JKMVidimo
@vidimo.bsky.social
Using webtech to reach beyond Health & Care silo/org boundary. Tackling the broader visibility, coordination, patient flow/delays & other quite troublesome things.
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Wrong tech. Wrong approach, wrong target.
From 2015 We could've provided a control centre approach at every level from national, to individual bed/pt, with purpose built UK tech, spanning both Health & Care, covering flow, capacity & delays++ for a fraction of the cost.
Wrong tech. Wrong approach, wrong target.
From 2015 We could've provided a control centre approach at every level from national, to individual bed/pt, with purpose built UK tech, spanning both Health & Care, covering flow, capacity & delays++ for a fraction of the cost.
National system held up by ‘limitations’ of Federated Data Platform
Development of a national "system control centre" tool for monitoring healthcare demand and capacity is being held up by "limitations" of the Federated Data Platform, an integrated care board has said...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Wrong tech. Wrong approach, wrong target.
From 2015 We could've provided a control centre approach at every level from national, to individual bed/pt, with purpose built UK tech, spanning both Health & Care, covering flow, capacity & delays++ for a fraction of the cost.
Wrong tech. Wrong approach, wrong target.
From 2015 We could've provided a control centre approach at every level from national, to individual bed/pt, with purpose built UK tech, spanning both Health & Care, covering flow, capacity & delays++ for a fraction of the cost.
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New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
Cancer might evade immune defences by stealing mitochondria
Hijacking the energy-producing organelles from immune cells seems to help tumours in mice to infiltrate lymph nodes.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
New study suggests that metastatic cancer cells may evade the immune system by stealing mitochondria from immune cells and setting up a ‘shield’ that protects them from being killed by immune cells. Wiley little bastards.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
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"Do your own research", as RFK would say.
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‘Not regulated’: launch of ChatGPT Health in Australia causes concern among experts
Calls for clear guardrails and consumer education before wider rollout of OpenAI’s health advice platform
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January 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"Do your own research", as RFK would say.
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"Better, cheaper, faster: choose two" is false in the NHS:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The system is so far away from optimal performance that all three could improve at once.
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The system is so far away from optimal performance that all three could improve at once.
The mythbuster: NHS care can be faster, better AND cheaper
Debates about NHS productivity wrongly assume hard trade-offs are necessary to improve the service's performance. In fact, bottom-up analysis of clinical processes shows better, faster, cheaper care is achievable now
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January 12, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"Better, cheaper, faster: choose two" is false in the NHS:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The system is so far away from optimal performance that all three could improve at once.
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The system is so far away from optimal performance that all three could improve at once.
An effortless, balanced & worthwhile read.
Particularly like the red flag reference🙂 Little sign of a cohesive system-wide approach, instead, individual practices adopting a NIKE approach – ‘Just do it.’ Or not...
So much potential to do it right though.
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Particularly like the red flag reference🙂 Little sign of a cohesive system-wide approach, instead, individual practices adopting a NIKE approach – ‘Just do it.’ Or not...
So much potential to do it right though.
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The mythbuster: The government and BMA are both wrong about online GP access
Both the government and BMA misunderstand online GP access. Properly implemented triage improves patient care, efficiency, and reduces clinical risks
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October 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
An effortless, balanced & worthwhile read.
Particularly like the red flag reference🙂 Little sign of a cohesive system-wide approach, instead, individual practices adopting a NIKE approach – ‘Just do it.’ Or not...
So much potential to do it right though.
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
Particularly like the red flag reference🙂 Little sign of a cohesive system-wide approach, instead, individual practices adopting a NIKE approach – ‘Just do it.’ Or not...
So much potential to do it right though.
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
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Twitter totally inaccessable
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July 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Twitter totally inaccessable
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This is good from @policyskeptic.bsky.social www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The mythbuster: A plan built by magpies
The NHS 10-Year Plan dazzles with tech visions but lacks focus, realism, and the operational 'plumbing' needed to deliver improvement
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July 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This is good from @policyskeptic.bsky.social www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
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A really good NHS ten-year plan would have focussed on sorting out the plumbing before trying to build shiny new ways to make the NHS great:
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The mythbuster: Disdain for the ‘plumbers’ leaves the NHS knee deep in the brown stuff
Disdain for management is crippling the NHS - undermining productivity, policy delivery, and the essential 'plumbing' behind effective healthcare systems
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July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A really good NHS ten-year plan would have focussed on sorting out the plumbing before trying to build shiny new ways to make the NHS great:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
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David who is 17 years went missing on 6th June, he & his family are friends
He got on a flight to #kualalumpur via Dubai
The police in UK have been investigating & have passed on information to police in Malaysia.
But 4 weeks & no leads to his whereabouts
Please share #Malaysia mol.im/a/14883131
He got on a flight to #kualalumpur via Dubai
The police in UK have been investigating & have passed on information to police in Malaysia.
But 4 weeks & no leads to his whereabouts
Please share #Malaysia mol.im/a/14883131
I haven't seen my son since he secretly boarded a flight to Malaysia
David Balisong, 17, from Cheadle, Greater Manchester, was midway through his A-level exams when he left home on June 6 and flew alone to Kuala Lumpur without telling anyone.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
David who is 17 years went missing on 6th June, he & his family are friends
He got on a flight to #kualalumpur via Dubai
The police in UK have been investigating & have passed on information to police in Malaysia.
But 4 weeks & no leads to his whereabouts
Please share #Malaysia mol.im/a/14883131
He got on a flight to #kualalumpur via Dubai
The police in UK have been investigating & have passed on information to police in Malaysia.
But 4 weeks & no leads to his whereabouts
Please share #Malaysia mol.im/a/14883131
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From just before GE24: Wes Streeting: new think-tank data shows primary care collapsing. Also Wes Streeting: think-tanks do health establishment complacency and groupthink
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Cowper’s Cut 329: The 2024 General Election health policy debate - almost as good as England’s football
Ahem.
Is it me or is there a disconnect between the importance voters place on the NHS this election (see below from@IpsosUK this week) and how little it feels like it’s been discussed? Not that it h...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
From just before GE24: Wes Streeting: new think-tank data shows primary care collapsing. Also Wes Streeting: think-tanks do health establishment complacency and groupthink
www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...
www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...
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The new NHS plan for emergency care is full of distractions and doesn't focus on the key causes of the problem:
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The mythbuster: The underwhelming UEC plan
Promising ideas get buried in a confused, under-ambitious UEC plan that misdiagnoses the true nature of the emergency care crisis, writes Steve Black
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June 16, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The new NHS plan for emergency care is full of distractions and doesn't focus on the key causes of the problem:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
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Crowdsourcing: I'm looking for a reference to support the statement "RCTs are a cultural product". Any sociologists or philosophers of science know a good one? #philsci #healthpolicy THANKS!
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Crowdsourcing: I'm looking for a reference to support the statement "RCTs are a cultural product". Any sociologists or philosophers of science know a good one? #philsci #healthpolicy THANKS!
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The new NHS UEC plan is a shock. It is the first plan in a decade not to be full of garbage and to have some genuinely useful ideas. And I don't often say that about NHS plans:
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‘Blame shunting’ by providers leads to poor emergency care, says NHSE
The 'inability or unwillingness' of some NHS and social care providers to work together has contributed to an 'unimaginable' deterioration in emergency care performance, according to NHS England
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June 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The new NHS UEC plan is a shock. It is the first plan in a decade not to be full of garbage and to have some genuinely useful ideas. And I don't often say that about NHS plans:
www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
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Why promote the benefits of research using NHS data when the current NHS has neither the capacity nor the will to use its data to tackle immediate current operational problems? ...
June 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Why promote the benefits of research using NHS data when the current NHS has neither the capacity nor the will to use its data to tackle immediate current operational problems? ...
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Sarah Neville in the FT on lunch with Amanda Pritchard: "The NHS contributes between 10 and 20 per cent to people’s health, she says — a figure I find startlingly low"
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
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This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
April 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Sarah Neville in the FT on lunch with Amanda Pritchard: "The NHS contributes between 10 and 20 per cent to people’s health, she says — a figure I find startlingly low"
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
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The government is very excited about the value of NHS data to support the development of new treatments. This is the wrong focus: the big opportunity is to use data to improve the existing NHS: www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh... ...
The mythbuster: Government has the wrong idea on data
The government's focus on using NHS data to develop new drugs misses the bigger opportunity - to improve existing services and costs with data-driven decision-making. By Steve Black
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April 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The government is very excited about the value of NHS data to support the development of new treatments. This is the wrong focus: the big opportunity is to use data to improve the existing NHS: www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh... ...
This from Donald Macaskill from 04:30 in, completely nails it. We must think of the patient journey as a whole, regardless of silo or care setting.
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Reforming the NHS in Scotland? Not without social care you won’t. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill argues that any realistic reform of the NHS in Scotland can only occur if grounded in a holistic understanding of health and wellbeing and if it focuses first on socia...
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April 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This from Donald Macaskill from 04:30 in, completely nails it. We must think of the patient journey as a whole, regardless of silo or care setting.
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The GMC's survey for trainees and trainers is now LIVE!
📊 Insights from the GMC's national training survey are vital for addressing challenges in health services. Let’s ensure training is valued and protected.
Participate in the survey: gmc-uk.org/nts
📊 Insights from the GMC's national training survey are vital for addressing challenges in health services. Let’s ensure training is valued and protected.
Participate in the survey: gmc-uk.org/nts
March 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The GMC's survey for trainees and trainers is now LIVE!
📊 Insights from the GMC's national training survey are vital for addressing challenges in health services. Let’s ensure training is valued and protected.
Participate in the survey: gmc-uk.org/nts
📊 Insights from the GMC's national training survey are vital for addressing challenges in health services. Let’s ensure training is valued and protected.
Participate in the survey: gmc-uk.org/nts
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And, to be clear, the NHS and public consensus on what the root causes of problems are is often very badly wrong. Zombie ideas dominate (for example: www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh... )
The mythbuster: The zombie idea that demand is causing long A&E waits must die
Steve Black challenges a misleading A&E story that blames "minor ailments" for NHS delays, highlighting that operational dysfunction, not demand, is the true cause of long waits, and urging a more...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And, to be clear, the NHS and public consensus on what the root causes of problems are is often very badly wrong. Zombie ideas dominate (for example: www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh... )
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I have a big worry that the NHS 10-year plan is trying to derive the strategy from consensus views of the solutions.
It should be driving the solutions from robust analysis of the problem and trying to get a consensus around them...
It should be driving the solutions from robust analysis of the problem and trying to get a consensus around them...
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I have a big worry that the NHS 10-year plan is trying to derive the strategy from consensus views of the solutions.
It should be driving the solutions from robust analysis of the problem and trying to get a consensus around them...
It should be driving the solutions from robust analysis of the problem and trying to get a consensus around them...
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The only thing that matters with the abolition of NHSE is whether what replaces it is more effective at driving improvement in the NHS:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The mythbuster: Building a better Department of Health
NHS England has been abolished. But will the service be better off without it?
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March 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The only thing that matters with the abolition of NHSE is whether what replaces it is more effective at driving improvement in the NHS:
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...