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…

Tonight’s #Panorama looks at the care #NHS patients received when treated in private hospitals. Without commenting on specific cases, I set out 3 reasons we would be concerned by a substantial increase in the proportion of NHS patients treated in private hospitals. A thread >>

Today’s report from Reform x.com/reformthinktan… proposing a radical devolution of accountability for healthcare in England is, as @thea_stein says, thoughtful, well written and provocative. But what would it really take to make change happen? (🧵1/10)

'A new government will not immediately solve Northern Ireland’s health and care problems. In the short term, there are few quick wins other than the imperative to use the opportunity of extra pay to improve relations with staff.'

Mark Dayan Camille Oung
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Part of the Labour narrative on today's low NHS satisfaction rates is that it has been turned around before. And that's true. But as I explain in this thread, there are some big differences between 1997 and now. The task is bigger, harder and will probably take longer. 👇

A lot of interest in our The King's Fund NatCen report today showing NHS (and social care) satisfaction is even worse in Scotland & Wales than in England. But be careful! The size of the samples mean it isn't statistically significant: it could be more or less the same as England

Few new UK governments have inherited an inbox as scary as Northern Ireland's ministers on health and care. It is urgent, and very difficult for people living there. How did it get like this and what can be done? Camille Oung and I examine for The BMJ bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Northern Ireland’s government faces UK’s longest list of health woes.

Mark Dayan and Camille Oung's latest blog looks at what decisive action the new administration must take to improve health and care.
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Very happy to see our first election briefing by Lucina Rolewicz & Billy Palmer backed by Nuffield Foundation. Unapologetically not high level: we are going deep on laying out solidly founded policies the next Govt needs at a difficult time for health & care nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/what-…

Chris Whitty discuss how local health systems can support older people to live in good health for longer. 💬 #NTSummit

Less deprived people live longer AND spend fewer years in poor health, and this is good news, says Professor Chris Whitty at #NTSummit . It means it is biologically possible to have longer lives and to expect *less* need for NHS services, if we similarly improved health of the more deprived

Fascinating chart. The number of younger NHS staff, in their pay band for less than a year or on the register for less than a year is all significantly up since 2015. Is this part of the NHS productivity issue? #ntsummit

Our response Thea Stein Sally Gainsbury on a Budget that offered quite a bit for long term tech... though we can't say quite how much; a day to day #NHS budget that has just slightly gone up and will probably need more; and nothing (0) on social care. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nuff…

🆕 Thea Stein responds to the #Budget . 💷

The precarious financial backdrop across health and care means that ahead of a general election all political parties should be very cautious about promises that can’t be delivered.

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⭐ NUFFIELD TRUST SUMMIT 2024 ⭐

Our flagship event, taking place 7th-8th March, is fast approaching! #NTSummit

Check out our exciting programme of speakers from the health and care world here and sign up to watch the event livestream. 👇 events.zoom.us/ev/AnKSi9AE2hQ…

Instead of worrying that the public will never agree to pay for social care, the UK's rulers need to make the case to them that it could be a service they are proud of, reassured by and happy to fund. Natasha Curry urges some big political thinking nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/shif…

Privatisation by the front door: what does a new public-private GP model mean?

Read our latest by Mark Dayan & Deirdre Heenan. 👇
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New UCAS data found nursing applicants down by a third since 2021. Timely piece from Universities UK and my colleague Emma Dodsworth, analysing survey responses from young people on the motivations to, and barriers against, pursuing healthcare careers: universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/insight…

🆕 We worked with Universities UK to analyse survey results from 5,000 people aged 16 to 26.

The survey sheds important light on the motivations to, and barriers against, pursuing healthcare careers. 1/3