GPs are busier than ever. If you ever wondered how “busyness” affects consultation outcomes? A new paper lead by the brilliant Hanifa Pilvar from @OxPrimaryCare has some answers.
More referrals, more antibiotics, fewer psychotropic prescriptions.
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How much does UK spend on health care compared to Europe?
In 2022, nine of the EU14 countries spent more on health care per head than UK. Six invested over 20% more, including France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Analysis by @ElaineKTHF and @tlswatt⬇️
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ALT Bar chart of publicly funded health spend per capita in 2022, with comparison to UK (%) showing that the UK spends well below countries like France, the Netherlands and Germany on health care.
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NEW: Health care funding in England needs to rise by 3.8% per year in real terms, over the next decade, to meet rising care needs and deliver improvements to the NHS.
Read our analysis ➡️ health.org.uk/publications/l…
...as covered by @BBCNews ⬇️
Health spending in England needs to be £38 billion a year higher by end of next parliament to improve services and cope with rising demand according to think tank. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22…
Thanks very much @BenChu_ for an excellent representation of the research. The case studies really help ground the findings. 👍
More evidence on health inequality from @Ann__Raymond, myself, Hannah Rose Douglas, @laurie_rj and @LivUniIPH colleagues.
Hopefully the detail will help inform policy in new ways. 🤞
NEW: Over the next two decades, cases of chronic pain, anxiety, depression and type 2 diabetes will increase faster in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived.
Our future government must take action to boost #HealthIn2040. Read more 👉 health.org.uk/publications/h…
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Excellent to get a cite from the Secretary of State @VictoriaAtkins. Do read the report. Most of the rise in illness is coming from population ageing (rather than ppl getting sicker at a given age). @HealthFdn @tlswatt @Ann__Raymond
We need to act to stop a rise in preventable diseases to make the NHS sustainable.
That’s why I will set out a plan for improving the prevention, early diagnosis and management of our biggest health conditions.
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Thank you so much for writing this up!
I’ve been presenting a slide on this for ages. The imbalance between growth in demand for PC services and investment in PC is very clear if you have access to good data…
Are GP consultation rates rising or falling? Who or what should we believe? Read our latest blogpost - strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/news/a…
Quoting @Strategy_Unit:
“In some ways it’s incredible that we know so little about the activity levels of this pivotal NHS service.”
…I can’t think of a way in which it is not incredible.
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Responding to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO)’s annual report, @tlswatt explores why better linked data will be key to unlocking solutions for health and care in an ageing society.
Read the blog 👇
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ALT 'With better data, reports like the CMO’s (and ours) could deliver precise answers to concrete, pressing questions we are facing for our future health.' Toby Watt, Lead Economist at the Health Foundation health.org.uk/blog
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Next we have @tlswatt who is discussing population ageing and multimorbidity in England - 2.5 million people are predicted to be living with major illnesses by 2040, an increase of 37% since 2019
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Loved talking to @EmmaBower about what these numbers could mean for patients and staff in general practice.
In our latest podcast, @HealthFdn economist @tlswatt talks to @EmmaBower about research projecting patterns of illness in England in 2040 and what the findings mean for general practice.
gponline.com/podcast-changin… #GPnews
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NHS mobile lung trucks have diagnosed hundreds of people like Fran with lung cancer at an earlier stage than before. Now, those who were previously most at risk are the most likely to receive an early diagnosis.
Thanks to her early diagnosis, Fran is cancer-free. 🙌
The data tell a strong story: investment in health has been inconsistent, both over time and across services.
But flat spend once we account for demographics ignores growth in chronic illness.
So productivity or ⬇️ quality must be balancing changing needs? @jappleby123
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The argument that’s often made for why we need an alternative model to the NHS or radical reform is that the NHS is unsustainable. The latest to make the argument is Sajid Javid. But *is* the NHS unsustainable? A Friday🧵
Anyone else noticed Conservative ministers saying “I get it” for the last 3 years?
@MattHancock whenever he spoke about lockdowns
@BorisJohnson on the Sue Gray report
@KwasiKwarteng @trussliz “I get it and I have listened”
Is there a folksy comms mastermind in the wings?
While @theresecoffey considers UK’s obesity policy, here is some new analysis showing how price promotions can impact how we buy food.
With @l_cornelsen, Walter Beckert & Rich Smith 1/3
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Price promotions add complexity to our hectic food environments. Encouraging shoppers to over-buy unhealthy food (more than healthy food).
Price promotions give the illusion that we save money, but in reality we just buy more then eat / drink / waste more.
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