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Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff

The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.

The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
There's a tern and three ternlings eagerly (but patiently and considerately) awaiting the next page...

I've just loved the last couple of chapters.
🥰
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Whooooooop
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hey.
Absolutely loving this.

Work of scholarship and art and love.
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
ftw
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Or putting it another way:
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Please feel free to go and check the data.
It's all here:
www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/s...
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Letting it spread makes things worse.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Put it up alongside the staff sickness rate at the NHS.

That black line is the pre-pandemic average, and the red and the green are the worse and better points in the year.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
IT'S GETTING WORSE.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here's a graph of the rolling 6 month totals of people who have had to wait 12 hours from decision to admit to admission.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And the worst winter of all for delays to urgent care?

NOW.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's staggering.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Urgent.

You actually may need to zoom into that image to see the original graph.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Rampant Spread:

You need to *click* on this image to see the *mindboggling* change in number of people waiting 12 hours for treatment when they attend urgent care.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's in tiny pockets in 2019/20, not rampant yet.
And then in 2020/2021 it's potentially rampant, but *mitigations* are holding it in check still.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Emergency Phase:

Then Covid arrives.
You probably look at this and think it's bad, right?

You p
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Pre-pandemic:

This is the sad graph of how many patients had to wait *12 hours* to be admitted after the decision to admit them to hospital was made.

Depressing, right.

We're talking about urgent care here.
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ternling three loved this episode.
they also drew me a birthday card a while back...
February 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I am shocked and stunned and shocked that Boris Johnson might have misled us about this.

"Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for decades"

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
January 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It would cost over £1800 for a family of 5 to get vaccinated for the tripledemic illnesses you ignorant loofah.

The government aren't offering them.

<screams>

"This could be the toughest winter in NHS history. Here’s a simple way we can all help: Get vaccinated"
January 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries"

Story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Look carefully at the bottom of the picture.

👀

The NHS is advertising for "corridor nurses".

🤬
January 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Perfect Sunday morning to have off.

Above the clouds.
January 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning!
January 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM