Beccy Baird
beccya.bsky.social
Beccy Baird
@beccya.bsky.social
Senior Fellow in Health Policy @TheKingsFund interested in all things health and care policy but particularly primary care.
Luca and I have just published our report on how to make care closer to home actually happen. Spoiler alert: not by focusing all the attention on hospital waiting times...
What should national policy-makers do to make care closer to home a reality?

Our new long read focuses on the policy levers available to the government to reform health and care services.

Read the long read now. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Beccy Baird
Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund and co-author of the report says: ‘The structure and focus of the NHS has failed to keep pace with changes in disease and ill-health.'

Read our call for overhaul of targets and funding regime. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Call For Overhaul Of Targets And Funding Regime To Secure Future Of The NHS | The King's Fund
The King's Fund calls for the overhaul of targets and funding regime to secure future of the NHS.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Reposted by Beccy Baird
Public body abolitions can be genuinely transformative processes.

But successful abolitions are difficult to achieve, and rely on ministers gaining a proper understanding of the body in advance of abolition, and communicating well with staff www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
How to abolish a public body | Institute for Government
How the government can make future abolitions succeed.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM