Helen Buckingham’s wisdom shines through! The Nuffield Trust will miss you Helen, thanks for everything you’ve done for us over the years.

What a fantastic intervention to reduce falls in care homes - as long as you’re not addicted to caffeine… Switching to decaf leads to reduction in falls, care home trial suggests laingbuissonnews.com/care-markets-c… via LaingBuisson News

We're delighted to announce His Majesty The King as our new Royal Patron. “As well as being an honour for the College, this is a testament to the hard work of our GP members and their teams and the care they deliver to their patients.” Kamila Hawthorne ➡️ rcgp.org.uk/news/his-majes…

‘The fact that more people are paying out of pocket at a time when the economy is tight..suggests they are turning to the private sector out of desperation... That means that the balance of care is shifting from care based on need, to care based on willingness and ability to pay’

What does the #NHS workforce need from the next government? Our workforce expert Billy Palmer sets out what the priorities should be to address staffing issues. #GeneralElection 💼 Read our full workforce briefing here: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/what-…

🆕 The current pay-setting process for NHS doctors and nurses is not fit for purpose. In a new long read, Rachel Hutchings looks at how other countries set wages and what the #NHS can learn. Read our thread 👇 nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/pay-…

Overseas care workers can no longer bring dependents and that's having an impact on numbers coming over, says Nina Hemmings. Another reason for the drop is the criteria care providers have to meet to become licensed sponsors have become quite onerous. telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/ris….

‘Funding growth for acute hospital health services hugely outpaced growth in funding for services provided closer to home. Spending on community services……was cut in real terms in three out of the six years to 2022/23’ ⁦Thea Stein⁩ nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nuff…

The NHS struggles on only with the support of non-recurrent and ad hoc resources, usually provided late in the day to avert a crisis. The next government needs to be more strategic to allow local NHS leaders to plan properly.

‘In recent years, the proportion of NHS funding spent on general practice has declined, the number of full-time qualified GPs has fallen, public satisfaction has plummeted and GPs feel that the quality of care they provide is deteriorating’ The Health Foundation health.org.uk/general-practi…

This is what I said about the last SoS. She didn’t but apparently Streeting will. Cautious celebration, small symbolic actions matter.

Many congratulations Anna, exiting times, much to do

🆕 “The worrying reality is that, four years on, neither the NHS nor social care are in a much more resilient state and in some areas they are weaker." Thea Stein responds to the first report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry published today 👇 ow.ly/ipJM50SFi2k

I’m honoured and delighted to be taking over from Alan as Chair of the National Centre for Creative Health. The evidence that creative activities are good for your health is growing and convincing. We now need a strategic approach to embedding creative health in practice

There’s no doubt that CQC stopped listening some time ago. But it isn’t the regulator that needs rethinking (4th time lucky?), it’s the dysfunctional model of regulation that’s the problem. It isn’t an accident that no other country has copied our approach.

Others tend to favour an accreditation model, using predefined criteria but with an emphasis on improvement rather than judgement and no single or 2 word summary ratings

GP partners voting for collective action is a watershed moment for the #NHS. 🩺 Becks Fisher shares her thoughts. 👇 nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nuff…

Un-packing this a little more below..... (and looking at why we've landed up needing a rescue package to employ GPs when we desperately need to employ more GPs...)

🆕 The government has announced a new pay offer for #JuniorDoctors - a 22% average increase over 2 years. What does this really mean in practice and how will it affect the #NHS in financial terms? Our Q&A with Sally Gainsbury sets out the detail. 👇nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/what-…

I will not be using X for the foreseeable future. LinkedIn will be my primary social media platform