Ben Simms
@bensimms65.bsky.social
CEO @globalhealthpart.bsky.social. Health is global. Passionate about overseas aid but looking beyond. Vice-Chair BBC Charity Appeals Committee. Fellow of the RSA.
You can view FCDO Minister @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social video address here: www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/health-partn...
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You can view FCDO Minister @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social video address here: www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/health-partn...
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...
UK Health Partnerships for Myanmar - Global Health Partnerships
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December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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...
[email protected]'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
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Celebrating the diaspora workforce powering the NHS and health systems across the globe
YouTube video by THETpartnerships
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December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
[email protected]'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...
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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 [email protected]
Join us Sat 13 Dec, 9–10am GMT, for the public opening of the UK–Myanmar Health Partnerships Sharing & Learning Event.
To register, contact [email protected]
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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 [email protected]
Join us Sat 13 Dec, 9–10am GMT, for the public opening of the UK–Myanmar Health Partnerships Sharing & Learning Event.
To register, contact [email protected]
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
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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
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...
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...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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...
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!
@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!
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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!
@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!
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✨ 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
🚨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
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
✨ 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
🚨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
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
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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
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...
#HealthPartnerships #globalNHS #ExpertsInOurMidst #UHC #QualityUHC hubcymruafrica.wales/news/from-kh...
From Khartoum to Cardiff: Israa Mohammed and the Sudanese Civil War | Hub Cymru Africa
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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...
#HealthPartnerships #globalNHS #ExpertsInOurMidst #UHC #QualityUHC hubcymruafrica.wales/news/from-kh...
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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
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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...
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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
Read the story: www.impact.sanofi/news/miscell...
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #GHPImpact
Scaling Hope: 1,000 Health Workers, 800,000 Women, One Pink October Mission
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October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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
Read the story: www.impact.sanofi/news/miscell...
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #GHPImpact
'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...
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
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October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'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...
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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...
Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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...
Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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...
Incredibly intense week in Nairobi, advancing discussions on #antimicrobialstewardship together with @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social & host of partners we have worked with over 7 years & 9 countries through #CwPAMS @globalhealthpart.bsky.social & @cwpharmacists.bsky.social programme. Power of #ukaid
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Incredibly intense week in Nairobi, advancing discussions on #antimicrobialstewardship together with @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social & host of partners we have worked with over 7 years & 9 countries through #CwPAMS @globalhealthpart.bsky.social & @cwpharmacists.bsky.social programme. Power of #ukaid
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🌍 Today we’re partnering with Moorfields Eye Hospital to celebrate internationally trained colleagues whose experience strengthens the NHS every day.
#ExpertsInOurMidst shows how global partnerships make healthcare better for everyone.
#GlobalHealth #NHS #Inclusion
#ExpertsInOurMidst shows how global partnerships make healthcare better for everyone.
#GlobalHealth #NHS #Inclusion
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🌍 Today we’re partnering with Moorfields Eye Hospital to celebrate internationally trained colleagues whose experience strengthens the NHS every day.
#ExpertsInOurMidst shows how global partnerships make healthcare better for everyone.
#GlobalHealth #NHS #Inclusion
#ExpertsInOurMidst shows how global partnerships make healthcare better for everyone.
#GlobalHealth #NHS #Inclusion
‘Uganda–UK Health Summit celebrates partnerships and innovation’ Very pleased that @globalhealthpart.bsky.social collaborated FCDO & Ugandan Ministry of Health on this important 🇺🇬🇬🇧 event 🙏 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Uganda–UK Health Summit celebrates partnerships and innovation
The British High Commission in Kampala hosted senior policymakers, health professionals, diaspora leaders, and development partners to strengthen partnerships.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘Uganda–UK Health Summit celebrates partnerships and innovation’ Very pleased that @globalhealthpart.bsky.social collaborated FCDO & Ugandan Ministry of Health on this important 🇺🇬🇬🇧 event 🙏 www.gov.uk/government/n...
An honour to have met Rt. Hon Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja this week, discussing #HealthPartnerships between Uganda & UK together with High Commissioner, H.E Nimisha Madhvani. Vital encouragement in very challenging context #globalNHS #QualityUHC #ExpertsInOurMidst
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
An honour to have met Rt. Hon Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja this week, discussing #HealthPartnerships between Uganda & UK together with High Commissioner, H.E Nimisha Madhvani. Vital encouragement in very challenging context #globalNHS #QualityUHC #ExpertsInOurMidst
I am full of gratitude for the wisdom & direction of H.E Ambassador Catherine Karemu, Kenya’s High Commissioner this morning, given as I prep for @globalhealthpart.bsky.social’s #globalhealth events in Nairobi with @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social next month. #HealthPartnerships #CwPAMS #globalNHS #AMR
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I am full of gratitude for the wisdom & direction of H.E Ambassador Catherine Karemu, Kenya’s High Commissioner this morning, given as I prep for @globalhealthpart.bsky.social’s #globalhealth events in Nairobi with @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social next month. #HealthPartnerships #CwPAMS #globalNHS #AMR
Agreed 👇👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage’s deportation plan would break up the NHS | Letters
Letters: The Reform UK leader’s threat to abolish indefinite leave to remain would be devastating for the health service, writes Danny McCloskey. Plus letters from Ian K Watson, Jan Syska and Derek Ro...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Agreed 👇👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
An extremely positive day spent with www.ldid.org. Present in a professional capacity. Inspired in a personal capacity... The UK "has lost moral leadership" Lord Oates... "This is a crisis & @libdems.org.uk are best placed to fight back" @monicaharding.bsky.social. Well... yes & yes, no?
Lib Dems in International Development
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September 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
An extremely positive day spent with www.ldid.org. Present in a professional capacity. Inspired in a personal capacity... The UK "has lost moral leadership" Lord Oates... "This is a crisis & @libdems.org.uk are best placed to fight back" @monicaharding.bsky.social. Well... yes & yes, no?
"In many areas of the UK–from East London to Leicester to Leeds–international staff are the #NHS. For diverse communities, their cultural insight can mean the difference between a patient engaging with care or slipping through the cracks." #globalNHS #HealthPartnerships www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/po...
Political calls to cut immigration are a red flag for the NHS
The NHS relies on global talent. Restricting migration risks staff shortages, longer waits, and poorer care for patients across the UK, writes Ben Simms
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September 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"In many areas of the UK–from East London to Leicester to Leeds–international staff are the #NHS. For diverse communities, their cultural insight can mean the difference between a patient engaging with care or slipping through the cracks." #globalNHS #HealthPartnerships www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/po...