'Surgeon delay' is apparently the main reason for 'late starts' in theatre... I have data suggesting late starts are common for the first session of the day - so why would a surgeon be late for that?

This is a very interesting thread ⬇️ replies well worth reading & contributing to if able

This is amazing in every way.

NEW May saw the highest ever number of A&E attendances, reaching almost 2.5 million

Cheshire & Mersey sets deficit plan of £150m for this year - saying its poorly performing urgent & emergency system is driving much of the excess spending. But is it really going to be possible to reduce attendances & admissions?

Great to see the WHH 🏥 Runcorn Shopping Centre development having a real impact - delivering diagnostics in a shopping centre makes access so much simpler for patients - efficient services in fantastic estate, good parking and brings footfall to local businesses in Halton ❤️

How NHS Gr Manchester spent £millions & yrs of time planning a hugely contentious reconfig of surgical servs -- then simply pulled the plug with ZERO questions asked at key board meeting (which was presented with outdated & misleading mortality data) hsj.co.uk/expert-briefin… (£)

🎯 Our new analysis shows that nine of the eleven waiting time targets set out in the NHS constitution are not currently being met. The last time the majority of these targets (6/10) were met was back in 2015. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/a-de…

thanks Mel :-)

NEW: The North's share of Govt-controlled health research ££ has been static over last decade This despite ministers’ 'levelling up' promises & stated goal of NIHR to invest in regions with worst health outcomes. Under-investment esp bad in North West hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

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Just received this (inaccurate) message from a Spectator journalist about an extremely important topic that many people have never even thought about. So I'm replying by way of a 🧵.

As Ben Martyn & NHSA have found previously on this - there are individual buildings in London & Cambridge that receive more health research infrastructure funding than the whole of the North of Eng

Our NIHR funded Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Liverpool should help with this but it's clear much more investment needed!

CQC bosses admit they're losing confidence of NHS & Govt Internal docs admit 'Our org structure, flow of decision making.. internal/external relationships do not promote credible way of working' (CEO announced sudden exit on Tues) from Emily Townsend hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg…

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I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote. Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else. Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.

With Lawrence Dunhill leaving, I’m now covering the North West of England: Greater Manchester; Cheshire & Merseyside; and Lancashire & South Cumbria. I still cover workforce nationally for Health Service Journal. Happy to have background chats moving forward. Email in bio, DMs open.