Health and care policy
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Exclusive: First AI clinical negligence claims lodged ift.tt/OYdCrVw
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Nearly half of health boards in England are deliberately delaying care for patients by imposing minimum waiting times, The BMJ can reveal.
Find out if your ICB has imposed minimum waiting times at the link below
bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…
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The debate about ADHD and autism services too often becomes polarised: NHS versus ind sector, overdiagnosis versus underdiagnosis, cost versus demand. The reality is more complicated and the status quo is failing patients, families and the wider economy. Worth a read imo >>>
Blocking referrals to private providers is a false economy ift.tt/UgNpePf
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~15yrs ago was part of a govt which banned minimum waits. Can’t find the full report which led to ban online but quotes here in an old @gooroohealth article, which still hold true. & min waits blunt the power of patient choice which HMG claims to support
hsj.co.uk/minimum-waiting-ti…
Minimum waiting times of 12-18 weeks cut costs but, experts say, leave the people who need treatment most hanging on in anxiety and pain thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
Tip of the hat to @HSJnews - their latest Health Check podcast w/ Ian Dodge the single best discussion yet of the workings and implications of proposed legislation to ‘abolish’ NHS England.
hsj.co.uk/hsj-health-check-p…
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Pat McFadden at revamped DWP + skills arguably now has the biggest reform job in government outside immigration - fixing the labour market
Sickness, NEETs, skills hortages,etc etc. If he can't make progress on that, the growth agenda is probably doomed
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An interesting report laying bare the potential consequences of the Resident Doctors Strikes starting on Friday.
The Govt need to get a grip of this crisis.
policyexchange.org.uk/public…
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The Government must not surrender to the unions' 'completely unreasonable' pay demands.
A new @Policy_Exchange report shows 1/4 million appointments will be affected by the BMA strikes starting this Friday – causing widespread disruption to patients.👇
policyexchange.org.uk/public…
Following the result of the BMA resident doctors ballot, something the Health Secretary will want to avoid: being the first Labour Health Secretary presiding over a national strike since David Ennals in 1979
New paper @NatureComms on impact of elective surgical 'hubs' in acute trusts:
- In 1st yr, average rate of high-volume low-complexity surgery 21.9% higher than expected + greater resilience
- Length of inpatient stay 0.17 days shorter than expected.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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📣 Earlier today, @wesstreeting launched the @DHSCgovuk 10 Year Health Plan
@Policy_Exchange has been at the forefront of the health reform debate & twenty policies from eight reports from our Health and Social Care Unit feature in the Plan
Here are some of those ideas👇🧵
1/ There's much to dig into with the publication of today's 10 Year Health Plan – but plenty to welcome & really pleasing to see so many of the things I have recommended for @Policy_Exchange feature.
Here is a short thread with some of those ideas 👇
9/ To boost occupational health provision for all NHS staff as part of a package of measures to boost working environment and culture in NHS organisations – something we proposed in None of Our Business?
policyexchange.org.uk/public…
10/ Of course, this Plan, like the many NHS/health plans which have preceded it has much welcome ambition – the key now will be in the delivery...
For now, you can come to your own views & read here:
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