Ruth Thorlby
@rthorlby
Assistant Director of Policy, The Health Foundation, tweeting in a personal capacity
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27-04-2010 13:41:03
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NEWS RELEASE: Health Foundation response to announcement from UK Prime Minister of funding increase of £20 billion per year to NHS England’s budget by 2023/24. health.org.uk/news/health-fo…
Thread/ Today, Boris Johnson has said that taxes on unhealthy foods should be reviewed citing a lack of evidence. The only such UK tax is the soft drinks industry levy, or #sugartax, so please let me take you through that 'lack of evidence'. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
'Ultimately nursing shortages are a policy choice not an inevitability. We need to train more staff and provide a better offer to the people currently in the NHS so that fewer leave', says @AnitaCTHF in The Guardian ⬇️ theguardian.com/society/2019/n…
New research has found the most deprived areas have poorer health outcomes, including spending longer in A&E and having worse experience of making a GP appointment. Read Jessica Morris and Sarah Scobie's briefing for the full low-down behind the numbers: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/quali…
Great #workingfromhome #remotework tips here. Thanks John Appleby for sharing. Justin Waring
Social care funding reform has gone back five years - stark & important analysis by @RichardatKF of The King's Fund: kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2015/07/p…