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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · 1d

Agree - the strong focus and clarity of the NHS work on healthcare inequalities since ‘21 is at risk of dilution and dissipation: the 10YHP doesn’t give confidence.

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see this published, though it's all change and for health inequalities, sticking the course is key despite institutional upheaval (again)... bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

From policy to action: a document content analysis reviewing the adoption of the healthcare inequalities programme in local health system plans in England

Objectives This analysis aimed to explore how local health system strategies and plans seek to tackle health and care inequalities and address national policies. Specifically, the analysis considered ...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · 2d

How have ICSs set out to address healthcare inequalities in their system-strategies and Joint Forward Plans? New paper out in BMJ Open, by authors from NHS South, Central and West, Dr John Ford of @qmul.bsky.social, Solutions for Public Health, and NHS England.

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From policy to action: a document content analysis reviewing the adoption of the healthcare inequalities programme in local health system plans in England

Objectives This analysis aimed to explore how local health system strategies and plans seek to tackle health and care inequalities and address national policies. Specifically, the analysis considered ...

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 7d

Helpful to explain what £169/patient/year pays for (this is £40 less than 2015 in real terms funding & only £123 is patient care)

380million appts in GP practices - half with GPs

But there is more to General Practice than just appts

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · 11d

Strangely muted response to this new report from the @healthfoundation.bsky.social on Labour's First Year on NHS / Health policy, largely critical (with good reason) and the first think-tank to come out highlighting lack of coherence and disruptive reorganisation.

www.health.org.uk/publications...

Labour’s first year

Our report looks at Labour's record so far and offers an overall assessment of government's reform agenda on the NHS and social care.

www.health.org.uk

Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · 19d

Small Bengal cat on a sofa looking startled.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27d

The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.

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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · Sep 5

A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social

Regional health divisions in the UK

Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth ...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 14

Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future, some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary, inc great posts by @samfr.bsky.social & @jessrmorley.bsky.social & reflecting @policyskeptic.bsky.social
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Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future - some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary. | Andrew Fenton

Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future - some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary. Mark Golledge Jessica Rose Morley, ...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excellent analysis here from @samfr.bsky.social on the 10yr-health plan. The benefit of having some distance from the inner workings of the NHS & think-tanks in its sphere is apparent. In summary: willing the NHS to improve with enthusiasm is not a remedy to deep short & long term challenges

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jul 9

New post just out:

"Optimism of the will"

In which I look at Labour's big plan for the NHS and why it's determination to wish problems away will undermine it.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...

Optimism of the will

Evaluating Labour's plan for the NHS

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · Jul 8

I highly recommend Jess Morley’s analysis of the NHS Ten-Year Plan: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nhs-10...

Great use of Taylor Swift lyrics!

NHS 10-Year Plan: I Think I've Seen This Film Before, and I Didn't Like the Ending

The long-awaited NHS 10-Year Plan has finally arrived—eight years to the day since I first joined the Department of Health and Social Care. Calling it a "plan" might be generous, given the delivery ch...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Jul 4

Labour launched its NHS 10 year plan this week.

Many have already written about it, esp on health care delivery.

My latest post looks at the plans on the social determinants health - some good news, some gaps.

The devil is in the delivery and reducing poverty.

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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

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 3

Impressive detailed analysis, balancing the good, the bad and the ugly of the 10YHP. I predicted a tech-heavy plan a few days ago in a blog, and it’s perhaps not as dominated as I feared, there are signs of continued over reliance on data and tech to solve the nhs.
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This blog will have a short shelf-life, but in advance of the #10YearPlan sharing some thoughts on possible risks of a dominant focus on tech-enabled change, if this is at the expense of left-shift… |...

This blog will have a short shelf-life, but in advance of the #10YearPlan sharing some thoughts on possible risks of a dominant focus on tech-enabled change, if this is at the expense of left-shift to...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 3

agree. I understand it won't be published on line until it's announced in Parliament later this morning.

Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Will the 10 Year Health Plan favour tech-driven Bio-Medicalisation? - follow the money to see where trade-offs are made in the 10YHP, with primary & community-centred care at risk of domination by technophile models.

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Will the 10 Year Health Plan favour tech-driven Bio-Medicalisation?

The #10YearPlan for the NHS is eagerly awaited and much trailed, with a number of forerunning announcements already made - such as reform of GP funding to help target more deprived communities, the cl...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jun 22

Particularly timely given the technophile / biomedical approach propounded by Wes Streeting and worrying signs that the 10YHP will feature this heavily - whilst the ‘Health Mission’ and cross-dept strategy is nowhere to be seen.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Jun 21

the most basic, enduring plea from medicine: stop obsessing over tech solutions for tiny marginal returns when we haven't even mastered the basics of 19thC public health reform, let alone anything more sophisticated.

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jun 17

"Not for the first time then, health services will see significant funding increases without it feeling like a bonanza for the people who run or receive services."

Siva Anandaciva in @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog with analysis of the Spending Review

www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

What Does the 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review Mean For Health And Care | The King's Fund

Following the Comprehensive Spending Review, Siva Anandaciva unpacks the numbers to explore what they mean for health and care.

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Chris Ham @chrisham.bsky.social · Jun 17

its time to take prevention seriously and fully engage people in keeping healthy and using services wisely - this must be at the heart of the 10 year NHS plan. The road for increasing spending on a sickness service is running out

The BMJ @bmj.com · Jun 16

The NHS must reduce demand for healthcare with spending increases nearing their limits, writes @chrisham.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social · Jun 15

This by @shaunlintern.bsky.social describes well the perilous situation the NHS is in and the scale of the challenge to secure improvement, but like the Andrew Rawnsley piece in the Observer there is strangely no mention of the NHSE abolition and the major cuts and reorg of ICS, risking disruption.

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · Jun 15

Amid the gleaming exhibition stands and branded tote bags, managers at the annual NHS Confederation conference in Manchester last week spoke openly of their fear that the public was losing patience with the NHS.

READ: www.thetimes.com/article/11bb...

After 77 years and another £29bn, NHS chiefs fear public losing patience

The health service has a budget roughly equal to Portugal’s national income — but public satisfaction is at its lowest level since 1983

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 14

What happened to the government’s health mission? Good health isn't just built in hospitals but shaped by living conditions - from adequate income to secure housing.

Alex Kennedy outlines the need for a cross-government plan to improve health and reduce health inequalities⬇️

https://bit.ly/3TorQHg

'Creating a cross-government plan for health may not all be plain sailing: it will require difficult decisions. But to duck those decisions is a choice too – and one that is unlikely to end well.' Alex Kennedy, Policy and Engagement Manager in Healthy Lives
at the Health Foundation

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National Voices @nationalvoices.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our research is set to have a significant impact on NHS translation and interpreting service provision via @england.nhs.uk's new Improvement Framework.

The emphasis on cultural sensitivity, digital exclusion and community partnership will be vital for high-quality services.

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The impact of real-word experiences in shaping translation and interpreting services

National Voices’ research into marginalised communities in need of translation and interpretation services is set to have significant impact on NHS service provision.

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Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social · May 18

#Oliverscampaign
@NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups
Olivers story has been included in appendix 1

www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...

NHS England » Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework

Purpose This framework sets out 5 principles to reduce patient safety healthcare inequalities across the NHS. It outlines opportunities for implementation that local teams and ICBs can take up, as wel...

www.england.nhs.uk

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