On Thursday HSJ hosted a Twitter chat as part of Learning Disabilities Week.
We discussed Daniel Marsden’s recent article for HSJ, about internships in the NHS for people with learning disabilities. The discussion considered whether the NHS could be more open in who it employs and what obstacles there are to having a more representative workforce.
If you weren’t able to take part, we have collected the chat in Storify, below.
Those with complex learning disabilities inappropriately living in secure units should be capable of independent living, writes Chris Hampson
This week, the podcast looks at the fallout from a lively NHS Providers conference.
WINNER The Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance The Supportive and Assistive Programme – Supporting the Current and Future Cancer Workforce Through the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development (ACCEND)
There are many better things Wes Streeting could focus on than picking rows with NHS managers, writes HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.
This government is fond of declaring it is committed to “three shifts” in health and care policy: hospital to community, analogue to prevention, and treatment to prevention.
NHS England is to have a new chair, albeit the current incumbent Richards Meddings has agreed to stick around until March in line with the government’s tactic of getting the previous administration to ‘own’ a very difficult winter.
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