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Dan Hall

@danhalll.bsky.social

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frittering away my youth on bluesky views my own

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Biggest council house building programme since WW2" - again, popular to say, but I'm not convinced that UK housing problems stem from lack of social housing UK has relatively high % of social housing Problem is shortage of overall supply. Is this the right priority for scarce capital investment?

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Those 'huge achievements': - elective waiting list 7% lower than Jul 24; 12+ hour waits in A&E still rising - an economic hit - err Pretty bleak

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

aka "AI makes it easier for us to continue our existing dysfunctional practices and behaviours" This is the worst way to sell the value of AI in health / govt. More interesting Qs: what can we do to spend less time in Teams meetings and stop generating massive email chains in the first place?

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

yes - in a health context examples include interdepartmental wrangling over medicines pricing and commissioning Casey to spend three years reviewing social care

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Good piece. It is too easy a cop-out for the PM to rail against "consultations and regulations and arm's lengths bodies". The obvious follow-up is: why does your government continue to legislate for more consultations and regulations and ALBs?

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

But it draws the wrong conclusions on workforce: worsening A&E performance has happened despite 30%+ increases in the number of nurses working in hospitals since 2019. RCN implies these increases are insufficient due to "increased demand". But, as we've seen, this is just incorrect!

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The data *in the report cited* is enough to disprove the hypothesis that poor performance is driven by increased demand. (See +3% attendances vs +8,033% in 12 hr waits) The real cause of long waits in A&E is poor patient flow, driven by operational dysfunction in other parts of hospitals.

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Missed this at the time - Economist/@moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling on voters' top priority across policy areas. For health, it's A&E waiting times. Govt have put a lot of eggs in the elective recovery basket, but can't neglect A&E performance (which remains v poor).

Economist charts showing indicators of govt performance across health, immigration, housing, crime, incomes, energy, transport, and environment

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

New Labour cut waiting lists to record lows, in part by leveraging priv sector - but they could do this by investing £££ that the current govt doesn't have

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Latest Greater Manc ICB board papers underline the bind NHS systems are in. "Overperformance of independent sector elective plans" is cited as a driver of financial deficit. Makes sense for GM to utilise priv sector capacity to meet govt's stated priority - but so tough given fiscal constraints

GM ICB board paper excerpt with highlighted section reading: "There also continues to be overperformance of Independent Sector elective plans requiring activity management processes to bring back in line."

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Dan Hall @danhalll.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Tell me more about the “industrial region” of Greater Manchester in 2025, the fastest growing part of the uk economy

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