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Poverty damages health. We’re a group of child health professionals coming together to fight poverty in our clinical practice. Join us!
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Joined September 2021
WHAM supports the open letter from child health professionals appealing to the Prime Minister to exert influence on Israel by curtailing the arms sales contributing to the unfolding tragedy in Gaza. Child health care professionals can sign it via link below
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Join us online at 13:30 Wednesday April 10th for the next in our WHAMinar series - 'Advocacy in action'. Find the link on the community pages of our website https://t.co/kr6DWqyzxo
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Fantastic to bump into fellow warriors campaigning for better child health and wellbeing outcomes in the UK @Whamproject @RCPCHtweets #RCPCH24
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Excited to be at #RCPCH. Feeling inspired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. It's time to 'put equity of health and wellbeing at the centre of government policies!'
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What does it really mean to “walk the walk on health inequality”? Find out next week when we present our guide for ordinary clinicians at @RCPCH conference. Just a few days to go!!
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Super excited for #RCPCH24!! Presenting the new @WHAMproject website, work on health inequality, how #PoweringUp as a profession could change young people's futures, our 8-min film AND maybe even a tote bag or two... 😊 We’d love to connect! With @whosalama and @121productions
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WHAM shares Sir Michael Marmot's concerns that finding cuts for public health may widen health inequalities even further https://t.co/0eKPsP1Gtn
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Yet more cuts are being made to our public health infrastructure in a time of rising health inequalities Last week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made big staff reductions at the...
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If our minority ethnic infants had the same risk of dying as white infants England would have 12% fewer infant deaths/year. 200 fewer lives lost. If we could avoid this needless mortality our excessive infant mortality rate would reduce to match high income European countries.
@KarenLuyt @NCMD_England @DavidOdd1 @SylviaStoianova @NHS_RHO Further work needed to identify what can be done to reduce this incidence of infant mortality
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#PoweringUp has lift off! Working together with @uclh and @Bham_Childrens, the project aims to address the stark #inequalities in adolescent health care with creative co-production with young people.
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Next Tuesday, @DrGuddiSingh & Prof @parthaskar will be discussing “Health equity: from theory to implementation” as part of the @RCPhysicians ' Driving Medical Change. It’s one thing to talk the talk on health inequalities, but how do you walk the walk? https://t.co/C5bKT7JeHj
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What does it really mean to address health inequality? NHS leaders might talk, but it's time for action. I'm delighted to discuss my answer - the @Whamproject - with @parthaskar on Sept 12th at 1 p.m. Join us for this @RCPhysicians livestream! 👉🏾 https://t.co/Hzc5lprt8n
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Join CoLab + @Whamproject for a study afternoon on Weds 11 Oct 'MAD (making a difference) for Health inequalities in complex children' with @DrGuddiSingh Hannah Zhu, @whosalama, Hannah Nicholson & Tami Benzaken Register at https://t.co/JMHEUCK4wf (free for CoLab Enhanced Members)
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Thank you all for your votes and support!! We can't wait take this further and to continue addressing the social needs of our patients
We did it! @WHAMproject just got funded by @HealthFdn! Congrats to the other amazing projects in this year’s #QExchange. MASSIVE thank you to our wise & generous friends for advice & support. We’re #PoweringUp to tackle health inequalities with young people! 💪🏾🙌🏾🎉🙏🏾
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1 in 3 children live in poverty in the UK. With @actnforchildren @EndChildPoverty I’ve written to my MP to demand a fairer social security system for families. Will you join me?
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An eye-opening article by @SebJGray on how health inequalities & poverty influence the trajectory of childhood asthma, with some key points on how to tackle this. A must-read for all clinicians caring for children & young people #HealthInequalities #SDCH #FOAMed #asthma ⬇️
An amazing @PaediatricFOAM piece by @SebJGray on how health inequalities & #poverty are linked to #asthma. https://t.co/2wDc9KXfga Give it a read & share with your network! Feel free to bookmark this summary thread for future reference. #SDCH #MedTwitter #FOAMed #FOAMped 🧵:
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Great piece @SebJGray taking us through health inequalities generally and the impact on outcomes as well as a detailed look at asthma Essential to every paediatrician!!
An amazing @PaediatricFOAM piece by @SebJGray on how health inequalities & #poverty are linked to #asthma. https://t.co/2wDc9KXfga Give it a read & share with your network! Feel free to bookmark this summary thread for future reference. #SDCH #MedTwitter #FOAMed #FOAMped 🧵:
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