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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.

How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health? Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. Focus to date has largely been on efforts to…

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 Siva Anandaciva, Director of Policy, Events and Partnerships at The King's Fund, responds to scenes from Channel 4 Dispatches investigation into ambulance delays.

Serious Impact On Patients When Emergency Services Struggle - Channel 4 Dispatches | The King's Fund
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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

Oh no forgot about the chat... missed it #QIsky

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Is it "Fit for the future"? The NHS 10-year plan and the social determinants of Health Labour released its 10-year NHS plan this week - in this post I have a look at whether and how it deals with the social determinants of health

A fairly upbeat message about the new NHS 10-year plan by @chrischirp.bsky.social

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Silence, sexism and stigma: The state of working-age women’s health in England Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and…

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

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 King's Fund Comments On Measures In The NHS 10 Year Plan To Tackle Obesity Through Incentivising Healthier Food Choices Sarah Woolnough comments on measures in the government’s forthcoming NHS 10 Year Plan to tackle obesity through incentivising healthier food choices.

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)
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Wes Streeting can't heal the whole NHS now – he should fo... Successive governments have reduced the number of hospital beds in the hope more care would shift elsewhere. But this has left us with a chronic shortage

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...

Rebuilding regulation: Co-designing a stronger, fairer CQC together In his latest blog Chris Day, Director of Engagement reflects on the recent roadshows held in Manchester and London.

Rebuilding regulation.
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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...

I’ve no idea where the 90% increase in demand comes from either @policyskeptic.bsky.social Tho disagree on flujabs being in the cause hospitalised flu bed days impact flow for crit care & reg beds. Resp LOS redn imho fastest way to improve thruout safely & reduce >12hrs. Been there, done that

Always exciting to see your own writing in print. #QI Available here www.amazon.co.uk/Healthcare-M...

I agree that the drive to self service dashboardsmeans some of those important sense making likely lost or never had.