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@bensimms65

CEO @globalhealthpart.bsky.social. Health is global. Passionate about overseas aid but looking beyond. Vice-Chair BBC Charity Appeals Committee. Fellow of the RSA.

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"While several Western countries have also reduced aid spending to spend more on defence, the cuts in Britain are more extreme than any other G7 country including Donald Trump’s America, having fallen to around £7.7 billion per year." @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

12.03.2026 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UK government axes flagship global health project Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics

It was Gordon Brown who launched the #HealthPartnerships approach in 2007, harnessing #NHS expertise to drive #UHC delivery in #LMICs. It is this Labour Govt which is ending this work, 18 years later. A sad moment. #UKGlobalHealthSummit @katlay.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

12.03.2026 15:50 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Wales, Africa and Women | Hub Cymru Africa

I wish I was going to be with @hubcymruafrica.wales in Cardiff tonight & @globalhealthpart.bsky.social volunteers, paying tribute to Claire O’Shea. Still shocked she is no longer with us. hubcymruafrica.wales/event/wales-...

11.03.2026 13:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I am speaking at UK Global Health Summit 2026: Shaping Tomorrow’s Health, Together. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! @THETlinks #UKGHSummit2026 #UKGlobalHealthSummit2026 #GlobalHealth #HealthPartnerships #ExpertsInOurMidst

09.03.2026 14:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UK Global Health Summit 2026: Shaping Tomorrow’s Health, Together hosted on Whova March 16 – 18, 2026, London

How can health systems work together to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time?

700 people. 5 Ministers of Health. 3 days in London. 6 sites. #UKGlobalHealthSummit. Join us!

#HealthPartnerships #QualityUHC #ExpertsInOurMidst #NHS

whova.com/web/OV0KVjl3...

06.03.2026 16:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What five years of conflict has meant for healthcare in Myanmar - Global Health Partnerships

Last month we marked a grim milestone: five years of civil war in #Myanmar. As the world hurtles into yet more violence, let us rally with the #healthworkers who do so much to promote restraint & peace. #HealthPartnerships www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/what-five-ye...

02.03.2026 18:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close to 100 charities condemn ‘devastating’ impact of a year of UK aid cuts In a joint statement, 93 NGOs call on the government to reverse ‘short-sighted’ reduction of up to 40 per cent in Britain’s aid budget

‘Close to 100 charities condemn ‘devastating’ impact of a year of UK aid cuts’… including @globalhealthpart.bsky.social. A sad milestone. #HealthPartnerships #UHC www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

26.02.2026 21:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We need a new Public Health Act and to look beyond our borders – or we won’t be protected from the next pandemic Our health is our wealth. It’s not rocket science. If you are ill or in poor health, mentally or physically, everything else either stops in its tr...

“Our approach to securing the health of our nation must extend beyond our borders, too…. Otherwise, no amount of investment in tanks, guns & border controls is going to protect us from the next pandemic.” Beccy Cooper MP 👏👏👏 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

25.02.2026 17:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UK Global Health Summit 2026: Shaping Tomorrow’s Health, Together hosted on Whova March 16 – 18, 2026, London

I'll be attending the amazing UK #UKGlobalHealthSummit2026. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 Or register now and join me at the event!

@globalhealthpart.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #HealthPartnerships #ExpertsInOurMidst

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20.02.2026 16:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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International storytelling at the BBC: your voice matters | Bond The government has launched a public consultation that will inform decisions around the future of the BBC. If you want to see more and better programmes about our world, we urge you to complete the su...

“I believe the #BBC, alongside the #NHS, is one of the two most important institutions in our country. While one is fundamental to the health of our people, the other is fundamental to the health of our democracy.” I agree & will engage in this survey.
www.bond.org.uk/news/2026/01...

29.01.2026 12:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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UK Global Health Summit 2026: Shaping Tomorrow’s Health, Together hosted on Whova March 16 – 18, 2026, London

I am starting to get genuinely excited about this year’s #UKGlobalHealthSummit, to be opened by @drtedros.who.int March 16th. Join us!

whova.com/web/OV0KVjl3...

22.01.2026 19:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You can view FCDO Minister @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social video address here: www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/health-partn...

16.12.2025 11:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UK Health Partnerships for Myanmar - Global Health Partnerships

Annual UK #HealthPartnerships for #Myanmar meet. Deeply moving in light of this week's bombing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... Strong message of support from Minister @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social a highlight. Thank you. www.thet.org/health-partn...

13.12.2025 14:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Celebrating the diaspora workforce powering the NHS and health systems across the globe
Celebrating the diaspora workforce powering the NHS and health systems across the globe YouTube video by THETpartnerships

.@globalhealthpart.bsky.social's work to celebrate internationally recruited #NHS staff is one of the things I am most proud of in 10 yrs+ as CEO. Learning globally to improve patient care locally. 👏👏 @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social & @uhsussex.bsky.social this #UHCDay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjMe...

12.12.2025 14:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Underinvestment in the #HealthWorkforce: we are sick of it On UHC Day 2025: our promise of #HealthForAll is 100% reliant on the strength of our #HealthWorkforce.

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12.12.2025 08:47 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Since the 2021 Myanmar coup, over 1,800 attacks have targeted health workers and facilities.

Join us Sat 13 Dec, 9–10am GMT, for the public opening of the UK–Myanmar Health Partnerships Sharing & Learning Event.

To register, contact Jonathon.Foster@globalhealthpartnerships.org

10.12.2025 15:27 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The USA is back. 👇 So where does that leave the UK? @UKLabour followed Trump in cutting #UKAid. Will we now follow Trump and increase #ODA budgets? #GlobalHealth #qualityUHC #HealthPartnerships #globalNHS

10.12.2025 16:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This short-sighted cut to foreign aid will come back to haunt the UK We cannot escape the human tragedy that funding cuts will unleash, writes former deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell, with the spending review offering no comfort to those who will face the conse...

Fantastic, important article by Sir Andrew Mitchell MP‬⁩. “Aid is about connecting the dots between conditions abroad & the UK’s serious challenges on health, security and migration.” Why do @teamlabouruk.bsky.social not get this? www.independent.co.uk/voices/forei...

04.12.2025 11:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This #GivingTuesday, I do hope you will consider supporting
@globalhealthpart.bsky.social & the vital support they give to frontline health professionals around the world. I became a donor in week 1 of joining the charity, over 10 years ago. There is #NoHealthWithoutHealthWorkers!

02.12.2025 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

✨ Did you know that thanks to a new drug called lenacapavir, ending AIDS in 5 years is a real possibility?✨

🚨But recent funding cuts risk wasting this opportunity.🚨

Sign our pre-written letter and tell your MP to act now!📝

👉https://endingaids.eaction.org.uk/ukleadership

#WorldAIDSDay2025

01.12.2025 16:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This #WorldAIDSDay2025, I salute the work of my former colleagues @STOPAIDS. 10 years (& more) since I left, they continue to show how essential coalition-building is for achieving meaningful change. 👏👏 stopaids.org.uk

01.12.2025 19:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From Khartoum to Cardiff: Israa Mohammed and the Sudanese Civil War | Hub Cymru Africa

Humbled to have Israa Mohammed as the Chair of @globalhealthpart.bsky.social Cymru. Check out this wonderful interview with @hubcymruafrica.wales as she shares her own, deeply personal story.

#HealthPartnerships #globalNHS #ExpertsInOurMidst #UHC #QualityUHC hubcymruafrica.wales/news/from-kh...

28.11.2025 08:17 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Germany was planning to cut funding for global polio eradication. Then it found polio in its own wastewater in Hamberg. And suddenly, Germany found 4 million Euros for global polio eradication efforts

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

21.11.2025 19:21 👍 48 🔁 17 💬 3 📌 2
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Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus

Exactly. 👇

The #ExpertsInOurMidst, working in a #globalNHS.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

20.11.2025 10:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Scaling Hope: 1,000 Health Workers, 800,000 Women, One Pink October Mission

This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, Sanofi shines a light on our partnership in Zambia & Uganda - training 1,000+ health workers to improve early diagnosis & care.

Read the story: www.impact.sanofi/news/miscell...

#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #GHPImpact

30.10.2025 13:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

'The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over 3 years' @rcn.org.uk. Totally unacceptable & one of the many reasons @globalhealthpart.bsky.social works so hard to celebrate (& thank) the #ExpertsInOurMidst #StandAgainstRacism www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

27.10.2025 12:21 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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More than 355,000 NHS workers are urging the UK Government to honour its £1bn pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria.

Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

22.10.2025 12:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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NHS and global health leaders urge UK to maintain £1 billion Global Fund pledge - Global Health Partnerships

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21.10.2025 17:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This letter 👇shows strength of feeling among #NHS professionals. They know just how important UK investments in strengthening health systems globally r: building peaceful societies & helping to prevent the spread of diseases that impact our health #UKAid www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

21.10.2025 17:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We also advanced @globalhealthpart.bsky.social convening to explore complexities of migration to #NHS, looking at how this benefits individuals & delivers significant savings for UK tax payers, but at the risk of undermining Kenya’s health system, in partnership with MOH Kenya, WHO, Africa CDC +

17.10.2025 16:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0