Andrew Fenton
@fentonaw.bsky.social
Population Health & Inequalities with NHS SCW. Tweet on health & inequalities, cat pics, Port Meadow views. Runner & occasional triathlete.
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Great to see this published, though it's all change and for health inequalities, sticking the course is key despite institutional upheaval (again)... bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
From policy to action: a document content analysis reviewing the adoption of the healthcare inequalities programme in local health system plans in England
Objectives This analysis aimed to explore how local health system strategies and plans seek to tackle health and care inequalities and address national policies. Specifically, the analysis considered ...
bmjopen.bmj.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Great to see this published, though it's all change and for health inequalities, sticking the course is key despite institutional upheaval (again)... bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
How have ICSs set out to address healthcare inequalities in their system-strategies and Joint Forward Plans? New paper out in BMJ Open, by authors from NHS South, Central and West, Dr John Ford of @qmul.bsky.social, Solutions for Public Health, and NHS England.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
From policy to action: a document content analysis reviewing the adoption of the healthcare inequalities programme in local health system plans in England
Objectives This analysis aimed to explore how local health system strategies and plans seek to tackle health and care inequalities and address national policies. Specifically, the analysis considered ...
bmjopen.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How have ICSs set out to address healthcare inequalities in their system-strategies and Joint Forward Plans? New paper out in BMJ Open, by authors from NHS South, Central and West, Dr John Ford of @qmul.bsky.social, Solutions for Public Health, and NHS England.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
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Helpful to explain what £169/patient/year pays for (this is £40 less than 2015 in real terms funding & only £123 is patient care)
380million appts in GP practices - half with GPs
But there is more to General Practice than just appts
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
380million appts in GP practices - half with GPs
But there is more to General Practice than just appts
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Helpful to explain what £169/patient/year pays for (this is £40 less than 2015 in real terms funding & only £123 is patient care)
380million appts in GP practices - half with GPs
But there is more to General Practice than just appts
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
380million appts in GP practices - half with GPs
But there is more to General Practice than just appts
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
Strangely muted response to this new report from the @healthfoundation.bsky.social on Labour's First Year on NHS / Health policy, largely critical (with good reason) and the first think-tank to come out highlighting lack of coherence and disruptive reorganisation.
www.health.org.uk/publications...
www.health.org.uk/publications...
Labour’s first year
Our report looks at Labour's record so far and offers an overall assessment of government's reform agenda on the NHS and social care.
www.health.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Strangely muted response to this new report from the @healthfoundation.bsky.social on Labour's First Year on NHS / Health policy, largely critical (with good reason) and the first think-tank to come out highlighting lack of coherence and disruptive reorganisation.
www.health.org.uk/publications...
www.health.org.uk/publications...
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The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
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September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
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iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
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A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social
Regional health divisions in the UK
Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities
People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth ...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social
Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future, some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary, inc great posts by @samfr.bsky.social & @jessrmorley.bsky.social & reflecting @policyskeptic.bsky.social
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Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future - some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary. | Andrew Fenton
Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future - some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary.
Mark Golledge Jessica Rose Morley, ...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shiny tech, health equity, and deliverability of the 10 year health plan Fit for the Future, some personal reflections and selected links to post-plan commentary, inc great posts by @samfr.bsky.social & @jessrmorley.bsky.social & reflecting @policyskeptic.bsky.social
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Excellent analysis here from @samfr.bsky.social on the 10yr-health plan. The benefit of having some distance from the inner workings of the NHS & think-tanks in its sphere is apparent. In summary: willing the NHS to improve with enthusiasm is not a remedy to deep short & long term challenges
New post just out:
"Optimism of the will"
In which I look at Labour's big plan for the NHS and why it's determination to wish problems away will undermine it.
(£/free trial)
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"Optimism of the will"
In which I look at Labour's big plan for the NHS and why it's determination to wish problems away will undermine it.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
Optimism of the will
Evaluating Labour's plan for the NHS
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July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excellent analysis here from @samfr.bsky.social on the 10yr-health plan. The benefit of having some distance from the inner workings of the NHS & think-tanks in its sphere is apparent. In summary: willing the NHS to improve with enthusiasm is not a remedy to deep short & long term challenges
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I highly recommend Jess Morley’s analysis of the NHS Ten-Year Plan: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nhs-10...
Great use of Taylor Swift lyrics!
Great use of Taylor Swift lyrics!
NHS 10-Year Plan: I Think I've Seen This Film Before, and I Didn't Like the Ending
The long-awaited NHS 10-Year Plan has finally arrived—eight years to the day since I first joined the Department of Health and Social Care. Calling it a "plan" might be generous, given the delivery ch...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I highly recommend Jess Morley’s analysis of the NHS Ten-Year Plan: www.linkedin.com/pulse/nhs-10...
Great use of Taylor Swift lyrics!
Great use of Taylor Swift lyrics!
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Labour launched its NHS 10 year plan this week.
Many have already written about it, esp on health care delivery.
My latest post looks at the plans on the social determinants health - some good news, some gaps.
The devil is in the delivery and reducing poverty.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Many have already written about it, esp on health care delivery.
My latest post looks at the plans on the social determinants health - some good news, some gaps.
The devil is in the delivery and reducing poverty.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Is it "Fit for the future"? The NHS 10-year plan and the social determinants of Health
Labour released its 10-year NHS plan this week - in this post I have a look at whether and how it deals with the social determinants of health
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July 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Labour launched its NHS 10 year plan this week.
Many have already written about it, esp on health care delivery.
My latest post looks at the plans on the social determinants health - some good news, some gaps.
The devil is in the delivery and reducing poverty.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Many have already written about it, esp on health care delivery.
My latest post looks at the plans on the social determinants health - some good news, some gaps.
The devil is in the delivery and reducing poverty.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Will the 10 Year Health Plan favour tech-driven Bio-Medicalisation? - follow the money to see where trade-offs are made in the 10YHP, with primary & community-centred care at risk of domination by technophile models.
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Will the 10 Year Health Plan favour tech-driven Bio-Medicalisation?
The #10YearPlan for the NHS is eagerly awaited and much trailed, with a number of forerunning announcements already made - such as reform of GP funding to help target more deprived communities, the cl...
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July 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Will the 10 Year Health Plan favour tech-driven Bio-Medicalisation? - follow the money to see where trade-offs are made in the 10YHP, with primary & community-centred care at risk of domination by technophile models.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-yea...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-yea...
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the most basic, enduring plea from medicine: stop obsessing over tech solutions for tiny marginal returns when we haven't even mastered the basics of 19thC public health reform, let alone anything more sophisticated.
June 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
the most basic, enduring plea from medicine: stop obsessing over tech solutions for tiny marginal returns when we haven't even mastered the basics of 19thC public health reform, let alone anything more sophisticated.
"Not for the first time then, health services will see significant funding increases without it feeling like a bonanza for the people who run or receive services."
Siva Anandaciva in @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog with analysis of the Spending Review
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Siva Anandaciva in @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog with analysis of the Spending Review
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
What Does the 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review Mean For Health And Care | The King's Fund
Following the Comprehensive Spending Review, Siva Anandaciva unpacks the numbers to explore what they mean for health and care.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"Not for the first time then, health services will see significant funding increases without it feeling like a bonanza for the people who run or receive services."
Siva Anandaciva in @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog with analysis of the Spending Review
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Siva Anandaciva in @thekingsfund.bsky.social blog with analysis of the Spending Review
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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its time to take prevention seriously and fully engage people in keeping healthy and using services wisely - this must be at the heart of the 10 year NHS plan. The road for increasing spending on a sickness service is running out
The NHS must reduce demand for healthcare with spending increases nearing their limits, writes @chrisham.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
June 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
its time to take prevention seriously and fully engage people in keeping healthy and using services wisely - this must be at the heart of the 10 year NHS plan. The road for increasing spending on a sickness service is running out
This by @shaunlintern.bsky.social describes well the perilous situation the NHS is in and the scale of the challenge to secure improvement, but like the Andrew Rawnsley piece in the Observer there is strangely no mention of the NHSE abolition and the major cuts and reorg of ICS, risking disruption.
Amid the gleaming exhibition stands and branded tote bags, managers at the annual NHS Confederation conference in Manchester last week spoke openly of their fear that the public was losing patience with the NHS.
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/11bb...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/11bb...
After 77 years and another £29bn, NHS chiefs fear public losing patience
The health service has a budget roughly equal to Portugal’s national income — but public satisfaction is at its lowest level since 1983
www.thetimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This by @shaunlintern.bsky.social describes well the perilous situation the NHS is in and the scale of the challenge to secure improvement, but like the Andrew Rawnsley piece in the Observer there is strangely no mention of the NHSE abolition and the major cuts and reorg of ICS, risking disruption.
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What happened to the government’s health mission? Good health isn't just built in hospitals but shaped by living conditions - from adequate income to secure housing.
Alex Kennedy outlines the need for a cross-government plan to improve health and reduce health inequalities⬇️
https://bit.ly/3TorQHg
Alex Kennedy outlines the need for a cross-government plan to improve health and reduce health inequalities⬇️
https://bit.ly/3TorQHg
June 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What happened to the government’s health mission? Good health isn't just built in hospitals but shaped by living conditions - from adequate income to secure housing.
Alex Kennedy outlines the need for a cross-government plan to improve health and reduce health inequalities⬇️
https://bit.ly/3TorQHg
Alex Kennedy outlines the need for a cross-government plan to improve health and reduce health inequalities⬇️
https://bit.ly/3TorQHg
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Our research is set to have a significant impact on NHS translation and interpreting service provision via @england.nhs.uk's new Improvement Framework.
The emphasis on cultural sensitivity, digital exclusion and community partnership will be vital for high-quality services.
👉 tinyurl.com/yh63x3cb
The emphasis on cultural sensitivity, digital exclusion and community partnership will be vital for high-quality services.
👉 tinyurl.com/yh63x3cb
The impact of real-word experiences in shaping translation and interpreting services
National Voices’ research into marginalised communities in need of translation and interpretation services is set to have significant impact on NHS service provision.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Our research is set to have a significant impact on NHS translation and interpreting service provision via @england.nhs.uk's new Improvement Framework.
The emphasis on cultural sensitivity, digital exclusion and community partnership will be vital for high-quality services.
👉 tinyurl.com/yh63x3cb
The emphasis on cultural sensitivity, digital exclusion and community partnership will be vital for high-quality services.
👉 tinyurl.com/yh63x3cb
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#Oliverscampaign
@NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups
Olivers story has been included in appendix 1
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...
@NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups
Olivers story has been included in appendix 1
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...
NHS England » Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework
Purpose This framework sets out 5 principles to reduce patient safety healthcare inequalities across the NHS. It outlines opportunities for implementation that local teams and ICBs can take up, as wel...
www.england.nhs.uk
May 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#Oliverscampaign
@NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups
Olivers story has been included in appendix 1
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...
@NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups
Olivers story has been included in appendix 1
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...
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'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Helen Salisbury: Austerity and efficiency in the NHS
If you eat less you get thinner and have to tighten your belt. Of course, this isn’t always good for you—it depends on what your waist measurement was to begin with. A new round of belt tightening for...
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May 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Truly shocking. 700,000 people already in poverty to be pulled even deeper by record cuts to disability support.
Internal government figures lay bare the real extent of the cruel damage these cuts will inflict. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Internal government figures lay bare the real extent of the cruel damage these cuts will inflict. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show
Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Truly shocking. 700,000 people already in poverty to be pulled even deeper by record cuts to disability support.
Internal government figures lay bare the real extent of the cruel damage these cuts will inflict. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Internal government figures lay bare the real extent of the cruel damage these cuts will inflict. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Welcome to all delegates joining us at our event today #KFHealthInequalities.
Today's topics include:
✅ prevention
✅ from ‘power over' to ‘power with'.
✅ tackling racism and discrimination in the NHS
✅ empowering place-based partnerships
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Today's topics include:
✅ prevention
✅ from ‘power over' to ‘power with'.
✅ tackling racism and discrimination in the NHS
✅ empowering place-based partnerships
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Health Inequalities Conference | The King's Fund
Join our in-person event to hear about the impact health inequalities are having on the nation's health and the ways to tackle them. Book your ticket today.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Welcome to all delegates joining us at our event today #KFHealthInequalities.
Today's topics include:
✅ prevention
✅ from ‘power over' to ‘power with'.
✅ tackling racism and discrimination in the NHS
✅ empowering place-based partnerships
buff.ly/qZ5T8LI
Today's topics include:
✅ prevention
✅ from ‘power over' to ‘power with'.
✅ tackling racism and discrimination in the NHS
✅ empowering place-based partnerships
buff.ly/qZ5T8LI
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“If all SUVs were replaced with passenger cars, the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in car crashes would decrease by an estimated 17% in the USA and by 8% in Europe. The number of child pedestrians and cyclists killed in car crashes would decrease by 27% in the USA and by 14% in Europe.”
Being hit by an #SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury
Findings from analysis of data on 600,000+ collisions include children 82% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV or LTV rather than smaller vehicle.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Findings from analysis of data on 600,000+ collisions include children 82% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV or LTV rather than smaller vehicle.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
May 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“If all SUVs were replaced with passenger cars, the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in car crashes would decrease by an estimated 17% in the USA and by 8% in Europe. The number of child pedestrians and cyclists killed in car crashes would decrease by 27% in the USA and by 14% in Europe.”
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Exciting opportunity as Health Inequalities Programme Manager for Barking & Dagenham Place HI prog (until Dec 2026)
Coproduced across LA,NHS & VCSFE, programme incl 10 workstreams developing & testing new approaches
Closes 14/5
Please share!
www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-jobs...
Coproduced across LA,NHS & VCSFE, programme incl 10 workstreams developing & testing new approaches
Closes 14/5
Please share!
www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-jobs...
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
www.lbbd.gov.uk
May 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Exciting opportunity as Health Inequalities Programme Manager for Barking & Dagenham Place HI prog (until Dec 2026)
Coproduced across LA,NHS & VCSFE, programme incl 10 workstreams developing & testing new approaches
Closes 14/5
Please share!
www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-jobs...
Coproduced across LA,NHS & VCSFE, programme incl 10 workstreams developing & testing new approaches
Closes 14/5
Please share!
www.lbbd.gov.uk/council-jobs...