Doctor with GP, public health, management and policy experience. Founder of COBIC. Helping health and care systems focus on the outcomes that matter most.
Oxford, England
Joined November 2011
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In other news…was sorting out a playlist and rediscovered this. Could have been written yesterday . Well worth reading the lyrics - it’s all there. And written in 1963. Tragic. open.spotify.com/track/7xVpk…
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"Medicine is difficult. We need to continue to attract the brightest to train as doctors. We need to ensure that their training is long enough to make them equipped to do the difficult daily work of the doctor."
@AndrewElder @RCPEdin
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More evidence from robust evaluation by my colleagues @TheIFS that SureStart had impressive long run impacts. Previous work showed it improved the long run health and educational achievement of poorer children. New work shows drop in serious youth offending.
More @TheIFS work out on Sure Start today, looking at rare and costly outcomes.
We find big drops in serious youth offending (including youth custody), but less improvement in social care interactions or school behaviour.
Take a look 👇
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Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS.
I think this is a national scandal.
Please RT if you do too 🙏
In this interview with @skynewsniall, Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) emphasises the need to prioritise quality end of life care.
Regardless of Parliament's decision on assisted dying, fixing the funding of our struggling hospice and end of life care system is essential.
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⏰ CLOSING SOON: Apply for a unique leadership opportunity – the @commonwealthfnd 2025–2026 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice.
Find out more and apply ahead of the deadline of 1 November 2024 ⬇️
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ALT Apply today! Spend a year in the US conducting internationally comparative research and building key leadership skills. Harkness Fellowships harknessfellowships.org
These are very wise and important words from @sean9n. They deserve to be repeated and repeated and repeated till they become widely understood. And, if we want the NHS to survive, we all need to help the system respond to them constructively. Read it from beginning to end.
Why is the NHS less productive? Why are doctors so unhappy? could we fix both these things? With warnings from @ShaunLintern and lessons from @Philippa_Perry @danariely
sean9n.wordpress.com/2024/10…
@Thea_Stein @parthaskar @drohanlon @mgtmccartney @mellojonny
A call to “Develop high-quality leadership and management training and development opportunities for prospective, new and experienced clinician leaders and managers.” See gtc.ox.ac.uk/academic/health…
Strengthening clinical leadership and management | @HealthFdn
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Strengthening clinical leadership and management | @HealthFdn
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In amongst the carnage of the workforce plan there is an obvious thing hiding in plain sight. Let’s solve the PA crisis in one 🧵… (spoiler I won’t)
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One of the lovely things that happened at #GES2024 was that we had a chance to acknowledge 35 extraordinary years of @GrimshawJeremy's commitment to this global movement. People stood up and gave him a standing ovation, and it was just absolutely lovely to see 🧵4/7
ALT Jeremy Grimshaw
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Whisper it very softly
But we may not be too far from nearly 1 in 2 children with #T1Diabetes being on #ClosedLoops
1 in 2 on the best thing science can provide at the moment beyond a cure
Less than 12 months since @NICEComms TA 943
Ka-Boom 😎
A promise made…#gbdoc
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This is a fantastic change in relatively short time and shows the motivation of all involved.
Don't underestimate how much time and work has been put into achieving this fundamental change in the NHS.
Well done!
Whisper it very softly
But we may not be too far from nearly 1 in 2 children with #T1Diabetes being on #ClosedLoops
1 in 2 on the best thing science can provide at the moment beyond a cure
Less than 12 months since @NICEComms TA 943
Ka-Boom 😎
A promise made…#gbdoc
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Fantastic time at #fleetwoodmoves on Saturday!
Huge thanks to Helen & George @lpmdancetheatre, all the amazing performers & the wonderful volunteers supported by #UKSPF & @wyrecouncil.
We hope it will become an annual event & look forward to being involved again in the future.
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@RCPhysicians has published the Green Physician Toolkit outlining actions physicians can take to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare delivery in the UK👇
rcp.ac.uk/media/0lppfhmw/rcp…
Read here how we can help 👇
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#Sustainability
#NetZero
#BCorp
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The whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy protects your baby until it's old enough for its own vaccine.
Vaccine uptake in pregnancy has dropped from 75% in 2017 to 59% in 2024. And babies are dying.
This is a consequence of bad actor messaging on vaccines.
Please get vaccinated!
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There’s been talk for years of a primary care and community based NHS. Time for government to accelerate the change … and at the same time allow hospitals to do what only they can do. @thetimes @Keir_Starmer @wesstreeting @AmandaPritchard @CMO_England @aradarzi
