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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 9d

There is a common misconception that moving care into the community should be done by physically moving hospital services into community services - that's not the answer

Moving care into the home is

That's what a virtual hospital does

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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 9d

The PM is announcing the government is setting up a virtual hospital

This is game changing - & a reform we exclusively called for in our paper paper out a few months ago: 'Hospital as a service, not a building'

Huge win for @rosiebeacon.bsky.social & @alicesemark.bsky.social

Real world impact 👏

Liberal Democrat party conference: achieving local renewal - Re:State

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 14d

In our latest Re:Think, Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social explores the big themes from our event with Sarah Olney MP at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference last weekend.

Check it out here: re-state.co.uk/rethink/libe...

Launching leaders - Re:State

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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 15d

Really proud of this new project

We've put our money where our mouth is and launched the Re:State Leaders Network, a programme to support senior civil servants to lead during a time of immense complexity and challenge

Read @jo3hill.bsky.social on the why and what 👇

Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 15d

Whitehall can’t tackle 21st-century problems with 19th-century tools.

In this Re:Think, Policy Director, @jo3hill.bsky.social, reflects on the launch of our Leaders Network in partnership with Newton, and why fresh ideas matter for leadership.

Check out the blog👇

re-state.co.uk/rethink/laun...

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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 22d

Hospitals are struggling with productivity. That means fewer patients seen and treated.

This new paper from @floconway.bsky.social and @rosiebeacon.bsky.social lays out the quick wins that automation could deliver - not only for productivity but also patient safety and workforce satisfaction 👇

Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 22d

🚨New paper out today!🚨

There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.

We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.

Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

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Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · 22d

The hospital is a unique economic unit. Incredibly understudied, even in an NHS which has accidentally (and incorrectly) been plugging more and more resource into secondary care over the last two decades. Automation has huge potential.

Great new paper today from the team.

Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 22d

🚨New paper out today!🚨

There are countless avoidable inefficiencies in hospitals today - many of which could be automated overnight.

We explored what steps government, ICSs & trusts need to make in order to grasp the potential of these innovations.

Read here: re-state.co.uk/publications...

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 22d

If you're at Conservative Party Conference this year, don't miss what will be a fascinating conversation on a Conservative vision to remake the State, with Claire Coutinho MP, Alex Burghart MP, and @charliepickles.bsky.social

Email [email protected] to attend!

Re:Shuffle – an open letter to Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Re:State

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 28d

Today: Policy Director, Joe Hill, writes to The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, newly appointed Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with his take on where focus should lie.

re-state.co.uk/rethink/resh...

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · 28d

⭐ Special blog series: Re:Shuffle ⭐

We’re marking the ministerial reshuffle with daily open letters from our researchers to newly appointed ministers – setting out what we think should top their priority list for better public services.

Homes England under the hammer? - Re:State

Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking forward to joining Newsnight tonight to discuss, well, a whole lot of politics!!

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · Sep 1

Should one national agency really hold the keys to solving England’s housing crisis?

In our latest Re:Think, Researcher, @coryberman.bsky.social , writes about why Homes England should be abolished and its powers devolved to local leaders.

Read the blog here 👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/home...

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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · Aug 31

👀 One more sleep...

Cracking read from the @re-state.bsky.social Local State team @stkaye.bsky.social

If you want ambitious devolution, you can't leave central government machinery as is 👇

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Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm all for professionalising the role of Special Advisers, e.g. with much better admin support. But the civil service can only do so much - politicians need to lead.

In 'Grown up government' @re-state.bsky.social argued for a new model, with more Spads, paid better

re-state.co.uk/publications...

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Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · Jul 31

This opening line from @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social to the BMA is absolutely 🔥

"I never left"

President Starmer? PM to beef up Downing Street to get a grip on chaos

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Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · Jul 19

There is so much more the centre of government could do to be effective - including significantly bolstering the Prime Minister’s team.

But a starting point should be far more political appointees, rather than layering more SCS jobs on top of the Cabinet Office.

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

New department would form part of a wider ‘reset’ being mulled over by Sir Keir Starmer’s team

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · Jul 17

As the great Ronnie Coleman once said, "everybody wants to be a [devolver] but nobody wants to [draw the map]". But luckily @stkaye.bsky.social and @seaneke.bsky.social have! Great to see in our paper, out today.

Already picking out which province I want to be the Governor of. Which do you want? 🔗👇

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢NEW REPORT: 'GO BIG OR GO HOME'

The 'devolution revolution' may yet result in small and underpowered Strategic Authorities in England's low-density, rural, and polycentric places.

This report proposes a system of full-scale Provinces to ensure England's regions can take flight.

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Stephen Evans @stephenevans.bsky.social · Jul 17

1. Further signs of an easing labour market with payroll employment & vacancies down again. Clear sectoral differences with retail & hospitality payrolls down 170k but showing largest pay rises as NMW changes kick in. Usual data caveats with both LFS & HMRC data so need to be cautious.

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Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · Jul 16

Researcher, @floconway.bsky.social, has written about the urgent need for Govt to act following another child death from measles

Check out her piece here👇
re-state.co.uk/rethink/we-b...

We beat measles once: we must do it again - Re:State

Over the weekend, tragic news broke about a child in Liverpool dying after contracting measles. Sadly, such incidents are becoming increasingly common. The UK has faced repeated outbreaks in recent ye...

Civil servants see the flaws, are fed up with the system, and want to see real change

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Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social · Jul 14

We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…

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Civil Service World @civilserviceworld.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Alternative People Survey, a Re:State-CSW collaboration, shows that many of those within the civil service see the flaws, are fed up with the system, and want to see real change, writes @charliepickles.bsky.social
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...

While ministers and officials charged with rewiring Whitehall should be worried by findings from a new CSW-Re:State survey, they should also be lif...

www.civilserviceworld.com

Alternative People Survey - Re:State

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Joe Hill @jo3hill.bsky.social · Jul 9

Fantastic to publish this today in partnership with @civilserviceworld.bsky.social.

I filled out the official People Survey for seven years as an official. It's a great bit of organisational feedback. But I always wished they'd ask some other questions...

So now we have!

Re:State @re-state.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW REPORT: Today we have published The Alternative People Survey - a survey of civil servants on questions which aren't covered in the official annual People Survey.

In partnership with @civilserviceworld.bsky.social we surveyed over 1,200 civil servants.

re-state.co.uk/publications...

The civil service is vital to delivering the Government’s priorities – yet it doesn’t have a voice. Re:State’s Alternative People Survey offers new insights into how civil servants feel about the cu...