I knew governance of health workforce planning is important - I was rather surprised to find how interesting it is, how little it is studies and the size of the gap between what is needed and what many countries are doing

My first outing in Lancet Global Health on a neglected topic

Great appointment

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Excellent blog - since it was written things got worse!

Super impressed to get my new passport with extra pages today when ordered on Saturday morning. UK Passport showing that government can do digital

Pretty much what Jess Morley said at Nuffield Trust Summit.

Counterargument might be that other industries have successfully deployed for automation and transactional tasks. But they have clear operating models, healthcare doesn’t. Fix that first.

We all know she means this is unbelievably stupid. I agree.

Rewarding staff for effort is one thing but this is a really terrible way to allocate capital. They wouldn't have to do it if they hadn't rationed capital in the first place. It also seems to assume the problem is a lack of effort - this has to be wrong.

Really powerful to hear Professor Chris Whitty talk about societal desire to prioritise quality over quantity at end of life - says not were many clinicians are 👏👏👏

Says need honest convo

So so important… end of life care does not have to mean medical intervention

#NTSummit

At the #NTSummit listening to Professor Chris Whitty talk about the huge gap in healthy life expectancy and how addressing this is key to long term future of the NHS and the country.

National Voices put this as item one on our manifesto for equitable care. nationalvoices.org.uk/publication/na….

A big issue is that as far as I can tell the £ is all for capital but where will the costs of change management, training and redesign come from. If they don't spend on this the project will definitely fail. Also see this great thread.

Increasing private health insurance is not the answer the relieving pressure on public hospitals.

New paper out in HEC Editors by the wonderful Ou Yang and colleagues.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Very important point and why I really worry about the 'work at the top of your licence' goal. I certainly don't this all the time and I don't know anyone who does.

History shows us that carrying out the goals of integrated care can be difficult.

🆕 Nigel Edwards & Richard Lewis argue the benefits of a better historical understanding of attempts at integration, and reveal seven lessons that would help this time. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/inte…

More people are thinking about research and policy on hospitals - a weirdly under studied area in HICs and also in LMICs

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…