"Despite decades of stated commitment to prevention, early intervention and person-centred care, outcomes have not kept pace with ambition"
@timjackson.org.uk @cusp.ac.uk for #NHS2048.
Read the policy summary: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/pros...
And the full working paper cusp.ac.uk/themes/healt...

"At no point has the NHS in Scotland employed the number of nursing staff it says it needs"

Eileen McKenna from RCN Scotland writes for #NHS2048. Read her full article here:
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/safe...

"NHS staff are often told they must change their ways of working to improve quality of service. The same is now true of our politicians."
Prof Mark Strachan from @rcpedin.bsky.social writes for our #NHS2048 forum. Read his full article here: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/the-...

“when clinicians are empowered to redesign care pathways, streamline processes & adopt evidence-based efficiencies, more patients can be treated without compromising quality”

Nigel Kirkpatrick from Newmedica writes for #NHS2048

www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/effi...

"Walking is one of the most inclusive and accessible forms of physical activity"
Ian McCall of @walkingscotland.bsky.social writes for #NHS2048 on the positive impact walking and wheeling can have as part of a greater focus on preventing illness
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/walk...

Katherine Crawford of Age Scotland writes for #NHS2048 on the urgent need to address the problems facing social care. She highlights that while "many, if not most, of us will need social care at some point in our lives"..."it is not a political priority."
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/scot...

"why don’t we do more? Is it because dementia & caring affect women more than men? Or because women’s unpaid labour has long been treated as an inexhaustible resource-natural, expected, & therefore invisible"
Greg Stevenson's powerful piece for #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/the-...

Frank Gunn-Moore FRSB FRSE of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social writes for our #NHS2048 forum of the challenges and opportunities for Scotland in dementia research. Read his full article here: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/grow...

"All of these three measurement failings – the wrong doors, the wrong time zone, the wrong connotations – conspire to prevent the rigorous examination of cause-&-effect relationships in the health & care system that’s needed"
@kurtstat.bsky.social for #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/thre...

A new piece from Alistair Veitch for our #NHS2048 forum exploring how a renewed social contract grounded in universality, transparency, and shared accountability can support the long-term sustainability of the NHS. Read in full: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/trus...

Switching to social or supplemental health insurance won’t fix NHS funding, argues Professor @camdonaldson.bsky.social in our #NHS2048 Forum - better management of our tax-funded system will.

Read here: enlighten.scot/nhs2048/why-...

New on #NHS2048
Clare Johnston writes about the potential of rebuilding strength and healthy aging. Read her article here:
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/rebu...

“Vaccination uptake is plummeting in rural communities and areas of high deprivation, creating a stark health inequality that threatens to divide our nation’s children into the protected & the vulnerable”

A worrying article from Dr Ross Jaffrey #NHS2048

www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/has-...

New on #NHS2048
Dr Alastair Noble writes about the importance of continuity of care and place based services. Read his article here:
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/cont...

Read the latest contribution to our #NHS2048 forum -

Peter Williamson outlines five steps to improve the development of health strategy in Scotland. Read his article here: www.enlighten.scot/reforming-he...

Andrew Ritchie and Jane Ewen write for #NHS2048 on the opportunities Foundation Apprenticeships offer for building the future NHS workforce. www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/foun...

"testing has an important part to play in keeping people healthy, early diagnostics and getting inpatients back to health quicker"

Ben Thomson writes for #NHS2048 on the importance of improving testing within the NHS.
enlighten.scot/nhs2048/scot...

"It would seem – if improving the health of the population and reducing health differences are priorities – that in past years there has not been enough strategic development work in support of these ambitions"
@pjw0409.bsky.social writes for #NHS2048.

www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/refo...

"We must stop asking why people don’t engage with services—and start asking whether services truly engage with people"

A really powerful article on addiction policy from Stuart Patterson from Street Connect for #NHS2048

Read it here: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/real...

Professor John Smyth writes for #NHS2048 outlining changes he believes are required around prevention, screening and treatment. Read his article in full here: www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/our-...

Writing for our #NHS2048 13 senior health professionals call for "reimagining" of healthcare with a plea for politicians to agree on a framework to engage in private, respectful discussions which allow long-term planning beyond normal electoral cycles. www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/the-...

"The statistics are alarming, and they reveal a deeper crisis brewing beneath the surface"
Fiona McFarlane writes for #NHS2048 on rethinking mental health support for kids. Read her article here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/reth...

Dr Alastair Noble writes for #NHS2048 on the problems around delayed discharge and the need to improve community-based care:

www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/can-...

Today in @parliament.scot , Jackie Baillie MSP has a question about the fiscal sustainability of IJBs. David Belfall wrote about the problems facing the IJBs for our #NHS2048 forum. Read his article here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/deli...

Sir Ewan Brown has written for our #NHS2048 forum outlining how money could be redirected from the NHS into social care "to address unmet need, staff shortages & low pay" with priorities set by those with expert knowledge & experience of the care sector.
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/nhs-...

If you missed former Labour Shadow Health Minister Dr Richard Simpson's #NHS2048 contribution, published over the Easter weekend & highlighted in @heraldscotland.bsky.social, catch up with it here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/scot...

Former Labour Shadow Health Minister, Dr Richard Simpson, has written for our #NHS2048 forum setting out reforms he believes are needed for the NHS, including cutting the number of territorial health boards in Scotland from 14 to 3. Read his full article here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/scot...

Today at @parliament.scot portfolio questions Fergus Ewing is highlighting problems with vaccine delivery in NHS Highland. Read GP Ross Jaffrey's article for #NHS2048 on the issue - www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/fixi...

Today at @parliament.scot General Questions, Fergus Ewing has a question about vaccination services in the Highlands. GP Ross Jaffrey wrote about the issue for #NHS2048. Read his article here:
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/fixi...

The fiscal situation facing Edinburgh’s Integrated Joint Board will be raised in @parliament.scot today by Jeremy Balfour. Former IJB member David Belfall wrote for our #NHS2048 about the situation. Read his article here: www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/deli...