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Lots of sensible experienced seem pleased by Pat McFadden's speech today so I'm assuming it was full of good stuff, but as well as rolling my eyes at the "start-up" stuff, I am here to be a Debbie Downer about "crack teams", because do you know who usually gets to be on crack teams?

Young men

Borrowing this chart from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social to add a couple of points. Does the benefit system affect how people report *reasons* for economic inactivity in surveys? It's likely because there is evidence from cross national data that social & economic context influences responses. 1/n

ICYMI: This is really exciting, well done to all those involved @nhsengland.bsky.social DHSC and the ICSs, and others, who have got this up and running. Really positive example of #populationhealth join-up.
www.england.nhs.uk/2024/12/worl...

The rapid digitalisation of primary care services is replicating and potentially exacerbating barriers to using these services among minoritised ethnic communities

inadequate devices
connectivity
digital literacy skills language support

bjgp.org/content/74/7...

What was good in the 'Get Britain Working' white paper and what are still needs to be addressed?

✅Trying to tackle the root causes of ill health and improving employment support

❌£3bn of unspecified benefit savings hanging over people

@iainkporter.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I wondered where all the health policy people had gone! Now I am here too. According to tradition here are the current cats: Basil and Nutmeg.