‘No child left behind: what the government’s child poverty strategy should aim to deliver’ Restart Sure Start might be a good start. Prevention works and should be at heart of the government’s child poverty strategy www.health.org.uk/features-and...

Something seems to be missing with the flu vaccination programme. Far too many not receiving the jab. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Me thinks this government knows not what it does. Certainly not in the realm of quantum ‘technology’. Sharp suites seen them coming www.gov.uk/government/n...

CQC rated ‘inadequate’ www.bbc.com/news/article...

While demand for primary school places falls to record low that for special education needs has risen dramatically. ‘Rising demand for state special school provision has outstripped supply, and around two thirds are operating over capacity’ www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

It’s about unlocking efficiency through co-designing services with patients and sharing power with local leaders, not ‘doing to’ people and their communities’. If I had a £ for every time heard and read this being said and promised… www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

This needs to move more quickly as house building slows. Also, hopefully, no ‘Right to Buy’ for these new social rent homes www.gov.uk/government/n...

Pilot schemes using remote monitoring and self reporting tools through the NHS App for patients to share with specialists. Appears good stuff, but reckon those 500,000 appointments they say it could ‘free-up’ will quickly fill up from that bottomless well of illness in uk www.gov.uk/government/n...

Surprising that only 59.4% of care home residents have been vaccinated against flu, considering they are a high risk group and should be among most easy to reach population www.england.nhs.uk/2025/11/nhs-...

Reading of Reeves’s musings on what she may or may not decide in next budget is beginning to feel like watching someone fiddling with a box of matches in a firework factory

“We’re awash with money” one senior banker said

The growing number of energy hungry data centres in uk, currently around 477, that demand good grid connectivity and cheapest electricity possible should push government to prioritise renewable energy sources and look at recirculating vast data heat waste to homes www.bbc.com/news/article...

Homelessness on rise. With 2023-24 figures for statutory homelessness showing 10.4% increase on previous year. No surprise with lowest average rent for flat or maisonette in England in May 2024 reaching £1,228, and NLW of just £11.44/hr, or approx £1830/month for 40hr wk www.gov.uk/government/s...

Would seem counter productive if trying to promote green energy use with its associated industries, services- and jobs www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Seems a good use for the weight loss drug. England next? www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...

In 2022 80% of abortions in England and Wales took place in independent sector, 99% of which were NHS funded. In 2022 there was also a 17% rise in number of abortions, to total of 251,377, compared to 2021. Increasing absolute poverty and that two child benefit cap? www.gov.uk/government/s...

The high levels of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in childhood, most often by parents, would suggest we do not have to look very far for the causes of much of the rising poor mental health in England and Wales www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

But how many identified as at risk of developing type 2 diabetes would not have gone on to actually develop the disease even without the intervention. Could reduction in hospital admissions among older age groups be likely linked to weight loss and improved fitness? www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

Could this mean these drugs become even more costly in the UK as Pharma companies try to recoup some of lost profits due to the price reductions in USA? edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Does not take much to spread www.gov.uk/government/n...

A warning. Reform run Lancashire county council plan to close down council run care homes and day centres to move residents into private sector-one of Reform’s social care cabinet members in the council owns a private care company www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Might be tempted to ask if ICBs have capacity, skills or even staff morale to do much of what is now being asked of them - considering upwards of 50% of staff have threat of redundancy hanging over them, others left, and many have no idea what their future job will be www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...

When the world is dominated by strong men leaders- that are also idiots. www.ft.com/content/8041...

A government focus on NHS ‘productivity’, only concerned with diagnostics and patient flow through hospitals, distracts from the wider question. Is England becoming healthier as a nation? We might be living longer but increasing proportion of population are suffering major long term illness.

NHSTrust leadership rated ‘inadequate’. So why are they still there? www.cqc.org.uk/press-releas...

90% of NHS buildings in England are vulnerable to overheating with number of overheating events at NHS sites in England increasing by 60% from 2016 to 2022. Imagine that AND hospital corridors and EDs crowded with patients in pain www.bmj.com/content/391/...

‘Each ICB will need to have a comprehensive understanding of those receiving health and care support- using an ‘adequately’ resourced co-production methodology that actively involves people and communities’. www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/st...

On a NHS drug budget of almost £20 billion a 25% hike in what they payout to US pharmaceutical companies is going to be a significant hit. Where is the extra £ going to come from? www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Trump mouthpiece speaks www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

While this is a start, doubtful that it will be sufficient in itself to stem the tide of increasing childhood obesity and health complications that will result. This is a complex and growing worldwide problem requiring a sophisticated cross-sector public health response www.gov.uk/government/n...

Let’s start with biggest Employer in UK - #NHSEngland alarmingly cut its Disability Adjustment Team last month giving the tiny staff team two hours notice they were re-deployed. www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-y... it’s now a case of go sick or bring a grievance to get adjustments!

As government announces its joint initiative with employers ‘to tackle ill health and “keep Britain working”. It might be useful to pay regard to the HSE statistics that show the high levels of disease, death and long term disability caused by the workplace. www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/a...

Problem is when it starts to add significant costs to employment. Will this project reverse the huge rise in zero hours contracts over last decade? Or significantly reduce the 1.7million workers suffering work related ill health? www.gov.uk/government/n...

That froth on the daydream www.ft.com/content/a07c...

Who works in the NHS, what are their roles and how have numbers changed over time? King’s Fund provides an update www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The incredible mix of people in our country, with their different talents and experiences, outlooks and ideas, is Its superpower not its Achilles’ heel.

Handled well, an increase in tax that is seen as fair and reasonable to sustain public services like NHS just might be accepted by majority - if accompanied by a cut in NI and removal of two-child benefit cap. But what are chances it will be another bungled job? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good headline of 10.6% of adults smoking cigarettes, but much higher prevalence in poorer areas and among workers with fewer or no qualifications- up to 25%. Often see them parked in NHS wheelchairs outside our main hospital entrance puffing away on a cig www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

How reach these employment contract decisions? Is there any transparency at all? Not heard of value for money? Raises questions on quality of other decisions made by these people- and current protests of £ shortages for ICB redundancies www.hsj.co.uk/humber-and-n...

NICE prioritising producing guidance in areas of Mental Health ,Cancer early detection and diagnosis, and Diabetes www.nice.org.uk/news/blogs/f...

An act of boys club nepotism with longer term impact on credibility of Starmer’s judgement and leadership qualities www.bbc.com/news/article...

Could the two child limit in the Budget? Certainly help support poorer families struggling with rising cost of living and reduce child poverty www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

So Nigel Farage, who spent a huge chunk of his speech today attacking plans to raise even the slightest of taxes on the wealthy, thinks one of the biggest problems facing the UK is that young people on the minimum wage are being paid too much bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Would not trust this guy with a box of matches not alone the entire UK economy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It will be patient experience and voting public that decide if the NHS is recovering (not this ‘productivity’ gobbledegook) and that will be very much down to hospital ‘corridor care’ winter headlines and where majority experience the NHS - Primary Care. www.gov.uk/government/n...

New analysis predicts that the number of economically inactive adults due to long term health conditions, such as mental health and cardiovascular disease, could increase by 26% by 2035 to as many as 3.37million www.rsph.org.uk/news/number-...

But how long before there is a push for the GP ‘online tool’ to become an AI driven ‘doctor’? Quite a few exist as private sector enterprises already www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/2025-26...

A good question long overdue. How long for an answer? www.ft.com/content/0995...

‘As pension age rises more people move into income poverty, with many approaching pensionable age living with health conditions that makes an income hit more difficult to manage e.g. one in ten people in their early 60s claim an incapacity benefit’ www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

NHS England Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25. Quite positive really, as provides evidence of NHS recovery. Though, crucially, shows very little progress on delayed discharges ( page 44) and average 12,633 patients/day with delayed discharge in year assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69036e...