Senior policy wonk @HealthFdn, interested in care quality and how policy supports improvement. Also, cycling, coffee and cake. Views personal, etc.
Horsham, West Sussex
Joined December 2011
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Response to today's @NHSEngland stats.
Started in health policy 22 years ago. Been working with these stats on & off for 15 years - mainly on. I cannot remember a worse time for urgent & emergency care.
This is about much more than cold weather, flu, COVID or strikes. Short🧵
Political choices are the root of NHS pressures, not the cold weather or seasonal flu, says @TimGardnerTHF.
Read our response to today's NHS performance statistics ⤵️
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ALT "The pressures on the NHS result from a decade of underinvestment in the NHS and other public services, a failure to address chronic staff shortages, raiding capital budgets and the longstanding neglect of adult social care." Tim Gardner | Senior Policy Fellow The Health Foundation
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We don’t often have vacancies in our @HealthFdn policy team and now we have two! 😮
It really is a fantastic place to work with an exciting year ahead in health, care, and public health policy.
Closes 28th August. Apply here 👇👇
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🏆Our #Researchoftheweek goes to @HealthFdn and @NuffieldTrust for their report on national policy options to improve care worker pay in England.🧵⬇️
@HealthFdn polling finds 77% of the public believe care workers are paid too little. (1/6)
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ALT Front cover of the Health Foundation's report titled: 'From ambition to reality. National policy options to improve care worker pay in England.' Nina Hemmings, Lucinda Allen, Cyril Lobont, Hanan Burale, Ruth Thorlby, Hugh Alderwick and Natasha Curry.
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Just a couple of days out from the election, what are the public telling us they want to hear when it comes to health and social care? ipsos.com/en-uk/what-do-publ…
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Gaping holes in a patchwork of policy proposals: What do the manifestos say on tobacco, alcohol and junk food?
New blog on what's promised on risk factors and more importantly, what's not (with some of our latest polling data).
Read here 👇👇👇
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Today’s release of NHS performance statistics holds some political tension because of its implications for the #GeneralElection2024. This is what the data says on waiting times for services across England – a short 🧵:
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Good health is our most precious asset, but the UK’s health is faltering & increasingly unequal.
As the election approaches, all parties must urgently address this – we set out a roadmap to a prevention-led approach in our new briefing
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@JoBibbyTHF @ADMBriggs
NEW: How can the next government take prevention from rhetoric to reality? Bold and decisive action is needed.
In our first #GeneralElection briefing, we set out a road map for a prevention-led approach ⬇️
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🗳️ In a new blog @kathmarszalek analyses Labour’s #GeneralElection pledge to tackle the elective care backlog, exploring whether it’s achievable to eliminate 18-week waits within 5 years.
Read the full blog 👇
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ALT Line chart of the size of the NHS waiting list (millions) from January 2014 to January 2024 showing that the waiting list has consistently increased over the past 10 years, with the exception of 2020/21.
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This week, Labour pledged to get waiting times for planned hospital care back to 18 weeks, with 2 million extra appointments a year.
Does this mean waiting list will fall by 2m pa? (A: It's not that simple) And are the plans feasible? (A: Yes but...)
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Health policy what comes next? Some quick reflections from this morning's @HealthFdn webinar (1/5) #generalelection
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Really timely session this morning with @HealthFdn and @IpsosUK. Now that a #GeneralElection is on the horizon @TimGardnerTHF highlights the public's view on the NHS. Here are seven implications for the next govt from our in depth research with the public...👇
TOMORROW, 10.15 ⏰
As the #GeneralElection countdown begins, tomorrow morning’s webinar will explore the views of the public to understand how they feel about the NHS and what it all means for the next government.
Register now to attend ⬇️
thehealthfoundation.zoom.us/…
ALT The future of the NHS – what do the public think? Thursday 23 May 2024 10.15–11.30
Ever more feverish speculation today that an election is about to be called.
So a good time to join us tomorrow to talk about the latest @HealthFdn @Ipsos work on the future of the NHS and the decisions awaiting the next government 👇
WEBINAR: Join us on Thursday to hear insights and implications from our new research with @IpsosUK.
We spoke to members of the public to understand how they feel about the NHS and what it all means for the next government.
Register now to attend ⬇️
thehealthfoundation.zoom.us/… …
ALT The future of the NHS — what do the public think? Thursday 23 May 2024 10.15-11.30
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Our latest research with @IpsosUK explores what the public thinks about the future of the NHS in England.
Findings reveal that the public is willing to pay more taxes to improve NHS services.
Full analysis and report ⬇️
health.org.uk/publications/r…
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NEW: Research with @IpsosUK reveals public willing to pay more taxes to improve NHS services and want government to prioritise primary and community care over hospitals.
Full report 👇
health.org.uk/publications/r…
ALT The public's views on the future of the NHS in England Findings from deliberative research and polling with the public and what it means for the next government
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My new blog for @HealthFdn makes the case for policymakers to prioritise young people now, taking learnings from our Young People’s Future Health Inquiry.
🧵 1/6
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There’s been lots of media coverage of Labour party estimates that last year over 120,000 people died while on the NHS waiting list. Is this a good estimate, is it a big number and is it alarming? 1/7
0/3 of these 'new pledges' are actually new.
0/3 are currently being met:
- 28 day pledge met once since April 2021
- 31 day pledge last met December 2020
- 62 day pledge last met December 2015
Potential cancer patients will no longer have to be routinely referred to a specialist within 28 days, under plans to scrap most cancer waiting-times targets in England thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-ca…
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Great @IpsosUK podcast, @QuigleyAnna, @KateD_IpsosUK, @TimGardnerTHF, Louise Ansari @HealthwatchE & @axelheitmueller reflecting on NHS changes over time. Ageing, access, the ethics of genomic feedback, personalised medicine and proactive care and more 👇
bit.ly/NHS75PodVideo
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NEW: How does the public view the NHS on its 75th anniversary?
A thread 🧵 of six key findings with @IpsosUK
1. 54% of people said our national health service makes them most proud to be British, more than our history, our culture, our system of democracy or the royal family.
The NHS managed limited funding growth & rising demand by reducing length of stay & cutting hospital beds.
In a system under major strain, LOS has increased with major implications for flow, productivity and post-pandemic recovery.
Great stuff from @CharlesTTHF et al.
