Sam Wallace
@samvonwallace.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Internal Communications and Engagement for Care Quality Commission
MCIPR & Chart.PR
Tweets on comms, health, social care, culture, politics
Live in Newcastle, posts are my own views
https://samuelwallace.home.blog/
MCIPR & Chart.PR
Tweets on comms, health, social care, culture, politics
Live in Newcastle, posts are my own views
https://samuelwallace.home.blog/
Reposted by Sam Wallace
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
Really interesting use of AI in addressing access challenges in healthcare
Providing an environment where safe innovation like this can happen, be evaluated and if successful rolled out wider feels essential for the future of the NHS
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Providing an environment where safe innovation like this can happen, be evaluated and if successful rolled out wider feels essential for the future of the NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
First NHS AI-run physio clinic in England halves back-pain waiting list
AI platform Flok Health to be rolled out to other NHS trusts but experts warn tech-based care could increase health inequalities
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really interesting use of AI in addressing access challenges in healthcare
Providing an environment where safe innovation like this can happen, be evaluated and if successful rolled out wider feels essential for the future of the NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Providing an environment where safe innovation like this can happen, be evaluated and if successful rolled out wider feels essential for the future of the NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Our policies have always been more radical than Corbyn's
We should not retreat into a Left ideological ghetto but should invite everybody to vote for a sustainable and peaceful future with the Green Party
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
We should not retreat into a Left ideological ghetto but should invite everybody to vote for a sustainable and peaceful future with the Green Party
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
'How the Green Party Should Respond to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's New Left Party'
The creation of a new explicitly left party means that any attempt by the Greens to compete on the same ground is now a dead end, argues Rupert Read
bylinetimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our policies have always been more radical than Corbyn's
We should not retreat into a Left ideological ghetto but should invite everybody to vote for a sustainable and peaceful future with the Green Party
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
We should not retreat into a Left ideological ghetto but should invite everybody to vote for a sustainable and peaceful future with the Green Party
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/25/h...
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This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is horrifying beyond words.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reading an obituary for Pocket on the alternative I just downloaded, feels a bit like moving on quickly
July 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reading an obituary for Pocket on the alternative I just downloaded, feels a bit like moving on quickly
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Comments like these are deeply worrying. It is a fact that far right thugs were rioting at the scene. Farage, through his rhetoric, is giving them cover IMHO. It is notable that despite the UK cracking down on peaceful protesters, it is reluctant to ban or arrest far right ones.
Nigel Farage, "I don't think anybody in London even understands just how close we are to civil disobedience on a vast scale in this country, and I regret saying that"
July 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Comments like these are deeply worrying. It is a fact that far right thugs were rioting at the scene. Farage, through his rhetoric, is giving them cover IMHO. It is notable that despite the UK cracking down on peaceful protesters, it is reluctant to ban or arrest far right ones.
Really worrying to see this kind of service withdrawal, especially at a time of acute need
I wonder if anyone has considered whether this is actively discriminatory?
#Health #NHS
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I wonder if anyone has considered whether this is actively discriminatory?
#Health #NHS
pocket.co/share/1c026d...
Charity prepares legal challenge after NHS trust pauses ADHD referrals for over-25s
A charity supporting people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is preparing a legal challenge against an NHS trust that has temporarily stopped accepting referrals for adults over 25...
pocket.co
July 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Really worrying to see this kind of service withdrawal, especially at a time of acute need
I wonder if anyone has considered whether this is actively discriminatory?
#Health #NHS
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I wonder if anyone has considered whether this is actively discriminatory?
#Health #NHS
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Love this piece about the power and value of vulnerability
Important in politics as we see the rise of narcissistic authoritarians
But in leadership more widely where being vulnerable sets a tone for work cultures creating safe and productive spaces
#Work #Leadership
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Important in politics as we see the rise of narcissistic authoritarians
But in leadership more widely where being vulnerable sets a tone for work cultures creating safe and productive spaces
#Work #Leadership
pocket.co/share/7ae39f...
Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability
Last Friday, June 20, after 104 days of unlawful incarceration, former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was released from an ICE prison in Jena, Louisiana. Mahmoud returned to New York City, where he w...
pocket.co
July 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Love this piece about the power and value of vulnerability
Important in politics as we see the rise of narcissistic authoritarians
But in leadership more widely where being vulnerable sets a tone for work cultures creating safe and productive spaces
#Work #Leadership
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Important in politics as we see the rise of narcissistic authoritarians
But in leadership more widely where being vulnerable sets a tone for work cultures creating safe and productive spaces
#Work #Leadership
pocket.co/share/7ae39f...
We've moved a long way from the extreme paternalistic models of the past but clearly still have much further to go before we put this knowledge on a par with medical expertise
#Health #NHS
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#Health #NHS
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Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible?
It’s autumn 2024 and I’m talking to an A&E doctor. We’re on the refreshment break at a conference about care. He tells me that he and his colleagues keep their NHS lanyards visible when they take love...
pocket.co
July 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We've moved a long way from the extreme paternalistic models of the past but clearly still have much further to go before we put this knowledge on a par with medical expertise
#Health #NHS
pocket.co/share/76e0fb...
#Health #NHS
pocket.co/share/76e0fb...
It’s Not Burnout — It’s Grief.
Is everyone having a bad time at work?
tiffanyphilippou.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Read about the regional roadshows we've been delivering at CQC, what they're for and what we've heard
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
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Rebuilding regulation: Co-designing a stronger, fairer CQC together
In his latest blog Chris Day, Director of Engagement reflects on the recent roadshows held in Manchester and London.
carequalitycomm.medium.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Read about the regional roadshows we've been delivering at CQC, what they're for and what we've heard
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
carequalitycomm.medium.com/rebuilding-r...
This crucial report on gender in the PR profession sheds light on the significant challenges women continue to face. While many of the issues may not be new, the report offers powerful insights into actionable steps we can take.
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#PR #Comms
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#PR #Comms
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Break the Silence - Lynn
Break the Silence Download the report In March 2025, Socially Mobile, with support from the CIPR, launched the groundbreaking Missing Women report that revealed that over 4,000 women have left the PR ...
lynn.global
June 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This crucial report on gender in the PR profession sheds light on the significant challenges women continue to face. While many of the issues may not be new, the report offers powerful insights into actionable steps we can take.
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#PR #Comms
lynn.global/break-the-si...
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#PR #Comms
lynn.global/break-the-si...
Reposted by Sam Wallace
If you are a male health and care professional who is suffering in silence, you are not alone. NHS Practitioner Health considers confidentiality carefully and have a number of measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of our patient. #MensHealthWeek
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you are a male health and care professional who is suffering in silence, you are not alone. NHS Practitioner Health considers confidentiality carefully and have a number of measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of our patient. #MensHealthWeek
pocket.co
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This raises the question of where workforce planning has got to and whether we need to think about more innovation in diagnostic services e.g. AI tools or new diagnostic roles 🤔
#WorkforcePlanning #HealthcareInnovation #AI #Diagnostics #FutureOfWork
#Health #NHS
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#WorkforcePlanning #HealthcareInnovation #AI #Diagnostics #FutureOfWork
#Health #NHS
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People with cancer face ‘ticking timebomb’ due to NHS staff shortages
People with cancer face a “ticking timebomb” of delays in getting diagnosed and treated because the NHS is too short-staffed to provide prompt care, senior doctors have warned.
pocket.co
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This raises the question of where workforce planning has got to and whether we need to think about more innovation in diagnostic services e.g. AI tools or new diagnostic roles 🤔
#WorkforcePlanning #HealthcareInnovation #AI #Diagnostics #FutureOfWork
#Health #NHS
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#WorkforcePlanning #HealthcareInnovation #AI #Diagnostics #FutureOfWork
#Health #NHS
pocket.co/share/d3ef7e...
Interesting findings for UK comms/PR professionals
A lot of excitement from the profession on the potential benefits of AI in our work, and a big push from central government for those in public sector comms
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#PR #Comms @cipr.co.uk
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A lot of excitement from the profession on the potential benefits of AI in our work, and a big push from central government for those in public sector comms
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#PR #Comms @cipr.co.uk
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English-speaking countries more nervous about rise of AI, polls suggest
People in English-speaking countries including the UK, US, Australia and Canada are more nervous about the rise of artificial intelligence than those in the largest EU economies, where excitement over...
pocket.co
June 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Interesting findings for UK comms/PR professionals
A lot of excitement from the profession on the potential benefits of AI in our work, and a big push from central government for those in public sector comms
🧵
1/2
#PR #Comms @cipr.co.uk
pocket.co/share/6e318e...
A lot of excitement from the profession on the potential benefits of AI in our work, and a big push from central government for those in public sector comms
🧵
1/2
#PR #Comms @cipr.co.uk
pocket.co/share/6e318e...
Sure this will welcomed by many medical professionals
The report itself touches on a couple of issues:
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#Health #NHS #PhysicianAssociates
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The report itself touches on a couple of issues:
🧵
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#Health #NHS #PhysicianAssociates
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Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors
Physician associates in the NHS will be renamed to stop patients mistaking them for doctors after a review found that their title caused widespread confusion.
pocket.co
June 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sure this will welcomed by many medical professionals
The report itself touches on a couple of issues:
🧵
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#Health #NHS #PhysicianAssociates
pocket.co/share/a52146...
The report itself touches on a couple of issues:
🧵
1/5
#Health #NHS #PhysicianAssociates
pocket.co/share/a52146...
This article is a strange one
It suggests that recognising the role of Art in creating society is problematic
And asking artistic instutions to be actively non-elitist is a wrong
Art is not separate from society and art never exists for art's sake
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It suggests that recognising the role of Art in creating society is problematic
And asking artistic instutions to be actively non-elitist is a wrong
Art is not separate from society and art never exists for art's sake
pocket.co/share/53ef07...
Imagine an Artworld Without State Funding
State funding tends to come with strings attached, trapping arts organisations into bureaucratic policies. So who wants it? In the postwar era, spending public funds to support the arts has usually be...
pocket.co
June 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This article is a strange one
It suggests that recognising the role of Art in creating society is problematic
And asking artistic instutions to be actively non-elitist is a wrong
Art is not separate from society and art never exists for art's sake
pocket.co/share/53ef07...
It suggests that recognising the role of Art in creating society is problematic
And asking artistic instutions to be actively non-elitist is a wrong
Art is not separate from society and art never exists for art's sake
pocket.co/share/53ef07...
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Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?
I ask again, what is he playing at?
May 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?
I ask again, what is he playing at?
Some interesting points here on leaning in to the use of the term poverty when talking about health quality/systems/outcomes etc
I'm 100% in agreement in the need to name and recognise poverty as a key driver in health outcomes
#Health
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
I'm 100% in agreement in the need to name and recognise poverty as a key driver in health outcomes
#Health
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Drop The Euphemisms And Stop Sugarcoating Poverty | The King's Fund
There appears to be an unusual reticence within the NHS when it comes to acknowledging poverty. Could identifying it more explicitly be beneficial? Julia Cream explores this matter.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Some interesting points here on leaning in to the use of the term poverty when talking about health quality/systems/outcomes etc
I'm 100% in agreement in the need to name and recognise poverty as a key driver in health outcomes
#Health
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
I'm 100% in agreement in the need to name and recognise poverty as a key driver in health outcomes
#Health
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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The away end - the last gasp of Premier League socialism (contains Fulham @stabiloffc.bsky.social ) mckeownn.substack.com/p/the-last-c...
The last corner of Premier League socialism
A beautiful London day as football and life seem great
mckeownn.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The away end - the last gasp of Premier League socialism (contains Fulham @stabiloffc.bsky.social ) mckeownn.substack.com/p/the-last-c...
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The full clip of Hayao Miyazaki reading AI engineers for fucking filth so hard their ancestors felt the burning shame back in 2016
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The full clip of Hayao Miyazaki reading AI engineers for fucking filth so hard their ancestors felt the burning shame back in 2016
Looking forward to this morning's CIPR North East event
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Looking forward to this morning's CIPR North East event
