Amy Borrett
@amy_borrett
Data journalist @FinancialTimes • Formerly @SkyNews @NewStatesman @Siftedeu
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https://www.ft.com/amy-borrett 10-09-2017 11:20:29
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Dentists were forced to return almost £150mn of government funding last year after failing to meet treatment targets for NHS patients in England. I dug into the data for this Financial Times article with Laura Hughes: on.ft.com/3UEv2zY
An in-depth attempt to explain nearly five years of levelling up funds: what they are, why they are, and why people have been so unhappy with them
With Amy Borrett and Anna Gross
(The first in a 4-part series about levelling up)
on.ft.com/3Ux0AYE
Huge thanks to the wonderful editors who worked on these pieces - Esther Bintliff, Nicola Davison and Elizabeth Pears - and to peerless data maestro Amy Borrett!
'The UK has experienced the largest increase in relative child poverty between 2014 & 2021 of any advanced economy, according to estimates by Unicef. At the same time, 3.3mn children in the UK still live in “absolute” poverty.' Peter Foster & Amy Borrett ft.com/content/55072b…
🚨 The gap between the most and least-developed economies is back to 2015 levels, widening at a record pace over the last 2yrs. UN Development lead Achim Steiner warns of 'very serious divergence', with greater polarisation and gridlock on key global issues #HDR2024 on.ft.com/4cbNK8Z
The UK’s dentist crisis in two grim charts.
And the scale of backlog of overseas dentists seeking to sit exam to qualify to work in UK — top reporting via Financial Times Laura Hughes and datameister Amy Borrett
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Changes to England's student loan system have increased repayments for the lowest earning graduates, who are disproportionately women.
If you want to see how you are affected by recent changes and potential future reforms, this Financial Times article should help: on.ft.com/49178U3
Rishi Sunak vivienne stern So how bad is it? Well, see this chart from Amy Borrett using PwC UK analysis of 70+ uni FY21-22 accounts shows how if overseas students fall by 13-18% then 80% of unis go into deficit. It’s almost certainly worse than this now. /4
NHS mental health services are under huge strain.
New referrals up 50% since 2018, private 'out of area' bed costs at record highs and bed occupancy >100% in some areas. Anna Gross and I looked at the detrimental impact of privatising services Financial Times
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The costly and controversial outsourcing of mental health in England:
Spending on private “out of area” beds by NHS mental health trusts has reached record levels in the UK, and is 43 per cent higher than it was five years ago. W/ Amy Borrett 1/3
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New #Pisa data shows an steep fall in global education outcomes during the pandemic, especially in the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives. Developed countries no longer have a monopoly on good education says Andreas Schleicher, warning Covid is not the only cause of decline
More Financial Times: on.ft.com/486vCKV