Today @uclh launches our #NetZero strategy Critical Care for Our Climate. Health care is responsible for over 4% of global emissions. The NHS can lead the world with low carbon care models, indeed its already starting to happen.

The rise of YouTube shorts in the last year is mind blowing. Up to 200 billion daily views or 1% of human waking hours. This should make us pause and wonder if the lauded productivity gains from AI tech will be simply be offset by increasingly effective tech distractions.

Great #FestivalofExcellence hearing superb improvement work @uclh. I talked about quality, & why spending more ≠ better outcomes. Gave 3 case studies which show drive quality ⬆️ then cost ⬇️ (hip surgery, gloves off, clinic letters). Complexity the enemy of reliability & quality

Person centred care at it's best! Our team working across services to enable one of our young, severely needle phobic patients to get the vaccinations he needed to visit his family abroad for the first time. (Spoiler alert: solution was vax when under general for his dental work).

BIG STORY which brings hope! China's emissions are dropping for the first time! This really matters as China has more than a third of global emissions. Wow. #ClimateAction

It’s quite incredible what @uclh staff do for our patients. Take outpatients, where last year we did over 1.4m appointments up about 100k on the year before. Some weeks we saw 30,000 patients. The NHS is under huge pressure but the work of our staff is just remarkable

RT @drdamonkamming: Excited to share our new research on UK midwives’ attitudes to:. ⚠️ environmental & occupational N2O emissions from Ent….

Great to have the Chinese Health Minister come to see first-hand what we are doing @uclh on sustainability. The Chinese Government is responsible for the largest hospital sector in the world, so discussing net zero is important. Minister was full of praise for our staff’s work

Great to see @uclh scoring highly in the staff survey across the board. Strong results on staff engagement too, which really matters in itself, but is also linked to better outcomes including mortality, lower staff sickness and productivity.

Sat in on a superb @uclh ENT clinic today trialing ambient AI to write notes/letters.- patients & clinicians happy.- shifts doc from writer to proof reader.- saves time but justifies £?.- incredibly complex case worked well.- no idea why send letters every time, even if AI helps

As the most destructive wildfires in US history rage, the climate stats have dropped. 2024 was the hottest year on record, the first above 1.5C. We may be the only civilised life anywhere in the universe. Time is running out. Millions of us need to act. Thank you if you are

RT @yasemindildar: This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.

Over 200,000 trees planted since we switched to @Ecosia as our default search engine @uclh! Plants a tree for every 45 searches & is carbon negative. Easy to do, great search algorithm & climate friendly. Who else will follow?

RT @uclh: We're pleased to share UCLH has cut use of environmentally harmful anaesthetic gases further, with the decommissioning of nitrous….

Visited Toyota factory & 🤯 .- 🚗 every 1-2 mins.- drive quality ⬆️ waste/cost ⬇️.- Mgmt system crystal clear (planning to delivery). Qual control every step.- STANDARDISE EVERYTHING incl. jobs & work processes. Staff follow to letter.- relentless improvement by workers & reward

New out - Policy levers for a net zero NHS: four priorities for the future | @HealthFdn covers finance levers, regulation, accountability & service strategy. Also, im enjoying the new Kendrick Lamar album, though modesty isn't a big theme.

We win Nobel Prizes for AI in the UK. It has jaw dropping capabilities in health. We have burgeoning patient need. So why is the NHS seemingly impenetrable to AI’s advances?. My @HSJnews article is just out.

RT @HSJnews: How to bridge the NHS’s gulf on AI adoption

RT @NTtweeting: Well said, @LukeOShea1.

It’s #RestartAHeart day ❤️ . There are +30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year. The amazing PERRTteam @uclh have been training loads of non clinical staff in CPR. Knowing CPR & defibrillator use can transform a person's survival chances. Thanks @jhartin & Ben & team