Just to unpack today's announcement a little.

PHE has been operating for the past 7 years to provide a huge range of functions. Health protection is of course a key part (it employs 2,500 scientists and manages >10,000 disease outbreaks/yr)

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If any of you have been furloughed or are out of work- we could do with someone who knows how to edit video content that is generated by people living with ill health or disability. It would be a great volunteering opportunity for a hard pressed small charity!

1/24 It’s clear from London CEOs that London trusts are now in the full flow of managing explosion of covid19 related demand we were all expecting. Thought it would be helpful to share impressions of what’s happening and what others can start to learn from London’s experiences….

Great #workingfromhome #remotework tips here. Thanks John Appleby for sharing. Justin Waring

New research has found the most deprived areas have poorer health outcomes, including spending longer in A&E and having worse experience of making a GP appointment. Read Jessica Morris and Sarah Scobie's briefing for the full low-down behind the numbers: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/quali…

The new Conservative seats are skewed towards the lower end of healthy life expectancy.

Of the 20 Conservative seats with the lowest male healthy life expectancy, 13 were won from Labour in #GE2019 .

Read more about what this means for the new government: health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

Long-term improvements in life expectancy and mortality in the UK have stalled. And the difference between the health of people living in the best- and worst-off communities is widening.

Read more about current trends in the nation's health: health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

#GE2019

New Ipsos UK The Health Foundation polling #GE2019 :

- Ppl are willing to pay more tax for #NHS and #socialcare
- Lack of investment + waiting times seen as biggest problems facing #NHS
- Remaining in the 🇪🇺 seen has having the least negative impact on #NHS

👉health.org.uk/publications/r…

Our new analysis of mortality data uncovers worrying trends:

➡️ a rise in avoidable deaths among under 50s
➡️ a fall in life expectancy for women in the poorest areas
➡️ a widening gap in life expectancy between richest and poorest

Read more: health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

'Ultimately nursing shortages are a policy choice not an inevitability. We need to train more staff and provide a better offer to the people currently in the NHS so that fewer leave', says @AnitaCTHF in The Guardian ⬇️
theguardian.com/society/2019/n…

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Today, Boris Johnson has said that taxes on unhealthy foods should be reviewed citing a lack of evidence. The only such UK tax is the soft drinks industry levy, or #sugartax , so please let me take you through that 'lack of evidence'.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Our #THFCancer report, Unfinished Business, draws attention to the need to improve early #cancer diagnosis. But after almost 70 interviews and countless hours of research there were plenty of other learning points too…

Here are a few (thread below)..👇

health.org.uk/publications/u…

Building capital for the future? Or are we asleep at the wheel ... theguardian.com/society/2018/d…. #futurehealthinquiry

NEWS RELEASE: Health Foundation response to announcement from UK Prime Minister of funding increase of £20 billion per year to NHS England’s budget by 2023/24.

health.org.uk/news/health-fo…

A special thought from daughter number 2 #inpatientunithumour

‘37% of the extra emergency admissions the NHS is coping with are because hospitals have got better at treating the very sickest patients’ Great to hear Simon Stevens referencing work we’ve funded yesterday at #NHSP17 - health.org.uk/blog/emergency…

NEW: We have launched a £1.5m funding programme for innovative #research on the economic and social value of health health.org.uk/valueofhealth

Social care funding reform has gone back five years - stark & important analysis by @RichardatKF of The King's Fund: kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2015/07/p…

#ntsummit .Bas Bloem vital for people to be doctors for the right reason: not for 'failures in the human body' but interest in whole person