? 0. Learning disability appears to get 1 mention, related to important issue of routes into employment for volunteers

#OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

So how many times is learning disability nursing mentioned in #OurNHSPeople? 0. Learning disability appears to get 1 mention, related to important issue of routes into employment for volunteers #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Interesting on 'Encouraging return to clinical practice'. We have to remember this has been fuelled by people wanting to help with #COVID19 pandemic

. Would be important to know how many hours the 'interested' 50% could offer... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Interesting on 'Encouraging return to clinical practice'. We have to remember this has been fuelled by people wanting to help with #COVID19 pandemic . Would be important to know how many hours the 'interested' 50% could offer... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

For example, if all 50% of 2,140 people did come back and do 1 day/week, [and IF they were all nurses], that would equal 0.4% whole time equivalent of the 50,000 nurses pledged by @BorisJohnson #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

I was hopeful that, inc. in/alongside #OurNHSPeople plan & #OurNHSPeoplePromise, we would see package launched focusing on how NHS would better support its staff #MentalHealth. Whilst #COVID19 has had massive impacts, this was already a big problem. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Instead, it feels v light on this. Maybe a glimmer is: 'Further action for 2021/22 & beyond is expected to be set out later in the year, once funding arrangements for future years have been confirmed by the government.' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

This feels very different to ' @RishiSunak: NHS will get whatever it needs to deal with coronavirus > Chancellor indicates he is willing to write blank cheque to cope with a pandemic' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/rishi-sunak-nhs-will-get-whatever-it-needs-to-deal-with-coronavirus #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Rishi Sunak: NHS will get whatever it needs to deal with coronavirus

Chancellor indicates he is willing to write blank cheque to cope with a pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/08/rishi-sunak-nhs-will-get-whatever-it-needs-to-deal-with-coronavirus

We really shouldn't be kicking getting support for NHS staff #MentalHealth down the road & relying on future @Conservatives largesse. As @NCISH_UK report ( https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/suicide-by-female-nurses/) showed this is an area that needs action now and was present pre #COVID19 #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Just starting @RCPLondon @MattHancock #TheFutureOfHealthcare https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1288761970443849728?s=20 #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1288761970443849728?s=20

. @MattHancock starts by talking about the benefits of the fire of London. Highlights the £37billion cost of rebuilding the city and the development of the London fire brigade and the building regulations. Relates that #COVID19 has been a similar shock. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Talks about great achievements during #COVID19 'but we haven't got everything right. Today I want to step back from the vital work... We can see a second wave emerging in Europe but will do everything in our power to stop it arriving on our shores'. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock We achieved things that people never thought possible, just like a war: Building Nightingales in 9 days, leading the world in searching for a vaccine, telemedicine and data driven medicine... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

'We must learn from how the NHS and social care worked during the peak. We have to bottle the best. My job is to make the system work for those that work in the system' We now hear about Finland town planning... 'we too must pave the paths that people want to travel' @MattHancock

'What would have taken months took minutes... Today I want to start a conversation that pouts these values into action' @MattHancock wants to draw on 7 lessons 'but first we have to value our people' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock talks about the importance of all people working in health and social care. 'We listen to our people and we look after them...all the time. I'm determined to make that happen' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS. We're know hearing about Nelson.

. @MattHancock talks abt 'getting rid of things that stand in their way'. Gives eg of @gmcuk & @nmcnews. Seems to like getting rid of revalidation. 'When we made these changes sky didn't fall in. We cannot & we will not revert back to what we had before' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Now lesson 2 @MattHancock: 'Supporting collaboration and change by busting bureaucracy'. We hear again about President Kennedy. He argues that people were enabled to share info over WhatsApp, this would have taken years without #COVID19 #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Lesson 3: Developing technology. @MattHancock says how he was criticised: 'Take away their fax machines and care homes will collapse'. > No Matt, I think you'll find you did other things that caused huge crisis in care homes over last few months #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock argues that previously everyone thought that anyone over 25 couldn't/wouldn't access health services via telemedicine. He says that going forward every contact should be assumed to be delivered over internet or phone. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Next lesson (4) from @MattHancock 'opening borders'. You'd expect this to be about country borders but no it's about public and private organisations. No surprise that he's not focusing on open borders for healthcare staff... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Lesson 5 @MattHancock: The system works best when it's a system rather than series of atomised parts. Systems will become foundation stone of NHS & social care. The strict barrier between primary and secondary care. We know hear abt David Lloyd George #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock wants us to move away from thinking about an NHS £ and a council £. It should be a [insert local authority name] £. > Interesting that this week I'm seeing cuts to specialist nurses because of that link between the two. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Now @MattHancock says 'We need to set future of social care in this country. We need fairer system for paying for care...we need to get more money into social care to fix the funding shortfall. We'll be saying more about this over the coming months...' #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Now @MattHancock 7th lesson. The NHS can deliver miracles every day but they can't have the sole responsibility for health. He talks about the inequalities and disparities in the country... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

'The quest for equality isn't just about jobs and housing. No more important levelling up than levelling up the nations health. @MattHancock now talks about Orwell's The Road To Wigan Pier. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock now talking about the importance of public health. He'll be furious when he hears about how the @Conservatives have cut this to the bone over the last few years!! #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

Because @MattHancock doesn't like bureaucracy he's set up 'Our bureaucracy challenge' [You couldn't make that up!]. He likens to Red Tape Challenge suggesting this had amazing impact on number of jobs in UK. And then we hear about Martin Luther King. #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

. @MattHancock has finished @RCPLondon. That felt like such a mess of a speech. Some of the problems he's spoken about today have been made much worse by the decisions taken by his party over the last 10 years. And some of the solutions may make it worse #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

In Qs @MattHancock talks about how pay gets in the way. I suppose someone who is rich would think that... #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

'We make available Zoom medicine'. Never unwilling to try for a catch phrase @MattHancock. I hope @JohnJCrace @MrMichaelSpicer is watching this

! #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

'We make available Zoom medicine'. Never unwilling to try for a catch phrase @MattHancock. I hope @JohnJCrace @MrMichaelSpicer is watching this ! #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

And that's the end of @RCPLondon @MattHancock appearance. Am hoping it was recorded especially for worrying stuff that I think he said about @nmcnews regulation. Would be good to hear @Crouchendtiger7 thoughts if it was as bad as I thought.. @Beach_Jane #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

For anyone interested in watching @MattHancock speech @RCPLondon ( https://twitter.com/davidamunday/status/1288819868867923969?s=20), @guardian have a copy of the video on their YouTube page: #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

https://twitter.com/davidamunday/status/1288819868867923969?s=20

... and here's the text: https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1288833988640088065?s=20 #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1288833988640088065?s=20

Here's where @MattHancock promises to: 'getting rid of what stands in their way' & gives eg of @nmcnews '& gave professionals flexibility to postpone their revalidation' . Think its important that Hancock clarifies what he means #OurNHSPeople #WeAreTheNHS

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