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stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
Senior researcher in the public services team @InstituteforGov. Interested in the NHS, adult social care, and local government. All views my own. He/him
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The new @CommonsHealth report is a robust critique of the ‘do nothing/delay’ approach to #socialcare reform. It finds too little data to answer its own exam question - what is the cost of doing nothing - but points to some ways forward. V short thread 🔽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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If you missed our event yesterday on examples of innovation in central government, you can watch back at the link below!

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This Guardian editorial is a good write up of our report on general practice from last week I liked their argument that the service should be more relational, but one difficulty is measurement - it's much easier to measure the no. of appts than relationships www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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We have the next in our series of Productivity Pitches next week! We have some really great speakers, talking about the way that they've improved productivity in central government Sign up 👇

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The latest report in our Performance Tracker Local series is out! This series looks at how the performance of different public services varies across the country - in this case, GPs. Fab 🧵from author @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social here

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More GPs needed This report highlights what I’ve been saying for years

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As if @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social's fascinating new report on GP performance wasn't enough IfG public services content for you... There's also a new (short) week in public services blog! 👇 - the case for social housing - the Times Crime and Justice Summit - changes to social care inspections

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Really striking finding from new @instituteforgov.bsky.social report on general practice: patients are much more satisfied in practices with more partners. Yet the number of GP partners has fallen by around a quarter since 2016 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

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[NEW] What does patient satisfaction across England tell us about GPs surgeries' performance? Our latest Performance Tracker Local takes a closer look at general practice across England www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

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NEW REPORT: How does patient satisfaction with general practice vary in England? And what do patients value in their practice? We find that patients prefer: - More GP partners - More GP appts - More F2F appts - Smaller list sizes Other findings👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

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Will be interesting to see if £20/request is enough to drive the activity the government wants - aiming for 4m specialist guidance requests will mean more than a 50% increase from 2024/25 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This week: digitisation challenges in the NHS; data woes in criminal justice; but hope in reviving empty properties? 👇 A snippet from @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social, @cassiarowland.bsky.social and I on what's been occurring in public services...

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We @theifs.bsky.social have built a new online tool that allows you to examine in depth where and how the government spends its money. You can check it out here: ifs.org.uk/calculators/... A short thread on the key features with some health spending examples

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Quite aside from the fact the NHS is already under managed vs other health systems and the private sector, job losses of this scale (on top of those already announced at NHSE and ICBs) are just a massive distraction. Everyone will be focused on managing redundancies rather than improving services

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A definitely real photo of Streeting deciding to go through yet another round of NHS management cuts👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Video and online appointments have steadily grown as a proportion of appointments in general practice Hovered around 0.5% before April 2023, now up to more than 7% in Feb 2025

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As an act of generosity, we are removing all tariff and non-tariff barriers to reading the new edition of Week in Public Services. You're welcome This week: Spring Statement reflections; NHSE abolition fallout; and a saga over sentencing medium.com/week-in-publ...

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