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[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...
DHSC GP adviser steps down
Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.
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Reposted by: David D. Buck, Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell , and 10 more

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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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by David D. Buck

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3/3. That's why its great that the techniques behind this work are also supporting the wider health and growth accelerator programme, more of this sort of stuff please! www.england.nhs.uk/2024/12/worl...
NHS England » World leading NHS trial to boost health and support people in work
NHS England » World leading NHS trial to boost health and support people in work
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by David D. Buck

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2/3. The commentary from Siva Anandaciva is as important as the paper inc arguing that these techiniques are welcome, but need to be applied to upstream preventive interventions inc outside the NHS, to balance the 'evidence', this is where the real gains are www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Can Tackling Waiting Lists Get Britain's Economy Moving Again? | The King's Fund
New analysis from the Office for National Statistics and NHS England explores whether reducing waiting lists could help more people return to work and boost productivity.
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by David D. Buck

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1/3. A ground-breaking paper, & commentary, on @thekingsfund.bsky.social website today - using linked data on the connection between #health & #economy from @nhsengland.bsky.social & ONS on the economic #payback from meeting waiting list targets. Paper assets.kingsfund.org.uk/f/256914/x/6...
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Upcoming lunchtime webinar from Policy Modelling for Health @healthmod.bsky.social on 23 October, midday: What Makes a ‘Good’ Policy Simulation Model? www.phiuk.org/news/events/...
Policy Modelling for Health lunchtime webinar: What Makes a ‘Good’ Policy Simulation Model?
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📢 New paper published in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social Using electronic point-of-sales (EPOS) data, this study assesses purchase price of factory-made cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco across neighbourhood deprivation and urban/rural status in Britain. #TobaccoResearch #PublicHealth
Purchase price of tobacco in small retailers in Great Britain: the relationships with neighbourhood deprivation and urbanicity between 2016–2021
Background Tobacco price is an important determinant of smoking behaviour. Using electronic point-of-sales (EPOS) data, this study assesses purchase price of factory-made cigarettes (FMC) and roll-you...
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)
A scene on a busy, beautifully tended allotment. The star of the scene is the wonderfully delicate, slightly hazy October light.
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🚨The UK is facing a health crisis.

But there are 1.5 million people who could help solve it.
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by David D. Buck

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How polarised is Britain? www.ft.com/content/c7e4... via @financialtimes.com
How polarised is Britain?
Behind media perceptions of a sharpening political divide is a more complicated picture
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www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...
The trust league tables are not robust, meaningful or fair
Matthew Hankins and Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard highlight the concerns arising from the use of NHS trust rankings and suggest solutions to make them more robust, relevant and just.
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by David D. Buck

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Yes, this. www.hsj.co.uk/service-rede...
The neighbourhood health service risks becoming a conceptual muddle
The government's ambition to establish a neighbourhood health service will fail to move from rhetoric to reality without a clearer clarity of purpose and measures for success, writes Matthew Taylor
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by David D. Buck

davidjbuck.bsky.social
ICYMI: From CMO of England (& colleagues inc @statsgeekclare.bsky.social ), #our #health as a nation. Some will reinforce, some will suprise, should make us all think/question. Very much welcome the narrative, alongside the numbers www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Reposted by: David D. Buck, Kris Inwood

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There's a really nice new study using phone data from Americans who relocated from one city to another to look at the effect of walkable environments on physical activity. E.g., people move TO New York and walk more, they move FROM New York and walk less www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.
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‘What people most want are places they can connect with others.’

And basics like public toilets, benches, more spaces for young people.

This is what we hear all the time. People are longing for welcoming spaces & places for human connection, health and hope.

This is at the heart of #GMLiveWell
We spoke to 42 people in 19 areas getting £20m - this is how they'd spend it
The government's new initiative gives £20m over 10 years to 19 areas in Greater Manchester - and voters decide how to spend it
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roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Rapid ⬆️ in Px
Doesn't appear to a rapid increase in the £ available for services to which people are referred
If this were referrals to orthopaedics that wouldn't be ok
not ok in this context
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data
Social prescribing has expanded rapidly in England, far exceeding initial targets of 900 000 patients by 2023–24, suggesting broad service acceptability. Progress is being made in reaching specific ta...
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by David D. Buck

davidjbuck.bsky.social
#Smoking and #economic #inactivity #trends (tx to Andy Snell). Of course socio-economic drivers. Nonetheless, remains striking www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Trends in health-related economic inactivity by smoking status in England, 2013–2025: a population-based analysis
Smoking is strongly associated with health-related economic inactivity, with absolute disparities widening over time. In early 2025, one in nine working-age adults in England who smoked was not in wor...
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How can the government deliver its “prevention first” approach to healthcare?

We will be at #Lab25 in Liverpool on Monday 29 September to discuss with @jobibby.bsky.social, Genetic Alliance UK, @novartis.bsky.social - join us at 13:30 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...
An image ad for an IfG event at the 2025 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. How can the government deliver its “prevention first” approach to healthcare? Monday 29 September | 13:30–14:30 Speakers: Dr Jo Bibby, Director of Health at Health Foundation Nick Meade, Chief Executive of Genetic Alliance UK Rob Thomas, Head of Public Affairs, UK and Ireland at Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK This event will be chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. This event is in partnership with Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK.
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by David D. Buck

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Great line...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx275r1l3xpo
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Reposted by: David D. Buck, Hayley Bennett

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Child Poverty Task Force will recommend scrapping the two child limit according to The Times. But publication is being delayed and no clarity over whether Government will accept the recommendation even though it's coming from two cabinet ministers.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cabinet ministers to recommend lifting two-child benefit cap
Starmer to be urged by taskforce before the budget to make the change — but it will cost £3bn a year when Rachel Reeves is trying to plug a spending gap
www.thetimes.com
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by John Appleby — Reposted by: David D. Buck

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Thanks Dave. V proud as a board member of @nhs-rho.bsky.social of its work… more to come in helping combat the (ill) health effects of racism!
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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 13d
The latest @nhsengland.bsky.social board papers are worth reading, especially the update on #healthinequalities and the NHS Race and Health Observatory. And in particular this para on #accountability #yes www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/he...
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by David D. Buck — Reposted by: John Appleby

davidjbuck.bsky.social
The latest @nhsengland.bsky.social board papers are worth reading, especially the update on #healthinequalities and the NHS Race and Health Observatory. And in particular this para on #accountability #yes www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/he...
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by David D. Buck

davidjbuck.bsky.social
The latest @nhsengland.bsky.social board papers are worth reading, especially the update on #healthinequalities and the Race and Health Observatory. And in particualr this para on #accountability #yes www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/he...

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fphuk.bsky.social
Mental health can be prevented, and wellbeing improved, but it takes leadership, collaboration & community action.

In a recent blog, Jude Stansfield, Ian Walker & Claire Robson share insights from their work with Public Health England’s Public Mental Health programme
www.fph.org.uk/blog/where-i...
Where is national leadership for public mental health?
The nation’s wellbeing can be improved. Mental health conditions can be prevented, but this doesn’t just happen automatically, or easily. It needs the organised efforts of the whole of society and sys...
www.fph.org.uk
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Reposted by: David D. Buck, John Holmes

sarg-scharr.bsky.social
Lots of media coverage this morning of findings from our new report 'Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: Monitoring report on 2023 data'. The no/lo market continues to expand and no/lo drinks are more likely to be consumed by risky drinkers. Find out more 👇 @nihr.bsky.social
New report reveals further growth and key trends in alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks market - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
A second Monitoring Report from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group has been published, revealing further growth in the alcohol-free and low-alcohol (no/lo) drinks market and offering new insights...
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Reposted by: David D. Buck, Christian Odendahl, Steve Peers , and 12 more

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Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."
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New book klaxon: I finally piss EVERYONE off!

What happens when you put health on platforms geared for shopping, PR & entertainment?

What's medicine and what's marketing? And what impact is it having on health?

(In public health lingo -it's commercial meets digital determinants of health)
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Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds

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Reposted by: David D. Buck, Daniela Gabor, Steve Peers , and 6 more

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Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
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A colleague pointed out this @thetimes.com chart to me. Doctor numbers declining since ~2021 looks very wrong. Difficult to know what the ONS data in the source is...

Anyone got any ideas what this might be referring to?
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