Younger workers are under-represented in #socialcare : only 8% of the workforce is under 25. We started new research, published today, asking how the sector could recruit more younger people but we ended up questioning whether it really wants to. A thread. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

RIP Housing: construction job openings implode from 456K to 274K - 182K monthly drop is biggest on record

UK house prices arent going anywhere in 2024 - two thirds of homes in markets with price falls - improvements in north of England but price falls embedded in southern England as affordability constrains prices which need to adjust relative to icnomes - its going to take a while

Here’s how house prices have moved relative to the rest of the UK economy. Factor in inflation & the real value of UK housing fell by 11.5% reports Will Dunn in The New Statesman. newstatesman.com/business/2024/…

The long view: £/¥.

To think, the NYSE 🏛 is consulting on the desirability of 24/7 trading … perhaps the biggest financial disruption of the next 5 yrs will flow from fully automated and altogether inexplicable capitalism. I look forward to Central Bank forecasting reviews keeping pace …

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‘What gets measured, gets managed’ - except : “The prevalence of Learning Disabilities as a primary condition tends to decrease with age…the prevalence of the population with LDs has seen a small increase across all age groups, more so for those in their late 20s and 30s.”

And, between different parts of a City Region (on this basis) Louise Murphy

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‘…they did not have definitive evidence the intervention had taken place’. Why?!

Notes: ‘probable’. 🫣

In the past month, World Food Programme supported 300,000+ people with food in #Darfur , including 40,000 in El Fasher, which was previously hard to access. Today, rising violence is restricting humanitarian aid once again.

We must be able to reach those who need us most in #Sudan .

Good news - for chocolate lovers 🍫

Postal vote 🗳️ complete. It’s not the same - I like to see the candidates at the door and remind the world we are privileged to have us a bona fide vote as women who remain disenfranchised in so many places - I be like Josh Lyman on the ‘day’ … but I’m holding back for the GE.

'Toward a New Era of Data Sharing'? Back in Sept I contributed to US-UK Scientific Forum on Researcher Access to Data, organised by The Royal Society & National Academy of Sciences. Summary of that event is a must read. nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27520

For those looking for DWP green paper on 'modernising welfare' - you can find it here. There is an accompanying consultation that will be very important to respond to. gov.uk/government/con… National Care Forum

Closing 3rd May❗

Want to help maintain trust in the safe use of patient data? Lay member applications for Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) close this week.

Read our guest blog by Dr Tony Calland MBE, Chair of the CAG, for more information! 👇 understandingpatientdata.org.uk/news/blog-conf…

Nature destruction will cause a bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, Green Finance Institute warn. A further breakdown in the UK’s natural environment could lead to a 12% loss of gross domestic product (GDP) by the 2030s. theguardian.com/environment/20…