15 minutes; no questions; government got the blame; my department to have 60% of us sacked. Apparently sacking us will lead to a ‘new, improved’ curriculum. No voluntary scheme, straight to selection and legal minimum redundancy payment.
Offord on the telly again talking about getting '800,000 economically inactive people back to work'.
High time journalists start properly interrogating this abject nonsense.
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Join USSP's @profellenstu.bsky.social and experts on 15 April as they reflect on four‑nations health policy, sharing insights on how the NHS in Scotland fits into wider UK health policy debates.
Sorry also been away! Yes that’s right - significant differences between U35s and 65+ in overall satisfaction. But no significant differences in support for founding principles across age groups.
While I appreciate me analysing them on a train is NOT the primary function of election manifestos, it is deeply irritating that I can't download most of them. Except Reform, who have a convenient PDF, but unfortunately no actual policies therein.
Published paper Towards socially robust policy modelling: as shown online with title in bold, Abstract box and Health Research Policy and Systems top right
Policy models are meant to inform real-world decisions, but who gets to shape them?
Our new review shows public involvement in computational modelling is still narrow—focused on experts, split between light feedback and rigid formats.
We suggest more inclusive, ongoing, and power-aware engagement 👇
In four weeks, British politics is likely to change dramatically. For the first time, nationalists are likely to control Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
“The change will be seismic” - more here with Bethan McKernan in Cardiff 🏴🏴🗳️ #Holyrood26 #senedd26
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Meet our expert panel: Prof Katherine Checkland, Professor of Health Policy & Primary Care at @manchester.ac.uk, will be joining our webinar on 15 April exploring how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy. Register now ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review!
We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵
I think my favourite genre of public survey result is 'meh'.
Excellent new podcast from Fraser of Allander on May's Scottish and Senedd elections. Lots in here from both countries on NHS funding (with lots more to say on substantive healthcare policy beyond financing). Worth a listen!
First paper from our @healthmod.bsky.social research. This review has informed the work on young people's job-seeking experiences we recently finished in Inverclyde, as well as work with YP kicking off in West Mids and Greater Manchester this year.
Reform in Wales haven't suspended anybody yet: one candidate resigned citing well-being and mental health after an image of his Nazi salute joke. 3 others have quit because they think the selections were rigged, with local members/activists below those parachuted in
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Registration is open for this webinar on the 15th April. Very much looking forward to the conversation, chaired by Will Hutton.
Are you interested in how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy? Join our webinar in association with @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social to hear from Will Hutton, @profellenstu.bsky.social, Prof Ann Marie Gray, Prof Katherine Checkland & Dr Lorelei Jones on this. acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
When I published this article in 2020, England was in the middle of reforming Healthwatch, and it has now scrapped it entirely. The pace of system reform south of the border is dizzying.
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I would be very interested to see some empirical work on this. My guess from previous research would be that YP's use of services is more intermittent, so more dealing with initial gatekeeping processes not continuity of care. Plus relating to the kinds of care they are using/trying to use - eg MH?
I thought the BSAS data suggested no parallel difference in commitment to the 'founding principles' of the NHS by age group. @leonoramerry.bsky.social - didn't I see an interview with you where you stated that? (Apols for not reading full report yet - been away!)
Anyway, AI is a managerial technology that came out of fields where researchers act more like managers than researchers and this is not a coincidence. It’s fundamentally related to why certain people jumped at the chance to try to build certain kinds of systems that devalued (other people’s) work.
One thing that stood out from the govt's announcement on its NHS population funding model is how much analytical and managerial work trusts and ICBs will be required to do
But who's going to do that work? The NHS is rapidly cutting managers due to ICB reorganisation and tight finances
We asked project lead @leonoramerry.bsky.social about the striking variation in satisfaction across age groups, captured by the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey.
Read our full analysis with @thekingsfund.bsky.social:
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@profellenstu.bsky.social, Fadhila Mazanderani & Francesca Vaghi:
Between dissatisfaction and support: justificatory repertoires in public feedback on emergency healthcare in the United Kingdom National Health Service 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉 New issue: Public Opinion and the Welfare State: Sources, Processes, and Consequences. Guest Editors: @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Zhen Im, Maria Grasso, Franco Bonomi Bezzo
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This is the cherry on the top
Matt Goodwin has written a new book: Suicide of a Nation
Andy Twelves has suggested some of the direct quotes appear hard to verify, or do not exist, and so may come from AI hallucinations
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#SocialCare as #Prevention: the quiet revolution hiding in plain sight. #health #wellbeing #publichealth #reform #Scotland.
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ALCS statements are up. Happy free money day to all who celebrate. Nice to get money from stuff I’ve written. Also very nice to know that someone somewhere is reading my work (and photocopying it?!). Thanks @alcs.co.uk for all the work to make this happen.
This week over 100,000 ALCS members will receive their share of £34m. Let's celebrate the value of human creativity, something that isn't going anywhere 💡📖🌳
"despite putting ‘fixing our NHS and cutting waiting lists’ first in its list of priorities, the manifesto provides no details of either spending or policy initiatives that would help to deliver significant improvements in NHS performance."
Quote from IFS Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance David Phillips: "The combination of big tax cuts and implied benefit increases without any identified source of funding is not fiscally credible. And the analysis of the potential revenue effects of the headline income tax cuts is unserious at best. In particular, the idea the tax cuts are self funding is a mirage created by a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the current devolution settlement and incorrectly comparing cumulative and annual figures on the potential impacts of the cuts."
NEW: “The combination of big tax cuts and implied benefit increases without any identified source of funding is not fiscally credible.”
📗 Read our full initial response to Reform UK’s Scottish manifesto here: ifs.org.uk/articles/ini...
