Director of Policy and External Affairs @nationalvoices.bsky.social Prev. Asthma&LungUK, Alzheimer’s Society and award winning journalist HSJhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lrdqmrku2c27Fantastic day so far at Confed - Mackey’s talk about “tearing up” rules to focus on outcomes and results welcome to ensure we are listening to what patients needs and experience - also #SR day so here’s our response: https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/spending-review-2025-a-mixed-picture-for-nhs-social-care-and-communities/ https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/newsitem/spending-review-2025-a-mixed-picture-for-nhs-social-care-and-communities/11 Jun 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdqmrku2c27https://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lqd3hsagpk2hI recently chaired a @nationalvoices.bsky.social roundtable on AI -asking how to make it more patient & health inequalities centric. Recent @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social blog on AI In diagnostics shows the urgency to improve patient involvement: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/curb-your-enthusiasm-what-does-the-evidence-tell-us-about-using-ai-in-radiology-diagnostics #AI #healthcare29 May 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd3hsagpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lnv6atognc2qDid the online GP referral thing - invited to book an appointment via NHS app - got this message. When the GP practice wasn’t using the app for the same process their website available appointments in 3 weeks+ time so at least you could book something.28 Apr 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnv6atognc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lnk6o35his26As part of Austism Awareness week @cftrustuk.bsky.social has shared this blog written by a social media pal of mine (we can’t meet due to cross infection risks) - loved this bit about small but vital hospital adaptions https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/so-much-about-my-life-and-the-world-i-am-part-of-but-was-always-somewhat-bewildered-by-just24 Apr 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnk6o35his26https://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lly74qtxi22bFollowing on from my evidence session @commonshealth.bsky.social on NHSE abolishment/ ICB cuts we have now published a report with additional evidence and thoughts on Sir Jim Mackay’s letter to systems - i’d love to hear thoughts! Read the paper here 👉 tinyurl.com/2z8rh45h [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lly74qtxi22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3llbsbghjgs2pRepresenting @nationalvoices.bsky.social members today @commonshealth.bsky.social on NHSE abolishment’s and ICB cuts - real opp to refocus on patient exp in restructure - bringing back PE directorate& PE accountability at ICB board level, using national patient surveys to drive improvement 1/226 Mar 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbsbghjgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ll7nbgofys2eDelighted to be invited to give evidence at a Health Select Committee session tomorrow on the impact to patients of the abolishment of NHSE. I will share concerns and insights from our membership and wider stakeholders, outlining risks and opportunities: https://committees.parliament.uk/event/23764/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/25 Mar 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7nbgofys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lkqkkhv6dk2pI remembered a piece I wrote for @hsj.co.uk back in the day, leaving this here without comment https://www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulation/selbie-i-am-sorry-beyond-words/7028256.article19 Mar 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqkkhv6dk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lhj2k6m2mc2pCreon shortages continue - given 1/5th of my order today - not clear when more stock will come in - living from one box of Creon to the another without any certainty about future supply is now the norm #medshortages #medsupply #creon06 Feb 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhj2k6m2mc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lgfq5xqdns2iGreat to see Thailand's new equality law allowing gay marriage- 1st country in SE Asia to do so, 3rd in all of Asia, (Nepal & Taiwan do). With anti LGBTQ+ legislation in US, great to see progress going in right direction in other parts of globe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/thailand-same-sex-gay-marriage-equality-laws #LGBTQ #equality23 Jan 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfq5xqdns2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lffm37a3vc2dWas at Harefield hospital last 2 days and looked again as this the amazing pot by Grayson Perry called ‘Urn for the Living’. You can see it from outside and inside the operating theatre - it makes me feel loved and seen that someone has made something so beautiful to honour the transplant process10 Jan 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffm37a3vc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lf2vw6rk222vWith all eyes on elective here's my diagnosis test story part II. So last year was an admin nightmare cancelling a test I couldn't make & hadn't been asked in advance whether I could do... managed to cancel but not reschedule (see previous tweets on saga). 2nd Jan not heard new date so chased..1/306 Jan 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf2vw6rk222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lezhxasklc27Bringing you our top 5 books each from 2024 with @chris-branson.bsky.social (bumped into Nick Cave at the Bacon exhib at the National Portrait Gallery today - thanked him for his music but not his book) #books #reading #skylit05 Jan 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lezhxasklc27https://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lenejbaqmk2sWishing everyone a Happy New Year with a message from Rosie (for you and the wider world)01 Jan 2025 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenejbaqmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldoqku7ess2gTime magazine may have named Trump Person of the Year, but we all know 2024 belongs to this incredible woman:19 Dec 2024 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoqku7ess2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldolzb7lak2pA conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 20. A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster19 Dec 2024 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldolzb7lak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldmivwru2c2pA conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 19. Where the Wild Things are, Maurice Sendak18 Dec 2024 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmivwru2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldjv6dpeac2oA conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 18. The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann17 Dec 2024 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjv6dpeac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldhdwd3zc224A conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 17. Being mortal, by Atul Gawande16 Dec 2024 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhdwd3zc224https://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lddylqn6k223A conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 16. Dispatches, by Michael Herr15 Dec 2024 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lddylqn6k223https://bsky.app/profile/sharonbrennan.bsky.social/post/3ldch5j5nw22fA conversation about books, you say? Yes please! Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #books #bookchallenge 15. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad14 Dec 2024 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:sufiy3gilnrhlitubos3fze3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldch5j5nw22f