Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

The high spread of infections in healthcare settings ('nosocomial' infections) has many lessons for patient safety: patients are safe when staff are safe which means PPE and regular testing. The sooner we get there the better. — PolitiTweet.org

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

On routine testing of staff they hid behind line 'we can only do what CMO recommends' but said we’d have capacity to test weekly by Sept/Oct. Still not convinced they see benefits of a structured programme to stop asymptomatic transmission giving reassurance to patients & staff. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also we looked at lessons learned re discharging people into care homes without testing, a major mistake early on in crisis. Reading between the lines I think this was recognised by Sir Simon & Steve Powis who agreed local NHS orgs should do all they can to support care homes. — PolitiTweet.org

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But, major change coming to A & Es with 'call before you walk' 111-led system to avoid crowded A & Es. This would avoid risk of infections spreading but even post Covid means moving to Scandinavian system of bookable appointments for non-life threatening urgent & emergency care. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, for 1st time, we heard emergency admissions fell by 1/3 during pandemic. Of those only 1 in 14 were the most serious kind but by my back of the envelope calculation around 40,000 people with serious non-Covid emergencies will not have got the hospital treatment they needed — PolitiTweet.org

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However much more worrying that for elective care hospitals only running at 55% of capacity. This was backed up by NHS providers survey saying only 37% of acute trusts feel able to meet needs of all their patients. Long waits ahead for people who need new hips, knees, ankles etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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Good news is that cancer treatment starts have remained at 96% of previous levels - although this won't necessarily reflect the drop in people coming forward because most cancer screening stopped. — PolitiTweet.org

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My take on today's select committee hearing with Sir Simon Stevens, Amanda Pritchard & Prof Steve Powis: overall message is that despite rising brilliantly to the Covid challenge it is going to be a BIG struggle to get back to normal. — PolitiTweet.org

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With respect this is codswallop. Our challenges have had absolutely nothing to do with universal healthcare, indeed the response of NHS hospitals making sure we have had enough ventilators and ICU beds is arguably a demonstration of its strengths. — PolitiTweet.org

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Select committee chairing Corona-style...not a single witness or committee member in the room https://t.co/UDDulNAGhB — PolitiTweet.org

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Tune in now to hear MPs quiz Simon Stevens and others on getting NHS services back up and running... — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CommonsHealth: ⏰Tomorrow at 10am we will be questioning: @ChrisCEOHopson, @bodgoddard, @NHSEngland, @NHSEnglandNMD and @AKPritchard2, f… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CommonsHealth: 🚨 Tune in TODAY at 10am for our live evidence session on delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and b… — PolitiTweet.org

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Some great news coming out of Surrey County Council, where the proposed Dunsfold UKOG drilling application has been turned down. Huge congratulations to everyone who’s hard work has paid off especially the great team at @ProtectDunsfold — PolitiTweet.org

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Home-schooling..trying to explain these words to my 10 year old. Pretty sure I didn't know them when I was his age! https://t.co/QeKKRIQZOA — PolitiTweet.org

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@daveGTarmitage @NursingNotesUK @nurses_united Sure happy to do so:I continue 2 believe in the vital importance of routine testing 4 health/care staff as our next step but Wed's opp day debate had no legal force & my chance of getting govt to change its mind would have been reduced not raised if I voted against in the lobbies — PolitiTweet.org

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Fair point, poor choice of words. They have always been a delight....😃 — PolitiTweet.org

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

In the post-covid NHS & social care system it is isn't just our use of technology that should change for good: my reflections on why we should ditch our obsession with targets, get on with social care reform and introduce call before you walk A&E https://t.co/QpIpCzQxpo — PolitiTweet.org

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It requires some incredible mental contortion to make the killing of George Floyd about Israel. Yet somehow, the same group of people always manage to do it. Remarkable. — PolitiTweet.org

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

I never noticed how fetching your socks were @IainDale... — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a brilliant, brilliant article, essential reading for anyone worried about the decline in American willingness to lead Western democracies. What a writer @TomMcTague has become. https://t.co/nmAlRAvTtH — PolitiTweet.org

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Great to see big rises in the number of drs & nurses working in the NHS. They have been amazing helping the NHS respond to the Covd-19 pandemic and will be working flat out helping the NHS recover. Now we just need to make sure they’re all getting tested once a week... — PolitiTweet.org

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But, but, but...you can join us on Zoom so bottom half shorts is allowed. — PolitiTweet.org

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

Can think of no better way to spend a blistering hot day than with @Jack_Blanchard_ in his Hunt for Answers... https://t.co/wjp1oBuOFB — PolitiTweet.org

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Listen to this very powerful evidence to the Health Select Committee from a patient who has been told there is zero chance of getting his knee operation this year - another reason why we need weekly testing of NHS staff in order to get surgery back up and running — PolitiTweet.org

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Incredibly powerful testimony to the Health & Social Care Sel Cttee from frontline homecare worker Mel Cairnduff about being tuttutted for wearing her uniform in public - unbelievable given the vital role she and her colleagues have been playing — PolitiTweet.org

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Time for regular mass testing - especially of NHS and care staff - to stop a second wave. https://t.co/RHh7TftF5b — PolitiTweet.org

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Superb analysis by @WilliamJHague of the risks and opportunities of a DfID/FCO merger. There is huge potential to strengthen our championing of democratic values but it must not reduce our commitment - perceived or real - to ending extreme poverty https://t.co/8adp30v58Y — PolitiTweet.org

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Congrats to @RoyalSurrey on brilliant CQC ratings, including outstanding-rated medical care. Bravo to Louise Stead and staff! I’d like to know what SW Surrey residents think about local health provision & post corona priorities – let me know your views at https://t.co/FDFBYGgVFo — PolitiTweet.org

Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

This is one of the smartest articles I have read on the growing tensions between the US and China https://t.co/Q9rZYZyrUQ — PolitiTweet.org