New paper from The BMJ by Anant Jani Muir Gray outlining a case for why NHS leaders must focus on resource optimisation within the NHS, which is essential given that the UK is in a 'doom loop' bmj.com/content/387/bm…

"Simply piling on more finite societal resources to deliver more care, even at higher quality and efficiency, will not save the NHS . . ." Anant Jani and Muir Gray on why we need to also invest in local public health and community services bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Another good Commission Report on self harm published by The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…… We need a population based system & change of culture. The change of culture is a clear indication of the need for leadership - ovsp.net/training/how-t…

Publication of 2nd edition of Sod70! sod70.net by Bloomsbury Books UK 10 years after the 1st edition - how to live well in your 70s, 80s and 90s! amazon.co.uk/Sod-Seventy-Gu…

Weekly War on Waste in Healthcare 🚮 featuring ⁦Health Service Journal⁩ ⁦Alan Milburn⁩ ⁦Nuffield Trust⁩ linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

Oxford Value and Stewardship Programme

League tables are bad because they vastly oversimplify the study of NHS variation. But exposing the huge unwarranted variation in care standards is vital. What, for example, justifies this?

The 1st VBHC Summit of the Americas will take place on Nov 22 at Unimed Porto Alegre in Brazil🇧🇷. The summit will celebrate promising initiatives from Brazil & Canada, & encourage others to consider their projects for the following year. Register here 🇵🇹: forms.office.com/pages/response…

I’ll be talking at this event in Brazil 🇧🇷 on the need for value based healthcare to minimise waste & optimise value #VBHC

This Friday Muir Gray will be talking at the Health Value Summit in Brazil, on the need for value based healthcare to minimise waste & optimise value #VBHC Register here (In Portuguese): lnkd.in/eNVTYsJu

“We need Resourceful Patients and Resourceful Citizens to minimise waste and save universal healthcare, and they need to be given knowledge and support to use that knowledge including a clear statement of their responsibilities.”

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Weekly War on Waste by Muir Gray; The BMJ has published an excellent, terrifying paper on: Direct-to-consumer tests: emerging trends are cause for concern (04.12.24 BMJ 2024;387:e080460). Read more here: linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

Weekly War on Waste 🚮 from Muir Gray 'Improving our health will reduce the strain on social care' is the title of a typically perceptive article by Prof Scarlett McNally in The BMJ on 11th Dec Read full article here.... linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

Weekly War on Waste 🚮 from Muir Gray about unneeded health screenings, where checks for thyroid, kidney, and liver disease were done alongside a simple cholesterol test... Read here: linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

Read Muir Gray review of NHS England 2025/26 priorities here: ovsp.net/news-and-insig…

Weekly War on Waste ( 🚮 ) and Wonderful Words from Wellington House from Muir Gray ovsp.net linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

'Saving the NHS' Muir Gray gives a clear key message 'Difficult decisions will be needed, and we must meet this collective challenge together...' linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

Weekly War on Waste from Muir Gray focusing on the @NHS constitution & personal value... "Knowledge is the most powerful tool for patient empowerment—it should be dispensed more often than drugs" Read more 🔗linkedin.com/posts/muir-gra…

‘NHS leaders must embrace allocative efficiency - identifying necessary investments and making difficult decisions to discontinue outdated or low-value services…’ Health Service Journal #ValueBasedHealthcare #NHSreform