“The NHS is killing 400 patients a week” is understandably a very bad headline but entirely consistent with “let the bodies pile high” policy.

Ironically this message will become much more prominent in the context of AI. Strangely we expect machines to get it right 💯 when humans don’t. The real power is to combine them. But to win that argument we first need to be honest about the human baseline.

Great summary of current state of play

Two excellent pieces by the Financial Times on the complexity of dealing with immigration in the US and Europe. To solve small boats, we need to answers to these bigger issues.

on.ft.com/4cRyQ82

ig.ft.com/darien-gap/

Worth reading this thread closely. Problems in capital markets reflect problems in the wider economy.

The best part of South Korean election night: the graphics.

AI could make this the most exciting and expansive time to be in government

Some thoughts in City A.M.

cityam.com/ai-will-produc…

Wider commentary (here Daniel Finkelstein) often assumes the #NHS could easily use private care to solve problems, if a brave Govt committed to it. But every government for ~25 years has tried this! The limits are the costs and the trade-off with NHS capacity thetimes.co.uk/article/street…

Strong positive effects of SureStart on GCSE results for poorer children. More strong evidence that well designed early intervention can be very effective.

Also shows importance of high quality evaluation. Great work by my colleagues.

Policymakers take note.

Our paper on the potential for AI to change healthcare from the Future of Health is out in npj Digital doi.org/10.1038/s41746…

NEW: Access to Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results, by as much as three GCSE grades.

THREAD on Nick Ridpath, Sarah Cattan and Pedro Carneiro’s new report, funded by Nuffield Foundation, on Sure Start’s impact on educational outcomes: [1/10]

Literally can’t afford this to happen. on.ft.com/4cLwFTv

Take it all in.

We're getting our first views of the 2024 total solar #eclipse as its shadow makes landfall in Mazatlán, Mexico.

Such a win for the UK and London

If money wasn’t a constraint, what would the optimal evidence based NHS health service offer look like?

That Labour‘s overly cautious strategy makes tactical sense does not mean it’s a good one. „Even if the party does sweep to victory, there’s a risk it won’t have a mandate for the kind of change it needs to affect.“
V much agree with jonn elledge here.

Cheaper, quicker prostate cancer scans just as accurate and can help more men. Great to see this important new research just out from UCLH radiology colleagues and their research partners.

theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

In the mid-1990s, before EU and NATO accession, Madeline Albright described Slovakia as the 'black hole of Europe'.

Now, with a pro-Kremlin government led by Fico and the future president who sides with Moscow rather than with Kyiv, Slovakia risks going back in time.

Today marks the beginning of a new ISA year. ISAs are the Government’s flagship policy to promote saving, but as we highlight in new Resolution Foundation research (in partnership with abrdn Financial Fairness Trust), ISAs are expensive, inefficient and ineffective. 🧵resolutionfoundation.org/publications/i…

Whatever your view on these specific examples, education has been even more resistant to innovation than the NHS.