NHS productivity is often framed as working harder or doing more work.
This is the wrong perspective and a harmful one that makes achieving productivity improvement harder...
A child wearing a yellow hazmat suit, that functions as loungewear, standing in front of a black background with the text "Hazmat Loungewear" and "Because 1 in 4 Brits live in homes that could make them ill" displayed.
Every child deserves a good-quality, warm, and safe home.
But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line.
They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
Two food bank volunteers hold signs in front of Big Ben. The first sign reads, "3.8 million kids face hunger in the UK" and the second sign states, "Two child cap pushes 100 kids into poverty every day!"
ICYMI: the two-child benefit limit is the single biggest driver of child poverty in the UK, pushing hundreds of families into hardship EVERY DAY.
Fully removing it would lift 470,000 children out of severe hardship. It's the moral thing to do.
🆕 Yesterday, we published a guest blog for the Richmond Group, making the case for patient involvement in the upcoming reform of heart care 🫀
Read it here 🔗 www.richmondgroupofcharities.org.uk/publications...
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
🧵Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 25% of UK premature deaths.
Up to 80% of these deaths are preventable.
It’s estimated that the burden of CVD costs £29 billion each year.
But CVD prevention is not currently being prioritised by the government at the scale needed.
The NHs 10-year plan is magpie's nest of bright, shiny ideas. If you judge it by whether the balance of ideas is good or bad, you miss the critical point...
Been a busy week for health policy with the launch of the 10-Year Plan. Excited to nerd out over the details in the coming days.
We’ve pulled together some initial thoughts on what the plan means for cardiovascular health - one for your weekend reading list!
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You can't upgrade the nation's health without tackling cardiovascular disease (CVD), one of the UK's biggest killers.
Today, the Government announced a 10 Year Health Plan in England which sets the direction for the NHS for the next decade.
Fourth time lucky?!
Why am I hopeful that this time, a promise of review might lead to actual change?
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UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say
So we've had the Spending Review and the 10 Year Plan is due soon. But what about a *cross government* plan for health?
My blog hoping that the govt rediscovers some of the ambition and breadth of the original health mission.
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
The government has set the NHS’s budget for the next 3 years, now it needs to be realistic about its priorities - my comment piece in the BMJ:
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Excellent contribution to the what % of outcomes are attributable to x, y, z
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Measured & unmeasured life-course factors explain up to 74% of chronic disease accumulation
Clinical
Lifestyle (term used advisedly!)
Early life
Socioeconomic
All the above interacts
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I previously mentioned on here that the Supreme Court judgement on sex under the EA2010 will have caused much confusion about the rights of trans people - thankfully @transactualuk.bsky.social have produced this excellent resource to help transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...
🧵 20-40% of the population are living with multiple long-term conditions, this is a number that’s set to grow. But siloed funding flows and current models of care are set up to treat individual conditions, rather than taking a holistic view of a patient and their conditions.
Six investment priorities to support better mental health: 1. Enable health visitors to support new mothers’ mental health. 2. Roll out evidence-based parenting programmes. 3. Expand the network of early support hubs for young people. 4. Expand offers within the NHS Talking Therapies Programme. 5. Expand Individual Placement and Support employment services. 6. Provide alternatives to hospital admission in a mental health crisis.
By investing in what works, the Government can turn the tide on poor mental health.
With @nhsconfed.org's Mental Health Network, we've set out six key areas for investment, backed by economic evidence, which would boost the nation’s mental health 👇
tinyurl.com/ypjusv3z #InvestInMentalHealth
❤️🩹 | NEW REPORT: Voters want bold action on health – and don’t see it as 'nanny statism'. Our new research with Public First shows that smarter public health policy isn’t just good for the nation – it could be a vote-winner too.
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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In our new report, Bridging Hearts, @bhfpolicy.bsky.social call for urgent action from the Government and health system to tackle health inequalities. 🫀
Read it here: www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/o...
Great to see @bhfpolicy.bsky.social calling for a health inequalities strategy as part of the fight against cardiovascular health inequalities.
thank you for the support Joe!
🆕 Out today, our new report 'Bridging Hearts' explores the inequalities which exist in cardiovascular risk, outcomes and care across 3 lenses: deprivation, sex and ethnicity.
We set out action that Govt and the health system should take to drive better outcomes for all 🫀
bhf.org.uk/-/media/file...
Today marks International Transgender Day of Visibility. Last month we explored the glaring lack of evidence on trans health care, and called for more data and patient stories to inform policy decisions. Read the blog. buff.ly/9ByMgh8
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
📣 Our Policy & Public Affairs team is hiring!
We’re looking for a Senior Public Affairs Officer to join our award-winning team. 🏆
If you have proven experience of working in Parliament, in a public affairs team or a public affairs consultancy, apply below 👇
jobs.bhf.org.uk/vacancies/18...
Our Next Generation Network events, exclusively for our members, partners & #HWAlliance members, provide a space for those in the first 5 years of their career in the VCSE sector to learn & network.
Read a 🧵from our Senior Policy and External Affairs Officer, @lucysey.bsky.social to find out more 👇
Great, insightful analysis of the abolishment of NHS England and the halving of the DHSC/NHSE centre
@thekingsfund.bsky.social
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy.
Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
Today, we’ve launched a consensus statement, signed by over 45 leading organisations across the CVD sector, calling on the Govt to commit to a National Cardiovascular Disease Plan.
🔗 www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
Today the ONS have published new estimates of UK healthcare productivity. They estimate that productivity has declined substantially, while last week NHS England estimated that English acute hospital productivity has increased. What’s going on? A short thread
