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GP, Author, Associate Medical Director for LSC ICS focused on #PopulationHealth & #HealthInequity - Surprisingly tall when sat down - All tweets personal

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Andy Knox
2 years
Saw a sweet old lady in my waiting room this morning, who seemed to be there a while. “Hello, my dear, just checking you’re ok? Have we accidentally forgotten you? Or are we running late?” “Oh no, my love,” she replied, “I’m just here to keep warm.” #CostOfLivingCrisis #GP
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2 years
Of course, we made her a cuppa and gave her something to eat and linked her into some supportive services, which she felt might help.
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Andy Knox
2 years
Today we say goodbye to my amazing Nanna. 6 months shy of her 100th birthday. She lived with a full heart and a twinkle in her eye. Will be a privilege to play the piano and say a few words at her funeral today. Grateful for a life well lived & an incredible legacy.
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Andy Knox
8 months
The day has arrived! My new book, ‘Sick Society’ is available to pre-order! If you care about and want to get involved in building a society that works for everyone and regenerate our ecology, then this book is for you! #sicksociety #sicksocietybook
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Andy Knox
2 years
So grateful to receive this. Thank you @FurberA & Lucinda McArthur. @FPH is vital to the wellbeing of our nation & it's an honour to be part of it. Integrated Care Boards enable closer working between #publichealth & #NHS - @dr_sakthi @CumbriaDPH @DrRajpura @BWDDPH #togetherwecan
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Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
2 years
We’re proud to announce that Dr Andy Knox, local GP and associate medical director for population health across Lancashire and South Cumbria, has been offered a Membership through Distinction to the Faculty of Public Health. Well done Andy! Read more:
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Andy Knox
2 years
Such an amazing 1st cohort of leaders on the Population Health Leadership Academy. Motivated, compassionate, embedded community leaders! So excited about what this means for @HealthierLSC and how we will tackle #healthinequalities and create action for change! @BolaOwolabi8
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Andy Knox
2 years
4/4 We have a wonderful team, with a working culture that is compassionate, kind & joyful. The negative press re #primarycare can grind you down. But every day our team deliver miracles. Great job today ALL GP teams across the UK. You are AMAZING! #teamGP - bedrock for the #NHS
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Andy Knox
2 years
I have loved being part of @MorecambeBayCCG - I will be forever grateful for all the wonderful people I have worked with, the kindness I have been shown & the space to grow as a leader. We’ve seen real changes as we’ve worked with our communities. A genuine privilege. Thank you!
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Andy Knox
9 months
So excited. My book, ‘Sick Society’, will be available for pre-order very soon! Watch this space….
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Andy Knox
1 year
Sorry @sajidjavid - this is such a terrible idea. It will make health inequalities significantly worse & is the opposite of levelling up. There are many things we can do to improve access but this isn’t one of them! #populationhealth #healthinequalities #primarycare #deepend
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2 years
Absolutely excellent to see @NHSEngland highlight the vital role of #smokingcessation in tackling #healthinequalities and improving #populationhealth Smoking remains a huge cause of premature death and debilitating illnesses. Keep doing the right thing @BolaOwolabi8
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Andy Knox
8 months
Doing some deep learning at the @LSCICB Population Health Leadership Academy today. How do we apply improvement methodology to tackling health inequity? Incredible input and insights from @AilsaBrotherton @foxyvelo & Chris Bentley! What a line up!
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Andy Knox
2 years
An absolutely brilliant day with the population health leadership academy @HealthierLSC . We explored the art of participatory leadership, how we learn to listen to & really work with our communities differently. SO GOOD! #populationhealth #leadership #community #humility #love
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NEWS: Eden Project Morecambe has been awarded a £50m investment by the Gov’s Levelling Up Fund. Thank you to the #Morecambe community and our partners for their unwavering support and contribution: @LancasterCC , @LancashireCC , Lancashire Enterprise Partnership & @LancasterUni
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1 year
Great to welcome @KevinLaveryNHS to the graduation of the 1st cohort of leaders through the @LSCICB Population Health Academy hosted @HICLancaster in partnership with @TheKingsFund the amazing @DurkaDougall #TriciaBoyle @TobyLewis_NHS & learning from @EllieYMCA & @ChildrenNE YES!
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Andy Knox
9 months
Today was brilliant at the @LSCICB Population Health Leadership Academy. We have an unapologetic focus on developing as compassionate leaders. Our learning today was with the #Enneagram followed by the amazing @ProfDonnaHall on leading with authenticity. Utterly inspiring!
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Andy Knox
1 year
Great defence of General Practice & Primary Care by brilliant @ClareGerada & @Voa1234 on @bbcquestiontime Foundation of sustainable NHS. Without it NHS falls. We must invest in and champion it like never before. Continuity, Personalised, Innovative, Integrated Population Health.
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Andy Knox
11 months
My brilliant, kind, intelligent, beautiful, caring son @JoshKno20891805 is 18 today! He’s massively passionate about politics. You know what he wanted for his birthday? The new books from @campbellclaret & @RoryStewartUK ! Happy Birthday Joshua!
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Andy Knox
1 year
Taking a 6 week detox from social media. See you in July!
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Andy Knox
11 months
My eldest son @JoshKno20891805 collects his ‘A level’ results today. I told him: “No matter what happens today, I love you. Good or bad, no marks on a bit of paper define who you are. I see you. I know how hard you worked. I am proud of you. You are always welcome home.”
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Andy Knox
4 months
Massive thanks to all who came to the Lancaster launch of my book #sicksociety - had a brilliant time! Only a few copies of the first edition left via @DavidGWrigley @ProfImogenTyler
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Andy Knox
2 years
1/4 It's going to take brave leadership from both @NHSEngland & all new ICS CEs to recognise that we are not yet out of the pandemic frying pan but are entering the fire of a massive economic downturn, with huge food/fuel/mortgage/rent poverty. It will be a crisis situation.
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Andy Knox
1 year
Great to be in Blackburn today with @imocharity @YazNhd @ChrisOliverNHS @ELHT_CEO @BWDDPH @CarlisleDiocese @LordNigelCrisp @wedgewor & many community/faith leaders exploring how we create better health in & with our communities. Inspiring & hopeful. #IMOLIVINGWELL #TogetherWeCan
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Andy Knox
7 months
Tonight was family Christmas movie night… and what a film! Everyone should see #Wonka - it is a perfect piece of Christmassy magic! Absolutely loved it! Great job @HackedOffHugh @RealChalamet
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Andy Knox
2 years
Let me just say this: @shutcake aka Fatima Khan-Shah is a wonderful human being, a brilliant leader, a compassionate friend, a genuinely kind person and an excellent mum. @WYpartnership & @TheKingsFund are lucky to work with her!
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Andy Knox
1 year
Cohort 2 finished! Great to welcome @KevinLaveryNHS back to the 2nd graduation this week! Fantastic hosting from @HICLancaster Brilliant curating from @DurkaDougall @TobyLewis_NHS #TriciaBoyle @TheKingsFund & fabulous input from @ellieYMCA & @ChildrenNE #populationhealth @LSCICB
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5 months
@Abi_Rimmer Love for our communities, kindness and a desire for social justice and equity.
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2 years
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Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
2 years
Three is the magic number ❌ 135/85mmHg or 150/90mmHg are the magic numbers ✅ Confused? Let @drandyknox explain ⬇️ #KnowYourNumbers @BloodPress_UK
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Andy Knox
3 months
Got to spend some time with my friend & GP hero @markspen9999 in fabulous Fleetwood today. Left feeling encouraged, hopeful, inspired & loved! It’s wonderful what is growing there. Longevity & commitment to a place together with others means nothing is impossible? #daretodream
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Andy Knox
1 year
Dear @BBCNews This 👇🏻 Headline about children living in poverty in England is FAR more important than nonsense about the government disapproving of the CEO of a bank. Lead with what matters! Numbers in temporary accommodation in England hit record
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Andy Knox
8 months
This is Claire. She’s amazing & leads our team in North Lancashire. She worked with primary care teams this year to develop the #personreachlevel to help us quantify the time & steps needed to proactively build trusting relationships with people who don’t engage with the NHS.
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Andy Knox
2 years
Such a privilege to have new patients from Ukraine. Such a very different health service and some fascinating prescribing practices. Consultations are long and complicated but so interesting and enjoyable. Very grateful to learn new things. We must never lose the #NHS - #grateful
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Andy Knox
2 years
As a GP, the art of a clinical consultation is about deep listening & collaborating with my patients to solve these 5 questions: What do we know? What do we not know? What do we therefore need to know? How are we going to know? What will we do once we know/don’t know? Agree? 🤔
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1 year
This is so beautiful, educational and helpful. Such a brilliant and compassionate insight into #Autism - vital watching for all GPs and clinicians. Thank you so much @ChrisGPackham for making this. Thank you to all who have bravely let us see and understand them more.
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Chris Packham
1 year
9pm tonight on @bbctwo and @bbciplayer .
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Andy Knox
2 years
Out on a date with this one to see @boniver in #Manchester - even after all these years, she still eats my snacks and drinks my drink… it’s lucky I love her ever such a lot!
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Andy Knox
2 years
Although levelling up is going to "cost more than expected", the cost of not doing so is stark. We will not level up unless we change the funding formula to properly reflect IMD and ethnicity. People dying earlier in the north and more children in poverty. Time for change!
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2 years
@LawrenceDunhill Mortality rate for causes considered preventable for under 75s. Similar map for children in absolute poverty. Red is significantly below average, green significantly better.
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Andy Knox
2 months
On Fridays I try to get out & about. I want to listen deeply, to be uncomfortable & challenged, to understand what isn’t working & hear from people in our communities what needs to change. Morning with these champions! #povertytruth #youthtruth @Dusty18580426 & @JennyNatusch ❤️❤️
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Andy Knox
2 years
2/5 The 'rise in salary' is not hard to justify. It was given to pay our staff to help run the clinics, not line our pockets. GPs shifted to completely new & flexible ways of working, continuing to see patients face to face, including home visits, with inadequate PPE.
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Andy Knox
2 years
You know what I love about working in the NorthWest? People are full of passion to make a difference. Seen that across the @NHSNW & partners today as we looked at #CVDpreventionNW & how we build healthy communities. Grateful to be part of it! @FurberA @dr_sakthi @Shahed__Ahmad
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Andy Knox
1 year
So so great to have @CormacRussell with us today @LSCICB Population Health Leadership Academy. #ABCD #community #nurturedevelopment
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Andy Knox
5 months
Another extraordinary day at the @LSCICB Population Health Leadership Academy, where we hosted learning from & with @EnneagramUk @EllieYMCA & @MinalBakhai - #compassionateleadership #joyinwork #healthinequity #CAT #enneagram #selfcare
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Andy Knox
2 years
There is so much kindness in this world. I am really grateful.
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Andy Knox
1 year
This is what Primary Care Leadership looks like! Two of my favourites! Chair of @rcgp the wonderful @KamilaRCGP & national director of health inequalities for @NHSEngland the marvellous @BolaOwolabi8 I love the passion they are bringing to health inequalities in Primary Care!
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