The 'national' in National Health Service is part of what makes it so unique. But is it also part of the problem?

More about our recent proposals in The New Statesman ✍️

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1/4 Bit late to the party on this - but I wanted to salute the new Reform “Close Enough to Care” paper - some bold ideas for how to deliver health and care services. Really enjoyed reading this – well done Rosie Beacon Sebastian Rees Kate Ardern
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For our blog this week Research Assistant Giorgia Vittorino has considered the case for greater fiscal devolution.

Read below👇👇👇

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🎉The Week is out!

This week Research Assistant Giorgia Vittorino discusses recent developments and comments on levelling up policy.

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For our blog this week Senior Researcher, Patrick King, has reflected upon his recent experience with Community Health Workers in North West London.

Read below!👇👇👇

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If you missed our major new paper yesterday (how?), here's Rosie Beacon giving the top lines on Times Radio

We argue in the report that NHS funding should be spent on non NHS services, if they improve population health overall.

This could include anything from housing to green spaces - listen below ⬇️

'You need to create healthy people rather than just responding to sickness'

Rosie Beacon making the case for devolving the NHS budget to local areas and letting them decide how to spend it... which might mean eg fixing black mould in social housing 👏

'Close enough to care'...

'sets out bold & necessary proposals for putting the health of people & place at the heart of an outcomes focused, locally led NHS'

Kate Ardern, co-chair of our 'Reimagining Health' programme & public health guru, on our new report 👇

The NHS is overly centralised, impeding its ability to design local services for local people

As Nigel Edwards says: 'different localities need decision makers that are close enough to understand them'

'Closer enough to care' sets out how to achieve this

.@Reformthinktank suggests NHS England’s £168bn budget should be handed to #localgov in a radical restructure

💥 NEW REPORT 💥

How do we improve health outcomes, enable the long-called for prevention revolution, & help put the NHS on a more sustainable footing?

Radical devolution of the NHS budget to regionally elected leaders & the abolition of NHS England
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Very exciting new report today as covered in The Times and The Sunday Times

If we were to design a health system today, a standardised model for a highly unstandardised population would barely seem logical, let alone efficient.

It should be a matter for regional governments, not NHS England.

Loved to chatting to Nick Ferrari just now

Current guest arguing devolution risks inequality - have they looked at current levels of health inequality?

The national model is not delivering equal access or equal outcomes. This is a mad argument

Our director Charlotte Pickles is live now discussing our new report 'Close enough to care' with Nick Ferrari on LBC to lead the call-in.

Listen now or find on catch up!

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🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

Today, Reform sets out the case for a radical new approach to health.

Based on a more devolved model, which empowers local leaders to really meet the needs of their populations.