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Although Westminster stuff is entertaining, true politics is actual policy. Including the serious crisis of state capacity in part caused by the austerity of the 2010s - putting anyone and everyone vulnerable at risk.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/12...
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 👇
So sad, and so scary to read this about the decline of the chemicals sector. This is where i started my career... one Ammonia IV by products on Billingham site, Carbon Dioxide number 3 plant. Bubbles for Coca Cola, (b1979, no ladies loo for female engineers?!)
news.sky.com/story/why-en...
Not so great for people needing yo work on Fridays but part time. Eg job shares tho.
I really do enjoy No Meetings Fridays.
We adopted this a couple of years ago and only allow external meetings where they can't/won't shift.
Some weeks I get more done on a Friday than I do in the other four days in the week.
Community services are under growing strain, with almost 1.2 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people.
As neighbourhood health services are rolled out, addressing pressures on community care will be essential.
I enjoyed this interview with Michael Heseltine:
www.thetimes.com/article/9…
Hard to disagree with this diagnosis:
"This repeated failure to deliver people’s aspirations after the 2008 crash, Brexit and Covid means we now have t... https://richardpope.org/2025/10/28/i-enjoyed-this-interview-with/
Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Great to hear @andreadgibbons.bsky.social talking about her 100 Voices project. Stories are the thing that make quality improvement real.
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Not sure I'm going to get time for tea on a train today @lourodrigues.bsky.social nevertheless I thought of you!
Q5: I have gained a renewed sense of connection with the QI tribe which I missed from the other place. I think I will do more exploring of the values of the project team in the early stages of a project and note them so we can refer to them.
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The model for large scale change - the framing and reframing loop is helpful, I think. See page 20 here #QISky https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/practical-guide-large-scale-change-april-2018-smll.pdf
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Looking forward to it. Have missed a good chat!! 👍 #QISky
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A fairly upbeat message about the new NHS 10-year plan by @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years.
Scroll through our #QualityWatch data story to see how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently 👇
When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech
The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
I was over in Amsterdam for HLTH Europe conference recently. I interviewed new NHS England chair Penny Dash on the main stage...given the NHS 10 year plan is out next week. Here's some of what she had to say...
The @thekingsfund.bsky.social comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle #Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices (good start, more to do - see my early take in previous post)
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
My piece for the Observer this month previews the NHS 10 year plan and asks why so few of the previous plans have worked...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Had a great day all. Amazing what you can learn from making ... in batch at first... paper aeroplanes.
So today trying something not tried before. . Introducing idea of batch and Q; and flow to a room of analysts. How many others out there fed up of waiting for an informatics request? So let's see what we can learn today. (Might of course also go horribly wrong)
Having a fun afternoon. Me and the wonderful Maeve prepping the Aeroplane game! What learning can we share with analysts about flow and team dynamics tomorrow by making paper planes...
