the NHS has been in decline since 2010 because successive govts have failed to heed the warning signs of deteriorating performance kingsfund.org.uk/publication…

📢We are proud to share the news that our chief executive, Samantha Allen, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in His Majesty the King’s 2026 Birthday Honours for her outstanding contribution to the NHS. Read more here👇 northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk…

Doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Organisational memories being what they are

Genuine question: has Andy Haldane’s review of NHS productivity been published?

This week I start a major project to analyse Govt's response to the Covid Inquiry (the largest in UK history) - for @CovidJusticeUK Looking back at 30 public inquires into health scandals & over last 3 decades - its alarming how few recommendations were ever implemented 1/

A reminder from our recent report that one of the areas that the UK is a true (negative) outlier on health system performance is on capital spend. Huge drop off in capital investment in 2010s explains more of our present woes then slow(er) growth in day to day spend...

Top health official had close ties with Palantir partner at time of NHS contract ft.trib.al/Wh0PjWB

Agree with much of this. There is learning from how this was done in mental health services - positive and negative

Italy in Wales

Interesting and different take on Starmer and the failure of followers barbarakellerman.com/categor…

The train arriving is 2 years late

The electoral valley of death

Totally surreal situation now: 1) Wes Streeting was preparing to launch today but may now delay because he is said to be struggling to get the numbers. His people deny this - they say he has the numbers - but say that things have changed and more cabinet ministers are going over the top and pressing for Starmer to go. But... 2) Keir Starmer insists he is going nowhere. The number calling for him to go remains at 92 - where it's been for the last 24 hours - equivalent to nearly a third of backbenchers. His allies say that good news on economy and NHS makes his case for him. He is going fo fight on 3) Enter Angela Rayner. The former Deputy PM says she has been cleared by HMRC and doesn't rule out a challenge is Streeting succeeds in triggering a contest 3) None of this is remotely sustainable. How can you have a senior Cabinet minister publicly positioning himself for a run at Number 10? How can you have a third of backbenchers publicly calling for the PM to go. 4) Someone - either Streeting or Starmer - will have to give. Otherwise the government is going to be paralysed for the forseeable future, with Starmer in office but fighting for his life and Streeting ready to go but refraining from firing the starting gun.

Who else leaves @DHSCgovuk and who takes their place? Big changing of the guard at crucial time

RT @b_judah: Starmer's authority is now crumbling. But even those most committed to a new Prime Minister should pause for thought about wha…

There is an escape route for Labour from certain disaster at the general election: use their Commons majority to ram through PR. It’s cynical, they’d never govern alone again, but it locks Reform out of No10. The left (Lab, Gr, LD) still have a majority over the right in the UK

must read on the politics of public health reform Inside Number 10: The Politics Behind The Smoking Ban | The King's Fund kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and…

must read on the politics of public health reform Inside Number 10: The Politics Behind The Smoking Ban | The King's Fund

"Escribir es pensar". Escribir nos obliga a pensar, no de forma caótica y desordenada, sino de manera estructurada e intencionada. Artículo de Nature que señala que es una herramienta para descubrir nuevas ideas nature.com/articles/s44222-0…

Expecting Tobacco and Vapes Bill to receive Royal Assent. Big day for public health when it happens @wesstreeting