Chloe Reeves
@chloereeves.bsky.social
Social care and health. Policy and research. Formerly ADASS, British Red Cross, Richmond Group of Charities, ILC-UK and local government. Crime fiction, gaming & muttering at the radio. Own views.
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Chloe Reeves
@chloereeves.bsky.social
· Feb 11
I won't be on social media much in 2025. I've been using the time I spent doom-scrolling to write letters to people whose public service I'm grateful for, thanking them for their contributions. It's been lovely to write letters & good for the soul to put out positivity instead of absorb negativity.
Briefly popping back onto social media to recommend Mary Bourke: Who Cares? on Radio 4 / BBC Sounds. It's funny, it's sad, and it's just beautifully human. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Mary Bourke: Who Cares? - Episode 1: Being thrown into the system - BBC Sounds
Who cares for the carers? Comedian and carer Mary Bourke investigates.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Briefly popping back onto social media to recommend Mary Bourke: Who Cares? on Radio 4 / BBC Sounds. It's funny, it's sad, and it's just beautifully human. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In yet another sign I'm getting old, I've just heard Jessie J's new single 'No Secrets' and all I can think about is trying to 'protect vulnerable adults' in the early 2000s.
May 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
In yet another sign I'm getting old, I've just heard Jessie J's new single 'No Secrets' and all I can think about is trying to 'protect vulnerable adults' in the early 2000s.
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I don't think this is a 'shock move' for many in the health and care sector. Interesting to see what Jim Mackey does in the short-term and who is appointed longer-term. This is a tough role that demands a lot, including more political nous than it probably should.
Amanda Pritchard quits as NHS England chief executive in shock move
Amanda Pritchard quits as NHS England chief executive in shock move
Exclusive: Departure follows meetings with Wes Streeting and unusual criticism from two Commons committees
Amanda Pritchard is standing down as chief executive of NHS England, in a development that will shock the health service.
Her departure from the…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I don't think this is a 'shock move' for many in the health and care sector. Interesting to see what Jim Mackey does in the short-term and who is appointed longer-term. This is a tough role that demands a lot, including more political nous than it probably should.
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Delighted my constituent Andrea has won her long battle with the DWP over Carer’s Allowance repayments, but it should never have come to this.
Thousands of carers like Andrea are caught up in this scandal. This ruling should be the turning point.
Thousands of carers like Andrea are caught up in this scandal. This ruling should be the turning point.
Unpaid carer wins overpayment penalty case against DWP
Andrea Tucker has overturned the demand for £4,600 in carer’s allowance overpayments for alleged breaches in benefit rules
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February 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Delighted my constituent Andrea has won her long battle with the DWP over Carer’s Allowance repayments, but it should never have come to this.
Thousands of carers like Andrea are caught up in this scandal. This ruling should be the turning point.
Thousands of carers like Andrea are caught up in this scandal. This ruling should be the turning point.
I won't be on social media much in 2025. I've been using the time I spent doom-scrolling to write letters to people whose public service I'm grateful for, thanking them for their contributions. It's been lovely to write letters & good for the soul to put out positivity instead of absorb negativity.
February 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I won't be on social media much in 2025. I've been using the time I spent doom-scrolling to write letters to people whose public service I'm grateful for, thanking them for their contributions. It's been lovely to write letters & good for the soul to put out positivity instead of absorb negativity.
Why is NHS England so fond of announcing 'X number of things' and then listing them with letters? Here's another one: 'six core components of neighbourhood health' inexplicably listed A-F. It's so counterintuitive! www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ne...
NHS England » Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/26
Why a new approach is needed 1. There is an urgent need to transform the health and care system. We need to move to a neighbourhood health service that will deliver more care at home or closer to home...
www.england.nhs.uk
February 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Why is NHS England so fond of announcing 'X number of things' and then listing them with letters? Here's another one: 'six core components of neighbourhood health' inexplicably listed A-F. It's so counterintuitive! www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ne...
As someone slowly progressing a Penetrating Shot Rogue while juggling family, work and lifemin, I'm relieved to know Musk only achieved his Diablo IV stats through account sharing. If anyone middle-aged actually has the time and energy for speedruns, then please share how the heck you're doing it.
January 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As someone slowly progressing a Penetrating Shot Rogue while juggling family, work and lifemin, I'm relieved to know Musk only achieved his Diablo IV stats through account sharing. If anyone middle-aged actually has the time and energy for speedruns, then please share how the heck you're doing it.
Has there actually been an assessment of the pros and cons of flexi-schooling? We seem to have jumped straight to a national position of it being a bad thing here. But I'm only hearing good things from families who do it. Who's doing the evidence-based policy work on this?
Children are losing out on education as the concept of “flexi-schooling” becomes increasingly common, the new chief inspector of Ofsted has said
Ofsted chief raises alarm over growth of ‘flexi-schooling’
Children risk losing out on education, says Sir Martyn Oliver, as they are partially educated at home, amid pressure on special needs staff and a more ‘casual’ view of attendance among parents
www.thetimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Has there actually been an assessment of the pros and cons of flexi-schooling? We seem to have jumped straight to a national position of it being a bad thing here. But I'm only hearing good things from families who do it. Who's doing the evidence-based policy work on this?
Interesting to hear Rachael Maskell MP on BBC Today saying the Commission will look at evidence around "physical, psychological, emotional, social AND spiritual wellbeing". I remember intense debates about spiritual wellbeing and the role of the state during the development of the Care Act.
New - MPs, doctors and charities have drawn up a blueprint to deliver an “unprecedented transformation” of end-of-life care.
After parliament’s historic vote last week to legalise assisted dying, a commission on palliative care will be set up.
with Denis Campbell and @alethaadu.bsky.social
After parliament’s historic vote last week to legalise assisted dying, a commission on palliative care will be set up.
with Denis Campbell and @alethaadu.bsky.social
New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales
Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Interesting to hear Rachael Maskell MP on BBC Today saying the Commission will look at evidence around "physical, psychological, emotional, social AND spiritual wellbeing". I remember intense debates about spiritual wellbeing and the role of the state during the development of the Care Act.
Is anyone else finding the flu vaccination programme to be quite late this year? I paid for one in October, but my daughter's school isn't getting it until December and the people (aged <65) I know who are eligible for an NHS one still haven't had it.
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Is anyone else finding the flu vaccination programme to be quite late this year? I paid for one in October, but my daughter's school isn't getting it until December and the people (aged <65) I know who are eligible for an NHS one still haven't had it.
The kids are alright. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Play prompts Welsh children to demand apology for black boxer denied title shot
Hundreds of children have written to BBBC after watching The Fight, which tells story of boxer Cuthbert Taylor
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 AM
The kids are alright. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
November 15, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
I've just rewatched the Christopher Eccleston series of Doctor Who. Really enjoyed Bad Wolf. Wasn't sure about it the first time around - the parody felt like an overreach - but in a world of Black Mirror, Squid Game and insane makeover shows, it now seems wonderfully prescient.
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
I've just rewatched the Christopher Eccleston series of Doctor Who. Really enjoyed Bad Wolf. Wasn't sure about it the first time around - the parody felt like an overreach - but in a world of Black Mirror, Squid Game and insane makeover shows, it now seems wonderfully prescient.
So many knock-on effects to this. I was given the highest strength co-codamol to get me through the year+ NHS wait. If I hadn't been able to pay £300 for a private diagnosis (ovarian scar adhesion) and treatment advice, I fear I'd now be waiting for support with opioid addiction.
Women waiting years for gynaecology care, in @thetimes.com today www.thetimes.com/article/4d1a...
‘It is excruciating’: the women waiting years for gynaecology care
Thousands are on the waiting list for non-cancer hospital treatment on the NHS, as senior doctors say they feel ‘helpless’
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:14 AM
So many knock-on effects to this. I was given the highest strength co-codamol to get me through the year+ NHS wait. If I hadn't been able to pay £300 for a private diagnosis (ovarian scar adhesion) and treatment advice, I fear I'd now be waiting for support with opioid addiction.
Much of this is reminiscent of eight years ago, when many of us stood in a packed room in Parliament and debated a Royal Commission at the invitation of Lamb, Dorrell and Milburn. I wonder where we'd be now if we'd gone ahead then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg
Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Much of this is reminiscent of eight years ago, when many of us stood in a packed room in Parliament and debated a Royal Commission at the invitation of Lamb, Dorrell and Milburn. I wonder where we'd be now if we'd gone ahead then?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting. I think there'd be less of an issue if we'd done more to protect institutional knowledge. My experience is mostly with DHSC, where pay and progression freezes have led to regular churn as people - v reasonably - seek pay increases. Institutional knowledge is lost and policy suffers.
On Wed we @reformthinktank.bsky.social published 'Grown up government', looking at the role of political support
I'm prepared to be unpopular...
We need more SpAds, we need to pay more for them & we need to give ministers much greater flexibility to appoint to a variety of roles
Let me explain 🧵
I'm prepared to be unpopular...
We need more SpAds, we need to pay more for them & we need to give ministers much greater flexibility to appoint to a variety of roles
Let me explain 🧵
November 15, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Interesting. I think there'd be less of an issue if we'd done more to protect institutional knowledge. My experience is mostly with DHSC, where pay and progression freezes have led to regular churn as people - v reasonably - seek pay increases. Institutional knowledge is lost and policy suffers.
Targets without a method just incentivise gaming and poor behaviour. But here we go again anyway 🙄
Today at #NHSP24 Wes Streeting will deliver some of his "tough love" on NHS managers.
Failing managers will be denied pay rises or even sacked if they are “persistently failing”. He's also reviving performance league tables:
www.thetimes.com/article/8887...
Failing managers will be denied pay rises or even sacked if they are “persistently failing”. He's also reviving performance league tables:
www.thetimes.com/article/8887...
NHS reform: Wes Streeting to sack chiefs who don’t cut waiting times
Labour unveils a package of reforms aimed at ensuring there is ‘zero tolerance for failure’
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Targets without a method just incentivise gaming and poor behaviour. But here we go again anyway 🙄
Overseas staff 'exploited and trapped' at UK care home: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6768.... On BBC iPlayer
now, or on BBC One tonight at 7pm.
now, or on BBC One tonight at 7pm.
Overseas staff 'exploited and trapped' at UK care home
Care home staff say they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the UK to work.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2023 at 11:55 AM
Overseas staff 'exploited and trapped' at UK care home: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6768.... On BBC iPlayer
now, or on BBC One tonight at 7pm.
now, or on BBC One tonight at 7pm.
People needing care will "pay a heavy price" for the changes to the migration system. "It is an open secret that inward migration effectively 'saved' the social care workforce last year. Anything that undermines that source of support must be a real concern." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6762...
December 5, 2023 at 10:35 AM
People needing care will "pay a heavy price" for the changes to the migration system. "It is an open secret that inward migration effectively 'saved' the social care workforce last year. Anything that undermines that source of support must be a real concern." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6762...
Government plans to raise the minimum salary threshold for skilled worker visas and scale back health & social care visas. This feels so reckless. Social care is hanging by a thread. Where's the concurrent funding injection to encourage people into these roles?
news.sky.com/story/govern...
news.sky.com/story/govern...
December 4, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Government plans to raise the minimum salary threshold for skilled worker visas and scale back health & social care visas. This feels so reckless. Social care is hanging by a thread. Where's the concurrent funding injection to encourage people into these roles?
news.sky.com/story/govern...
news.sky.com/story/govern...
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This is a fairly dire picture - wellbeing measures at pandemic lows.
There's been a 5.5% increase in number of adults reporting medium/high anxiety since before the pandemic. That's about 2.9 million more people
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
There's been a 5.5% increase in number of adults reporting medium/high anxiety since before the pandemic. That's about 2.9 million more people
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
November 7, 2023 at 10:38 AM
This is a fairly dire picture - wellbeing measures at pandemic lows.
There's been a 5.5% increase in number of adults reporting medium/high anxiety since before the pandemic. That's about 2.9 million more people
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
There's been a 5.5% increase in number of adults reporting medium/high anxiety since before the pandemic. That's about 2.9 million more people
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...