Dave West
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Digitising the Child Red Book (as announced by Wes Streeting MP) was government policy way back in 2014.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ebce6โฆ
Matt Hancock re-committed to it in the NHS Long Term Plan (2019), with a target of April 2023.
longtermplan.nhs.uk/wp-content/uplโฆ
Easier said than done.
Excellent thread Sally Gainsbury on why the use of private capacity to tackle NHS elective backlogs is not the silver bullet some think. It would certainly help some patients but we need to understand the winners and losers or it risks exacerbating existing health inequalities.
In the footnotes, Neil O'Brien MP - a health minister until five months ago - suggests 'a single finance function' across DHSC and NHS England as a way of 'mending the divide' between the two
โจ Donna Hall โจ Andrew Laird Mutual Ventures Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Ben Wealthy greg fell FFPH Alice Wiseman Jim McManus OCDS,FFPH ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ LGA Wellbeing Jennifer Williams Andy Burnham Steve Rotheram Debbie Abrahams MP The People's Powerhouse Sarah Woolnough Thea Stein Henry Kippin Jennifer Connolly SalfordMayor Professor Margaret Rowe University of Salford Dean Prof Ruth Patrick Kate Pickett Kate Josephs Jessica Studdert Andy Cowper Dave West Sarah Neville Shaun Lintern LGC The MJ Liam Thorp Sarah Longlands Sarah Lester Jo Bibby Ruth Hussey CB OBE DL Anita Marsland MBE Skills for Care William Roberts Royal Society for Public Health ADASS Robin Tuddenham ๐ Alison MckenzieFolan๐ Wigan Council Warren Heppolette Alison Lee Beatrice Fraenkel Dave Sweeney Dave Boulger Liam Hosie Nigel Edwards And my thoughts โฆ
โจ Donna Hall โจ Andrew Laird Mutual Ventures Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Ben Wealthy greg fell FFPH Alice Wiseman Jim McManus OCDS,FFPH ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ LGA Wellbeing Jennifer Williams Andy Burnham Steve Rotheram Debbie Abrahams MP The People's Powerhouse Sarah Woolnough Thea Stein Henry Kippin Jennifer Connolly SalfordMayor Professor Margaret Rowe University of Salford Dean Prof Ruth Patrick Kate Pickett Kate Josephs Jessica Studdert Andy Cowper Dave West Sarah Neville Shaun Lintern LGC The MJ Liam Thorp Sarah Longlands Sarah Lester Jo Bibby Ruth Hussey CB OBE DL Anita Marsland MBE Skills for Care William Roberts Royal Society for Public Health ADASS Robin Tuddenham ๐ Alison MckenzieFolan๐ Wigan Council Warren Heppolette Alison Lee Beatrice Fraenkel Dave Sweeney Dave Boulger Liam Hosie Couldnโt agree more โฆ wisdom from Nigel Edwards ๐๐๐๐๐