#Cancer diagnosis inequalities:

🚨 1 in 3 people of Mixed, Black or Asian ethnicity required 3 or more interactions with a GP before diagnosis.

🚨 Nearly half of 16–24 year olds had 3 or more conversations with GP staff.

#QualityWatch
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🆕 The Care Act 10 years on: In an new article as part of Not official feed.'s report Natasha Curry says unhelpful framing of what #SocialCare is in public debate has compounded financial pressures and hampered reform.

Read here: local.gov.uk/natasha-curry-…

“Covering the day-to-day running costs of the #NHS by raiding money set aside for investment for fixing urgent repairs, building new facilities, and purchasing new equipment is in nobody’s interest, but unfortunately it is the norm...” - Sally Gainsbury telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Ensuring safe staffing levels is a critical factor for improving #maternity services and continuity of care.

Last year our #QualityWatch team explored inequalities in #midwifery care during pregnancy: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/ineq…

The latest report from our #Brexit and health project finds that:

💊 Global medicine shortages are being felt particularly acutely in the UK.

👩‍⚕️ The country's reliance on migration as a source of health and social care staff is intensifying. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/the-f…

With #WhoopingCough and #measles outbreaks in the news recently, what does the #vaccination coverage data for children look like and is there a confidence crisis?

Bea Taylor explores the issue in our chart of the week. 👇

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It's important to keep an eye on how different #NHS waiting lists are recorded and why some changes impact how progress on the backlog appears. 👇

See our #QualityWatch analysis of the latest data: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch/n…

Great breakdown of yesterday's #NHS performance stats!

Super-interesting chart, especially with news about whooping cough at the moment - MMR isn't the only vaccine affected by lower rates of uptake of late. More work needed to understand what's driving this and what the population-level effect is

🆕 Despite a rapid recovery in the early 2010s, MMR vaccination coverage has recently declined. 💉

But is it just MMR affected by a #vaccination confidence crisis? Bea Taylor explores the data, including the 6 in 1 jab which covers #WhoopingCough . 👇

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🆕 Stuti Bagri draws out the most important things you need to know about today's #NHS performance stats release. 👇

See our full #QualityWatch analysis here: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/qualitywatch/n…

The number of #nursing course applicants in Jan 2024 fell by 11,730 (32%) compared to the peak in 2021. This is concerning in light of the 34% increase required in nursing training places by 2028 as set out in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. #NursesDay

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“Nearly every available indicator shows that since 2021 we have experienced a once unthinkable level of medicines shortages again and again. The crisis jumps between products and conditions, with no sign of slowing down.” - Mark Dayan theguardian.com/society/articl…

🆕 BBC News (UK) investigates agency nurse spending.

'The amount some agencies are charging does seem extraordinary. I don't blame any NHS trust - you have a safety critical service you need to fill a shift for - what else are they going to do?' - Thea Stein
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For a good primer on what #rapidevaluation is and how it is well suited to pressures times for the health service, read this piece by Chris Sherlaw Johnson and Naomi Fulop nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/fast…

We are getting ready to welcome analysts, service users, commissioners and decision makers for the sixth Rapid evaluation in health care conference with Nuffield Trust!

If you’re attending, please use #RapidEvaluation to share your reflections from the day.

The second in the Nuffield Trust series 'What health and care need from the next government' looks at adult social care.
It sets out the criteria the organisation believes would need to be met for getting #socialcare on the right footing.
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What 8 things should the next government do for the #socialcare sector?

Our priorities are set out in this briefing, based in part on our research on countries like Germany and Japan which have carried out comprehensive and politically successful reforms. nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/what-…