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Fascinating piece on NHS resource allocation, clinical decision making & paediatric intensive care adc.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Good news alert - though services haven't changed yet - & look what it's taken to get even this far www.hsj.co.uk/streeting-ba...

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Need to see what Streeting's plan are here but certainly a widespread feeling that NHS England was not performing well enough for the scale of the challenge.

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BREAKING Pritchard to step down as Streeting reorganises NHS’s centre www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...

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Right, here's an update on the community health services waiting list - that's the one govt is largely ignoring, axing the national objective to cut it last month. Data to December shows another rise (c2,500) in kids waiting a year or more for help, small fall for adults (c.200)

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The number of people waiting for MSK services continues to rise. The number of people waiting more than a year for rehab is also going up. Lives being ruined, people falling out of work, health inequalities widening. Good work by @davewwest.bsky.social digging into the stats. #RightToRehab

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Right, here's an update on the community health services waiting list - that's the one govt is largely ignoring, axing the national objective to cut it last month. Data to December shows another rise (c2,500) in kids waiting a year or more for help, small fall for adults (c.200)

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Fun fact: here at UHSX we have delivered around a sixth of the total reduction in the national RTT waiting list over the past 12 months.

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Thanks to the Carers Partnership, here is a practical new resource to help improve the identification and support of unpaid carers in NHS, drawn from tried and tested methods www.carersuk.org/media/q1klni...

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Who's shaping the 10-year health plan, and what it tells us www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...

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The government recently announced that after only 5 months in power, it has met its promise of 2 million extra appointments in its first year. What does this mean for the related pledge, to achieve 18 week waits by 2029? A 🧵

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The Integrator: Redistributing the NHS wealth www.hsj.co.uk/expert-brief...

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The trust's chair - sharply criticised in the verdict - has now resigned

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Excited to share that Devon is the first area within the South West to expand the supervised toothbrushing initiative to all primary schools. onedevon.org.uk/one-devon-ne... #NHS #dental

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New cohort life expectancy calcs from the ONS - showing how, while they still think life expectancy is growing (and mortality falling), it's less so than was anticipated a few years ago

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Statement from the former CEO, Susan Gilby. She says "The time for these behaviours to be acceptable within the NHS is over"

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BREAKING The former CEO of Countess of Chester Hospital was wrongly forced out of her job in 2022-23, because she raised whistleblowing complaints about bullying behaviour by its chair - who is still in post - an employment tribunal ruled yesterday.

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On Monday I tried to explain why NHSE and ONS were finding such different things for NHS productivity in the last year (see thread below). Today both orgs have published more details about how their measures compare. Another short thread…

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Live now! For all ICS leads, vcse and communities, this is a fantastic framework to work together and start doing the work rather than talk or 'engage' This has been codesigned in a collaborative approach with wide range of stakeholders. I dare you to take a look! @jacoblant.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Yet more grim news on trends in children's health and inequality www.gov.uk/government/s...

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BREAKING @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social has been made a health minister, after Andrew Gwynne's sacking Ashley was previously a PPS in the department www.gov.uk/government/n...

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The government has now responded to this letter -

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This is an example of why the NHS can’t have nice things. A lack of trust, and knowing the cost of everything. Our ARI (respiratory) hub is a block contract, we’re currently at 189% contractual performance because our ICB trusts us and we reward that trust. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...

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BMA GP committee chair @drkatie.bsky.social has responded to comments by Wes Streeting in our interview last week. She indicates they might make it more difficult to agree a GP contract for 2025-26 (which begins in <2 months) www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

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Been chatting to neighbourhood teams up & down England & many identify “frailty” as #1 focus but tell me all patients are in last 1/2 years of life.

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I can think of no good reason to not publish these - with appropriate redaction where necessary Can you? www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...

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Phew. And who said public health doesn't do good news?

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