Lord Bethell
@JimBethell
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Former Health minister. Member of the House of Lords. Health Nation.
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Joined June 2009
My Mother's post-natal depression led to chaotic life of drink, drugs, divorce and ultimately, when I was nine years old, her death. I have spoken about this to the podcast "Past Imperfect" with Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester in The Times. 1/4 https://t.co/fZ7lcd5qDh
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Innovation is exploding. But unless we redesign how we deliver it, we risk leaving patients behind. Let’s build a system that’s fit for the future. #HealthNation #Innovation #NHS #EnergyBills #Alzheimers 5 of 5
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We have gone a step further with Noa: memories are machine encoded and stored privately on encrypted servers with **no rich media retained** So you can feel secure using Noa for recall years in the future.❤️ In true Brilliant Labs fashion, we built this because we believed it
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🧬 CAR-T cancer therapy: Hospital = £30,800/year Home = £16,395/year Admin burden and legacy systems block cheaper options. 🔗 https://t.co/bvGwJ0mDSd 4 of 5
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💉 Monoclonal antibodies: Hospital IV = £2,867/year Home injection = £1,457/year Yet NHS delivery favours the more expensive route. 🔗 https://t.co/4ECvVRpt0K 3 of 5
pharmaceutical-journal.com
Since August 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published two draft guidance papers relating to new monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) –...
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🧠 NICE rejected Alzheimer’s drugs lecanemab & donanemab. Even at £0 drug cost, NHS delivery costs £19k/year per patient. 🔗 https://t.co/2z0YYWBSvH 2 of 5
nice.org.uk
The benefits of Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab remain too small to justify the additional costs
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Ok Veo 3.1 is insane. Now with more realism, more control, 1080p with synced audio. And people can't stop building full length videos in Invideo. 5 wild examples + how to: 1. AI spec ad inspired by iconic Old Spice ad
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Even if energy were free, household bills would still rise due to government-imposed extras, according to yesterday's shocking energy boss testimony. It's the same pattern in health: breakthrough treatments blocked not by drug cost, but by regulation and NHS delivery model. 1 of
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Conducted by the Dean of Westminster and attended by Her Majesty the Queen, it was a moment of quiet reflection to give thanks to the custodians of the land and to celebrate the rich potential of the future. 3 of 3
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@HenryDimbleby I loved the traditional harvest loaf, with a tiny traditional mouse, produced by Morrisons, Britain's kick-ass vertically-integrated retailer that owns Blueprint Farms Ltd. 2 of 3
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The National Harvest Festival at Westminster Abbey perfectly captured the quiet, dignified vibrance of the modern British countryside. 1 of 3
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I am ashamed. Of my parliamentary colleague who is a bully. And a system which gives in to bullies.
I welcome the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa! Well done to all those that signed our petition!
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Struggling. Poor chap.
Junior minister Chris Ward has been sent to answer the UQ on behalf of the PM.
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Junior minister Chris Ward has been sent to answer the UQ on behalf of the PM.
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Yesterday, we were delighted to host an event in Parliament attended by over 100 MPs and Peers to launch our new report, ‘Prostate Cancer Screening: The Impact on the NHS’. We'd like to thank our co-sponsors, @CalvinBailey @DavidLammy and PCR Ambassador, @RishiSunak for their
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Very strong.
A major national security case has collapsed because Keir Starmer is too weak to stand up to China. The Prime Minister’s account is unravelling. With every hour it looks more and more like a Government cover-up.
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If you cannot manage a safe age verification system for your workforces, you should not be running a store that sells restricted materials. It’s one of the required skills of retailers. These adverts are so bogus.
Age verification in store is already a key trigger of abuse directed at staff. The Tobacco & Vape Bill means it will only get worse. Atul Sodha is asking the government to consider us in this Bill. Make your voice heard & to sign our open letter to @PeterKyle MP today!
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8/ The debate isn't "should healthy men be invited?"—it's "can we offer risk-adapted early detection using modern tools to those who want it?" The answer, increasingly, is yes. 6/6
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7/ Only 50% of UK prostate cancers are caught early vs NHS 75% target. Black men face 1-in-4 lifetime risk. Waiting for perfection while men die of preventable late-stage disease isn't evidence-based—it's risk-averse paternalism. 5/6
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6/ Prostate Cancer UK's TRANSFORM trial (£42m) is building the evidence base for a national screening programme targeting high-risk men—exactly the nuanced, modern approach the UK NSC needs to see. 4/6
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4/ "Biopsies cause infection & impotence"—historically true with transrectal biopsies. The NHS has now adopted transperineal biopsies, virtually eliminating sepsis risk and improving detection. NICE endorsed this in 2023. 3/6
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3/ "Overdiagnosis causes harm"—yes, in the PSA-only era. But data-led MRI-first pathways (now rolled out across the NHS) slash unnecessary biopsies while finding more clinically significant cancers. 2/6
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Prof Baum's letter misses the point: the CAP trial he chaired tested a single PSA invite 15 years ago—not today's risk-adapted, MRI-first pathways that Cancer Research UK and Prostate Cancer UK are driving forward. A thread... https://t.co/ApVRznXQdf 1/6
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