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Merron Simpson @MerronSimpson

Chief Executive @TheHCAlliance, influencer, change-maker, sector-bridger and advisor in housing, health, communities. Tweets my own views

Joined June 2012
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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
28 May 2025
THCA 2004/2005 Annual Report now available. Learn more about our work in reducing #healthinequity #healthinequalities through our #movement for #change. bit.ly/3T0oZE8
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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
23 Jun 2025
Join others reducing #healthinequity #healthcareinequalities Book your place here: bit.ly/3FJVx2x #communities #crosssector #health
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Will the #10YearHealthPlan match the times or miss the point? See my latest blog: bit.ly/4jMNIHm ... for more on @TheHCAlliance ‘8 markers of success’ @CMO_England @ProfDonnaHall @swoolnough @fentonaw @AndyBurnhamGM @ClareDelmar

Will the 10 year health plan match the times or miss the point? |

With the 10 Year Health Plan almost upon us, THCA Chief Executive Merron Simpson, asks if it will build together embrace all the benefits of health creation

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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
23 May 2025
Will the #NHS 10 Year Health Plan match the times or miss the point? @MerronSimpson THCA CEO´s blog considers whether Plan will recognise and embrace #healthcreation to improve #health and reduce #healthinequalities #healthinequity #healthcareinequalities
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National Health Executive
@thenhenews
7 Mar 2025
Shift from Sickness to Health Creation: The article emphasises the need to move from a sickness model of health policy to one focused on health creation. Read more 👉 mag.nationalhealthexecutive.… @merronsimpson @TheHCAlliance #HealthCreation #CommunityHealth
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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
11 Apr 2025
New report lays out roadmap to new national #tenantvoice that has credibility, influence and positive impact for #socialhousing tenants. Supported by @Shelter @CoopHousingUK @NFTMO @ARCH_housing @longleighfound Read: bit.ly/4jxxlPc
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Merron Simpson retweeted
✨ Donna Hall ✨@ProfDonnaHall
9 Apr 2025
Test, Learn, Grow, Changing Futures, Integrated Care Boards, Early Help, Troubled Families, Primary Care Networks. Isn’t all the same thing? Fragmented ministries create their own pilots that don’t start with communities. Pilot soup in a strategic vacuum. #RadicalPlaceLeadership
Andrew Laird@aglaird
5 Apr 2025
Replying to @ProfDonnaHall
@ProfDonnaHall & I have written an article on the cashable savings that could be made from a new #RadicalPlaceLeadership approach. Thx to @MarkAdamSmith and Hannah Hesselgreaves for their help! mutualventures.co.uk/post/ra…
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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
3 Apr 2025
Learn more about @THCAlliance roles bit.ly/43Ils4h Watch a video from @DurkaDougall our chair bit.ly/42rZpxo @donnamcla @MerronSimpson @peter_hay @GeorgeFielding1 @LynneBowers2
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Helpful to have an update on 10 yr plan from the main man at HSJ Summit
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The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
27 Mar 2025
LAUNCHED TODAY - 2 new resources building on our support for #Core20PLUS Connectors Programme. Suitable for anyone interested in: Sustainability leading to system change bit.ly/42fMizn Connecting for funding & sustainability bit.ly/3Y4qV1q @NHSscw
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Thank you @BolaOwolabi8 @fentonaw for making this possible … it’s important to share how the change is happening and thanks for kicking this off with an inspired programme
The Health Creation Alliance@TheHCAlliance
27 Mar 2025
LAUNCHED TODAY - 2 new resources building on our support for #Core20PLUS Connectors Programme. Suitable for anyone interested in: Sustainability leading to system change bit.ly/42fMizn Connecting for funding & sustainability bit.ly/3Y4qV1q @NHSscw
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David Buck (also @davidjbuck.bsky.social)@davidjbuck
19 Mar 2025
Is the government's real #health #mission missing in action? Err, it feels like it... 6 things to get it on track @swoolnough @TheKingsFund hsj.co.uk/service-redesign/h…

Has the government’s health mission gone missing?

Sarah Woolnough critiques the government's health mission, urging for clearer focus on broader health goals beyond the NHS, with steps to tackle health inequalities and prevent long-term fiscal...

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Clare Delmar@ClareDelmar
9 Mar 2025
recognising overdiagnosis & shifting attention to social determinants of health will be transformative @wesstreeting @MerronSimpson @TheHCAlliance @MPrinParr thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

ADHD, autism, cancer: this doctor says overdiagnosis is the issue

In a searing critique,the neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan argues that the increasing use of labels and drugs is not helping people and risks making us sicker

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Who knew that Buxton has the largest unsupported dome in Europe (and in the world when it was built)
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Fascinating discussion @thea_stein at #ntsummit Check out this @TheHCAlliance webinar w ⁦@Gus_ODonnell⁩ ⁦@ProfDonnaHall⁩ ⁦@PKGP07⁩ Dawn Shepherd looking thro 4 lenses at how change happens @ce-pickles ⁦@swoolnough⁩ ⁦@Voa1234⁩ youtu.be/j8WUjQECE1o

HOW CHANGE HAPPENS | A focus on Health Creation and Economic Prospe...

HOW CHANGE HAPPENS: A focus on Health Creation and Economic Prospe...

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Clare Delmar@ClareDelmar
4 Mar 2025
what’s needed is an environment that makes the healthy choice the easy choice @thedanbuettner @BlueZones @wesstreeting @InstituteHPE @MerronSimpson #BuildforHealth medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/…

Are Diet and Exercise the Keys to Longevity? Think Again, Expert Tells Senators

What's needed is an environment 'that makes the healthy choice the easy choice'

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Clare Delmar@ClareDelmar
22 Feb 2025
a geographic pattern of #healthinequalities across Britain is now very clear - time for place-based interventions @marmotihe @MichaelMarmot @MPrinParr @MerronSimpson thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…

Cancer death rates ‘60% higher’ in most deprived areas of UK

Research shows that risk factors, including smoking, obesity and a lack of early screening, have contributed to the gap

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Merron Simpson retweeted
NHS Confederation@NHSConfed
6 Dec 2024
We published a report outlining the steps that need to be taken to create new, more effective and sustainable solutions for neighbourhood health. Here’s our chair Lord Victor Adebowale (@voa1234) speaking at the report’s launch 2/4
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roger kline@rogerkline
7 Jan 2025
This is a superb 5 minute Open University video on The Myth of Race. I 100% recommend it lnkd.in/epuKv7nw Especially relevant given the Musk Megaphone

LinkedIn

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Feeling privileged to be working with such a talented bunch @TheHCAlliance Here are just a few @Chris_Carlin72 @Lochiks @GeorgeFielding1 @LynneBowers2 @donnamcla @peter_hay @Steveinett @DurkaDougall & my end-of-year blog: An idea whose time has come! bit.ly/49PBKJq
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