Today l leave Doncaster and the City Council due to ill health. When I started here the iPhone hadn’t been invented. Thanks to everyone I’ve worked with over the years
Thanks for all the kind words on
#BirthdayHonours
. It's hard to celebrate given the deaths & disability from COVID in
#doncasterisgreat
& now the cost of living crisis too. It's also hard to be singled out from
@MyDoncaster
team & all fantastic Public Health Directors
@ADPHUK
First proper day off of the festive season, managed a walk, played a game, listened to some vinyl, watched a documentary on influenza 1918, now going to cook. It’s going to be an important 2021
Please download the NHS Covid-19 app. It will make a real difference if enough of us use it. Privacy issues sorted. Easy check in to venues, test ordering & tracing who you’ve been in contact with if needed. All
#Doncaster
venues will be using NHS QR codes
@MyDoncaster
I'm glad public health in local government has been recognised and I look forward to my colleagues seeing recognition too. Public health has and will always be a team endeavour.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫
We're delighted to have Dr
@RupertSuckling
Joining us as one of our Guest speakers at our first-ever youth-led
#ActiveFusionConference
! 🙌
Book your space at our conference 👉
Be like the guy in this video 💙
If you have
#Coronavirus
symptoms, get a test.
If you have been in contact with someone that has virus, get a test.
Local
#NHS
services have helped 100s of people recover from the virus - we're counting on you to reduce the spread further. 😷🩺
Happy 72nd birthday to the NHS. We wouldn’t be without it but still only responsible for 20% of what makes us healthy. The rest is the places and people where we rest, work and play.
Regardless of what role or rank you are in our
#NHS
services, it’s so important that you remember to take care of yourself as well as others - because
#YouMatter
Remember to take a pause whilst you are at work, and time to reflect, recover & reset when you’re not 🙏🏼
Good to address suffering but more important to address the root causes poverty, lack of housing and inequalities? Therapists and teachers warn of looming autumn mental health crisis
Thank you to everyone who came for their vaccination today! Please remember to keep following the guidance even after having a jab 🙏
ℹ For more info and to read our FAQs on the Doncaster vaccination programme rollout please visit 👉
#doncasterisgreat
There is help. There is hope. There is Another Way.
Today sees the start of
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
and the launch of our new male suicide awareness campaign
#AnotherWay
.
There'll be a series of events this week aimed at giving men somewhere to talk in a relaxed environment.
Interested in a new challenge? Deputy Director of Public Health Doncaster Council
£61,264 - £66,310 plus Market Supplement to £80,000
Closes 13/12
@YHADPH
Opening up and talking about suicide can be hard but it can save lives.
Doncaster Council is supporting the Zero Suicide Alliance by encouraging residents to attend training sessions taking place in the city over the summer.
Find your nearest session:
The ADPH is calling for a “collaborative approach” to contact tracing which involves Directors of Public Health in both the “design and implementation of any new plan.”
❗️ Help stop the spread of Coronavirus in Doncaster - keep your distance and stay at home. We all have a part to play in breaking the chain of infection. Thank you.
#ICYMI
a new national public health research consortium led by
@sheffielduni
is set to drive policy reform in order to tackle
#healthinequalities
and improve the population’s health. Read the full story here:
ADPH President, Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy -
@jeanelleuk
, has been appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England with responsibility for jointly leading the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning ‘today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles, and then rest up, and sleep.
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
There is an urgent need to build a society that functions to meet the needs of its members, prioritising climate crisis and health equity and build an economy with well-being at its heart says new
#COVID19
review
#BuildBackFairer
The
#CovidVaccine
has landed in
#Doncaster
- here’s Ann, the first patient in
#Doncasterisgreat
to receive the vaccine this morning - Ann says “I am delighted the vaccine is finally here, I’m so grateful.” 💉 👏👏👍
Musings today:
The problem I think with the current approach to COVID19 is we are approaching it the wrong way round, from the wrong end of the telescope.
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"Now more than ever, we need deep and meaningful collaboration between Whitehall and town halls. For our part, DsPH will continue to be as constructive as possible and as challenging as necessary." from our President
@Jeanelleuk
in
@themjcouk
It’s really important that everyone follows national guidance to help reduce/stop the spread of
#coronavirus
. This little graphic hits the nail on the head. Please take note - guidance is there for a reason & needs to be followed 👇
@CovidDoncaster
Thank you 🙏
@ADPHUK
@Jeanelleuk
Given many of us commission services from the NHS I’m not sure how we will fund the NHS pay award without stopping non NHS services
Behavioural changes could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases. I hope I never describe air pollution or head injury as a lifestyle! All of these changes are determined by the structure of our society- is that a lifestyle choice too?
#doncasterisgreat
community please help us
#FlattenTheCurve
. Fill in over this weekend, a week after self-isolation began. And as you experience flu-like, or COVID-19 symptoms. 1000+ people have already done so. Pls retweet as it also helps us target support.
@CovidDoncaster
@VolActDon
connecting volunteers to the covid marshalling support needed in
#Doncaster
if interested please click this link and register. Information below 👇
Half Marathon | 🏃♀️ We've had members of the team running, marshalling and cheering on runners this morning. A huge thank you to all of our
#FitRovers
men and women for supporting this event 🔴⚪
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#FitRoverlution