This argument, against a council proposal to build housing on a city centre car park, made me smile.
Charles Tallack
@charlestallack.bsky.social
Ex-director of analysis @HealthFdn,ex-Whitehall civil servant & NHS England. Love ideas, numbers, analysis, evidence, debate and challenge. Views my own.
NHS England will change how it evaluates the success of the controversial Palantir platform after staff raised concerns about the methods, more than a year after the claims were first published, according to emails obtained by @financialtimes.com via FOI as.ft.com/r/453430e1-c...
NHS England to revise Palantir platform data after staff concerns
Changes to two most widely cited claims come as scrutiny grows over US tech company’s contract
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Yesterday, the Health Foundation published analysis finding no evidence that the Palantir/FDP tool OPTICA, has cut discharge delays, further undermining NHS England claims that it had. bsky.app/profile/dian...
Diane Coyle@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · last wk.It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
If this had been policy in the 70s (as it partly was), towns would have produced lots of mining engineers & metallurgists just before pits & steelworks closed. As the yanks say, you should skate to where the puck's going, not to where it is. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market
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In his first speech as defence secretary, Wes Streeting reiterates his record at health in "achieving the biggest reduction in waiting in 17 years". Is that record still looking as good?
Excellent piece on how inequality manifests itself in ways that aren’t measured by official statistics. Economics does itself a profound disservice when it neglects imbalances in power.
Predictably inconsistent Daily Mail editorial line (via Private Eye)
Rule 1 for analytical quality assurance: if your results are surprising, they're probably wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We know about the three planned NHS shifts. But there appears to be an unintended fourth one: mental health to physical health - seemingly caused by the second shift, analogue to digital.
As also shown by the government's own figures... bsky.app/profile/char...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoUK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective, experts say
✨✨✨New blog What would it take for the government to fulfil its promise to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy across the country? TLDR: improving health care won’t be enough on its own, govt urgently needs to reduce deprivation. Full analysis here ⬇️⬇️ www.health.org.uk/features-and...
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A puzzling BBC headline yesterday, following publication of the ONS inflation estimates. Bread and cereals together account for only 1.8% of the CPI basket. Their price dropped by 2% between Dec and Jan, but the contribution to the fall in inflation is surely minimal?
Great analysis. It was also clear from the beginning it wouldn't work. Guy's and St Thomas's was the model for all this, but after starting the programme the trust's wait times fell slower than the national average and the theatre staff went on strike...
Charles Tallack@charlestallack.bsky.social · 6mo agoOn 14 January Wes Streeting said that waiting lists had fallen three times faster in 20 areas of the country where crack teams had been deployed. We’ve looked at this claim and have questions. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Excellent thread as the Health Foundation adds further evidence the government are not being entirely transparent with claims of reduced waiting lists Fixing the NHS requires an honest appraisal of the challenges so we can allocate resources appropriately. The gov really needs to do better
Charles Tallack@charlestallack.bsky.social · 6mo agoOn 14 January Wes Streeting said that waiting lists had fallen three times faster in 20 areas of the country where crack teams had been deployed. We’ve looked at this claim and have questions. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...
This is really fascinating. Reads like a detective story, offers striking insights into the numbers on waiting lists.
Charles Tallack@charlestallack.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur full analysis is here: www.health.org.uk/features-and...
On 14 January Wes Streeting said that waiting lists had fallen three times faster in 20 areas of the country where crack teams had been deployed. We’ve looked at this claim and have questions. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Waiting lists cut 3 times faster in highest joblessness areas
Waiting lists in 20 areas in England fall 3 times faster than the national average thanks to experts deployed by government to help supercharge NHS care.
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What explains the divergence between consumer confidence of the over- and under-50s? @faisalislam.bsky.social for BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
DHSC published its impact statement for the 10 Year Health Plan this week (yes, that is 6 months after it published the plan) It's more measured and clear-eyed than the original document and quite a contrast to some of the effusive optimism in the plan Some of the things that caught my eye 👇
The government says its ban on junk food ads will reduce the number of children living with obesity by 20,000 and remove 7.2 billion calories from diets. These numbers show that the ban is a step in the right direction. But they also reveal that it's a very small step. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Landmark junk food ad ban to protect kids' health
Children will be protected from exposure to junk food ads under new regulations, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.
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Long A&E waits are usually the result of a lack of free hospital beds. With 11% (13,000) beds, each day, occupied by patients who are "medically fit for discharge", reducing delayed discharges offers the opportunity to create more capacity without adding more beds.
How does the UK’s health compare? Researchers at LSHTM recently answered this by comparing age-standardised mortality rates (ASMR) across countries. This placed the UK 4th worst for females and 6th worst for males, out of 20. Surprisingly, UK does better than Netherlands (F) and Denmark (M).
National programmes can help to drive improvements across health and care – how can they become more effective? This blog post from @charlestallack.bsky.social explores a new framework developed to support better early planning for large-scale change programme. Read more: ths.im/3XyEIge
Intersectionality describes how demographic disadvantages can interact to amplify inequalities. But how to model this? New from colleagues in our analysis team: a case study of GP appmts & patient experience, illustrating the MAIDHA intersectional modelling approach. medium.com/healthfdn-da...
Intersectional modelling in health policy: a case study on remote GP appointments and patient…
Across nearly all aspects of health and health care, there are disparities between different demographic groups. These are often the result…
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Those confidence intervals in full!
Dave West @ HSJ@davewwest.bsky.social · 11mo agocurious to see these CIs on the ranks, too
At the end of July, the government said that it had delivered 4.6 million extra appointments since it came to power, more than double its manifesto pledge of 2 million. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited
Boost is part of Plan for Change to rebuild the NHS by shifting healthcare from hospitals into the community and ending the 8am scramble.
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How can the government meet its commitment to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between regions? Reading this excellent summary of some of the @healthfoundation.bsky.social latest analysis from @charlestallack.bsky.social would be a good place to start! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Charles Tallack@charlestallack.bsky.social · last yr.In its 10 Year Health Plan, the government recommitted to halving the gap in healthy life expectancy (HLE) between the poorest and richest regions. But how? Our new analysis with the ONS points to the underlying factors which any plan will need to take account of. 🧵
Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP policyexchange.org.uk/publication/... These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas A thread with some evidence
The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment? - Policy Exchange
Download Publication Online Reader ‘The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment?’ makes the case that the NHS is not fit for purpose and is in urgent need of reform.The report finds that NHS performance r...
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In its 10 Year Health Plan, the government recommitted to halving the gap in healthy life expectancy (HLE) between the poorest and richest regions. But how? Our new analysis with the ONS points to the underlying factors which any plan will need to take account of. 🧵