Josh Keith

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The Labour government’s most prominent commitment on health is to get waiting times back to 18 weeks by the end of the Parliament. Are they on track? We looked at this for last night’s Peston show youtu.be/yc-9Psk3gk8?... 🧵

Check out our latest analysis looking at how the NHS fared over the winter just passed and what might be contributing to the difficulties faced.

Labour government scraps NHS England Performative politics that will disrupt the health service when patients most need it On 13 March, the UK prime minister announced that the Labour government will scrap NHS England—the national body ...

On the end of NHS England in @bmj.com

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Feels like a massive distraction

Things can only get better? What does the public make of the new government’s early agenda for the NHS and social care? Have perceptions and expectations of NHS and care services changed? This analysis presents findings from the...

New data suggest the public's top priority for the NHS is improving GP access

But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times

Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities

Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

Statistics » Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2024-25 2024-25 reporting Weekly updates will commence on Thursday 5 December 2024, covering the week ending 1 December 2024, and will continue every Thursday at 09:30 throughout winter. The final publication...

Less in the news this week about #winter and the #NHS, but yesterday saw a fresh set of data from NHS England.

Short 🧵 on the main points. @healthfoundation.bsky.social

Last week govt published its elective care plan, pledging to get waiting times back down to 18 weeks. Given the waiting list is 7.4m and was 3.5m when 18w was last met (15/16), and 40% of patients are currently waiting more than 18 weeks, how achievable is this? 🧵 on our new analysis. 1/12

Health Foundation responds to new NHS elective reform plans and upgrades to NHS App Health Foundation responds to new NHS elective reform plans and upgrades to NHS App

Commenting on new NHS elective reform plans, @timgardnerthf.bsky.social welcomes the commitment to tackle waiting times for routine hospital treatment but says we should be under no illusions about just how stretching the targets are.

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The government's elective care recovery plan will incentivise improvements in waiting times by giving extra capital to the fastest improvers. Some initial thoughts based on another, recent NHS capital for performance scheme.
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Bar chart of investment to reduce backlog maintenance, 2021/22 to 2023/24 (£m, 2023/24 prices) showing that, since 2021/22, investment to reduce the backlog fell by £707m in real terms.

New analysis finds that, since 2021/22, the NHS maintenance backlog has grown by £2.1bn. Over the same period, investment to reduce the backlog fell by £707m in real terms, contributing to this growth.

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Hospital admissions for mental health conditions before and during COVID-19 Francesca Cavallaro on what we can learn from research on hospital admissions for mental health conditions before and during COVID-19.

Looking for something to read before wrapping-up for Christmas?

Check out this blog from Francesca (not on Bluesky yet) on what we can learn by comparing hospital admissions for mental health conditions in England vs peer countries.

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Seeing "THIS IS NOT GCSE" scrawled down the side of my essay was a rough start to my first supervision at Cambridge.

Are intermediate care services stretched too thin? This briefing presents analysis from the Networked Data Lab (NDL). Teams accessed, linked and analysed local data sources to explore access to, and journeys through, intermediate care services. We…

Intermediate care is crucial to the government's goal of shifting care from hospitals to communities.

New #NetworkedData Lab analysis reveals the complex care needs of people in intermediate care, with many quickly returning to hospital.

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Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid NHS crisis Demand for private treatment booms as NHS waiting lists remain long, while more people also sign up for dental cover

With NHS waiting times almost at record highs has there been a substantial move to privately funded treatment as some newspaper headlines suggest?
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