AliJaneMoore
@alijanemoore.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering the health service - southeast & ambulance services for HSJ. Not fond of authority whoever's in power. DMs open [email protected] Also trustee, Cyclox, so may tweet about Oxford and cycling.
Advert out for the group chair of SCAS/SECAmb - the first ambulance group. Anyone fancy a punt?
Non-executive opportunities in the NHS » South Central and South East Ambulance Group, Group Chair
Non-executive opportunities in the NHS » South Central and South East Ambulance Group, Group Chair
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Advert out for the group chair of SCAS/SECAmb - the first ambulance group. Anyone fancy a punt?
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So the flu peak was very temporary. Test numbers say influenza in the UK has just jumped back into huge growth this week: +76% up. Sustained, that would be very bad news.
Measles cases have suddenly stepped up too. Don't like either of those.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Measles cases have suddenly stepped up too. Don't like either of those.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
NOIDs causative agents: week 48 (week ending 30 November 2025)
www.gov.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So the flu peak was very temporary. Test numbers say influenza in the UK has just jumped back into huge growth this week: +76% up. Sustained, that would be very bad news.
Measles cases have suddenly stepped up too. Don't like either of those.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Measles cases have suddenly stepped up too. Don't like either of those.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
What happened to the prospect of a multi-year pay agreement between the BMA and government? That seemed to be on the table in September but was it spiked by the Treasury? Frankly, it's one of the few ways out of an increasingly bitter dispute. www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ex...
Exclusive: Govt could agree multi-year pay deal for resident doctors
A multi-year pay deal for resident doctors could be agreed by government in a bid to end the deadlock around industrial action.
www.hsj.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What happened to the prospect of a multi-year pay agreement between the BMA and government? That seemed to be on the table in September but was it spiked by the Treasury? Frankly, it's one of the few ways out of an increasingly bitter dispute. www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ex...
The tension in NHS policies laid bare: provider has capacity to treat more patients and reduce waiting lists/time but ICB does not have the money to commission more work. DHSC silent. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
Private provider challenges ICB spending curbs
England's biggest private hospital group has warned it may have to stop some of its NHS work as integrated care boards screw down on spending.
www.hsj.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The tension in NHS policies laid bare: provider has capacity to treat more patients and reduce waiting lists/time but ICB does not have the money to commission more work. DHSC silent. www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
This was very much the basis of a talk @torstenbell.bsky.social gave at Mansfield College, Oxford, on Friday night - he used some of the same charts and examples. It was well-communicated and he was passionate about inequalities - why can't politicians talk like that all the time?
As someone who criticised the government back in January for not having a clear growth strategy it is good to see Torsten set out in plain language what the govt’s strategy is and how it hangs together. This is much better and clearer communication.
That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This was very much the basis of a talk @torstenbell.bsky.social gave at Mansfield College, Oxford, on Friday night - he used some of the same charts and examples. It was well-communicated and he was passionate about inequalities - why can't politicians talk like that all the time?
Yes, like LOUVRE
“I guess they created the page, got it ready, and then didn’t realise people would just guess the link,” an economist close to OBR told Guardian about the Budget leaking 40 minutes early. “They should have put it behind a password.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early
By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Yes, like LOUVRE
Downturn in performance = upturn in average response time!
Downturn in amb response times last month - not unusual for October but I would be surprised if the sector met the gov's 30 min target for category calls this year. Oct's performance was 32m 37s and year to date is now 29m 11s. This is a graph of performance since April 2023
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Downturn in performance = upturn in average response time!
Downturn in amb response times last month - not unusual for October but I would be surprised if the sector met the gov's 30 min target for category calls this year. Oct's performance was 32m 37s and year to date is now 29m 11s. This is a graph of performance since April 2023
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Downturn in amb response times last month - not unusual for October but I would be surprised if the sector met the gov's 30 min target for category calls this year. Oct's performance was 32m 37s and year to date is now 29m 11s. This is a graph of performance since April 2023
My interview with NHS Providers CEO Daniel Elkeles for Healthcare Manager - he's optmistic about the NHS (at least in the medium term) but his members are very worried about strikes.
Daniel Elkeles: “There’s a lot of green shoots here—the NHS is in a much better place” - MIP
As NHS Providers annual conference gets underway in Manchester, we speak to chief executive Daniel Elkeles about next year's merger with the NHS Confederation and the future for NHS trusts in…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My interview with NHS Providers CEO Daniel Elkeles for Healthcare Manager - he's optmistic about the NHS (at least in the medium term) but his members are very worried about strikes.
I saw The Choral last night. Underneath the humour, it's a very poignant portrayal of what happens to communities when large numbers of young men go off to war.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I saw The Choral last night. Underneath the humour, it's a very poignant portrayal of what happens to communities when large numbers of young men go off to war.
This morning's bike ride to the swimming pool was by the light of the beaver supermoon. No beavers on my part of the Thames, sadly.
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This morning's bike ride to the swimming pool was by the light of the beaver supermoon. No beavers on my part of the Thames, sadly.
This is a profoundly stupid idea if you want people to swap to electric cars. They already pay more to buy or lease one than a petrol car and road tax has recently been introduced for them. This is incentivising people to do the wrong thing (agree electric cars not perfect).
This really is poorly thought through.
If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
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If you are going to do a per mile charge it should be for all vehicles. Petrol is undercharged in comparison to its negative impacts.
And it's a phenomenally bad idea to create additional psychological barriers to owning EVs.
on.ft.com/4oxpaFs
Reeves poised to unveil Budget plan for EV drivers to pay per mile charges
Chancellor looks to offset a forecast sharp drop in government revenue from fuel duty
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is a profoundly stupid idea if you want people to swap to electric cars. They already pay more to buy or lease one than a petrol car and road tax has recently been introduced for them. This is incentivising people to do the wrong thing (agree electric cars not perfect).
A new era starts for Oxford today with a congestion charge on 6 main routes, mainly around the city centre. The misinformation around it - and the animosity shown towards councillors who support it - has been remarkable.
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A new era starts for Oxford today with a congestion charge on 6 main routes, mainly around the city centre. The misinformation around it - and the animosity shown towards councillors who support it - has been remarkable.
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Very quick update on Covid in England from latest UKHSA hospital data. Looks like current Covid wave *might* have peaked, and also that flu season is starting a little earlier than normal.
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
Very quick update on Covid in England
Covid wave has possibly peaked and flu looks like it's starting early
christinapagel.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Very quick update on Covid in England from latest UKHSA hospital data. Looks like current Covid wave *might* have peaked, and also that flu season is starting a little earlier than normal.
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
Come and join us! Being a trustee is very rewarding and you can help shape a better future for cyclists in Oxford.
We're looking for new trustees! If you want to see more people cycling in Oxford and be part of making cycling safer, apply to join our board.
We're especially looking for people with financial/ fundraising experience. www.cyclox.org/index.php/wo... #cycling #trustee #Oxford #makeadifference
We're especially looking for people with financial/ fundraising experience. www.cyclox.org/index.php/wo... #cycling #trustee #Oxford #makeadifference
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Come and join us! Being a trustee is very rewarding and you can help shape a better future for cyclists in Oxford.
Pausing this support until the Amos review is puiblished feels like a rolling back if the Ockenden recommenations for maternity...some ring-fenced training monies already lost. www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
National scheme to support families after baby deaths faces axe
An "overwhelmingly valued" pilot support scheme for families who have lost a child before or shortly after birth has been paused to new referrals and is being "brought to a close", HSJ has learned.
www.hsj.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Pausing this support until the Amos review is puiblished feels like a rolling back if the Ockenden recommenations for maternity...some ring-fenced training monies already lost. www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
Hopefully some of these councillors will now question the sincerity and motivations of those who told them that. You don't need much familiarity with local gov to know it has been cut to the bone over the last few years.
”Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent
Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters
Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hopefully some of these councillors will now question the sincerity and motivations of those who told them that. You don't need much familiarity with local gov to know it has been cut to the bone over the last few years.
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Eligibility for an NHS Covid booster has been HUGELY restricted this Autumn.
Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?
Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Eligibility for an NHS Covid booster has been HUGELY restricted this Autumn.
Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?
Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?
Probably not a surprise, as many pets will spend more time outside than theor owners, but adds weight to the case for reducing pollution at source.
New paper out in @pnas.org! We study the effect of air pollution on pets, finding increased vet admissions when air quality is worse. Tackling air pollution doesn't just matter for human health - it's important for animals too, including people's much loved cats and dogs www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Probably not a surprise, as many pets will spend more time outside than theor owners, but adds weight to the case for reducing pollution at source.
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So far as I can tell, to-date she is the only HSJ contributor to be made Archbishop of Canterbury.
there's a "fact" about the new Archbishop of Canterbury on her Wikipedia page that'll be an interesting test of which media organisations do their jobs...
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So far as I can tell, to-date she is the only HSJ contributor to be made Archbishop of Canterbury.
Meanwhile no passenger trains run on the completed rail link between Oxford and Milton Keynes.
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Meanwhile no passenger trains run on the completed rail link between Oxford and Milton Keynes.
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We are just rewriting our surgery timetable, cancelling GP F2F appts so we can process all the requests that come in online - because our contract now demands we keep online access open all of core hours.
This is silly and inefficient and means we will offer a worse service to pts who needs us most.
This is silly and inefficient and means we will offer a worse service to pts who needs us most.
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We are just rewriting our surgery timetable, cancelling GP F2F appts so we can process all the requests that come in online - because our contract now demands we keep online access open all of core hours.
This is silly and inefficient and means we will offer a worse service to pts who needs us most.
This is silly and inefficient and means we will offer a worse service to pts who needs us most.
I've written a bit recently on the slow roll out of thrombectomy and some of the inequalities arising. Here's a BMJ paper which looks at some of the underlyign causes.
buff.ly
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I've written a bit recently on the slow roll out of thrombectomy and some of the inequalities arising. Here's a BMJ paper which looks at some of the underlyign causes.
Need to improve train links from Heyford Park as a priority. Heyford station has one train an hour and apparently none on Sunday.
New town locations now out:
- Adlington, Cheshire East
- South Gloucestershire
- Enfield
- Heyford Park in Cherwell
- Leeds
- Manchester, Victoria North
- Marlcombe, East Devon
- A ‘Renewed Town’ in Milton Keynes;
- Plymouth
- Tempsford
- Thamesmead, Greenwich;
- Worcestershire Parkway, Wychavon
- Adlington, Cheshire East
- South Gloucestershire
- Enfield
- Heyford Park in Cherwell
- Leeds
- Manchester, Victoria North
- Marlcombe, East Devon
- A ‘Renewed Town’ in Milton Keynes;
- Plymouth
- Tempsford
- Thamesmead, Greenwich;
- Worcestershire Parkway, Wychavon
We warmly welcome all 12 of the locations recommend by the Taskforce with Tempsford, Crews Hill and Leeds South Bank looking particularly promising.
We are today commencing a SEA to support final decisions on precisely which sites will be taken forward.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We are today commencing a SEA to support final decisions on precisely which sites will be taken forward.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
September 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Need to improve train links from Heyford Park as a priority. Heyford station has one train an hour and apparently none on Sunday.
Any lawyers working in NHS trusts out there? Would you be happy to have a quick chat about the proposed Hillsborough Law and how it might affect you? Can be anonymous. I'm on [email protected] Thanks!
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Any lawyers working in NHS trusts out there? Would you be happy to have a quick chat about the proposed Hillsborough Law and how it might affect you? Can be anonymous. I'm on [email protected] Thanks!