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Jenny Cockin

@jennyck.bsky.social
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Work: assistant director comms - @healthfoundation.bsky.social better health & health care | School governor & SEND link | Other: exploring, art/design, open water swimming, music, allotment | she/her | views: own

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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Great interview with our @swjatwell.bsky.social on supporting people with health conditions to stay in work… worth a listen
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Sam Atwell @swjatwell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Charlie Mayfield's Keep Britain Working report out today. It sets out a clear case for better workplace health support, and a call to action for employers to lead the charge. V. important with over 4 million workers now with work-limiting health conditions www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Keep Britain Working Review: Final report
Keep Britain Working is an independent review of the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces.
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
‘So many things that sit with Strategic Authorities have the benefit of creating healthy communities’@jobibby.bsky.social Our driving better health through English #devolution kicking off today in Leeds.
Photo of the stage with two speakers (Jo Bibby and Katherine Merryfield) at Health Foundation devolution and health event.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Welcoming the final report from Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working Review, @davefinch.bsky.social​ says the only sustainable way to meet the growing workforce health challenge and improve lives is to keep people healthy and in work from the outset. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4nz5EH1
'Sir Charlie Mayfield has delivered a landmark report that sets out a fresh approach for addressing the UK’s growing workforce health challenge. Now it needs government and employers to get behind it.' David Finch, Assistant Director of Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The forthcoming Keep Britain Working Review offers the government the opportunity to rebalance work and health support towards retention and rehabilitation, and a reformed Access to Work scheme should be central to that. @swjatwell.bsky.social responds to the latest government statistics ⬇️
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Sam Atwell @swjatwell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Latest Access to Work stats are out today They show continued growth in the number of awards and spend, about 70% increase in both since 2019. This is not hugely surprising: there's now 4.1m workers with a work-limiting health condition, up from 2.4m a decade ago www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2025
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Scottish Health Equity Research Unit @scothealtheq.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
1/7 This morning we launched our 2025 Inequality Landscape report at the Fraser of Allander Institute 50th Anniversary conference #FAI50
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
New report from @scothealtheq.bsky.social highlights a ‘policy blindspot’ in Scotland with younger men at risk of dying from drugs, alcohol or suicide. @emmanomics.bsky.social tells @dailyrecord.co.uk that too often the focus is on crisis intervention rather than prevention⬇️ bit.ly/4nELIDh
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Policy "blind spot" driving Scottish men from poor homes to early grave
Shocking report slates Scottish Government for failing to build for future success with joined-up policies to reverse our nation's shameful record on drugs, alcohol and suicide deaths
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The English Devolution Bill offers a real opportunity to build healthier places across England. In this blog, @mariahkelly.bsky.social​ and Katherine Merrifield set out why strategic authorities are central to this mission. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3IsdGD5
‘Improving health must be a shared endeavour – and strategic authorities are central to this mission. The English Devolution Bill presents a rare and timely opportunity to turn ambition into action.’ Mariah Kelly, Policy Officer and Katherine Merrifield, Assistant Director at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🧵As our colleagues @scothealtheq.bsky.social release their 2025 Inequality Landscape report, @davefinch.bsky.social argues that with elections less than a year away, it offers a timely and important assessment of the state of Scotland’s health. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/47R8Rhc
'Whoever Scotland elects in 2026 must commit to the action needed to improve health and reduce inequalities – and be bold in making it happen. More of the same will not be enough.' Dave Finch, Assistant Director of Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
With the government's health mission missing in action, @jenniferthf.bsky.social​ & @thekingsfund.bsky.social​ Sarah Woolnough reflect on diluted ambitions & call for a prevention revolution Read our full response⬇️
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A prevention revolution – or another missed opportunity?
The UK’s health is in trouble, and it’s holding us back, write the chief executives of the Health Foundation and The King's Fund.
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The government came to power promising a ‘prevention revolution’, a cross-government mission to create good health. A year on, the rhetoric has not yet been matched by reality… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Food industry lobbying is leading Labour to drop public health plans, experts say
Inaction on ill-health prevention after pressure from junk food and alcohol firms ‘could cause NHS collapse’
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
8.2 million people reported having a long-term health condition that limited their ability to work in the UK in 2023. That's almost 1 in 5 of the working-age population. But behind this statistic are stories that often remain untold. Explore these perspectives in our new interactive feature ⬇️
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​​​Balancing acts: navigating health and work in real life
Our interactive feature explores people's experiences of work and health, and calls for these perspectives to shape policy and workplace practice.
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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
How can the government meet its commitment to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between regions? Reading this excellent summary of some of the @healthfoundation.bsky.social latest analysis from @charlestallack.bsky.social would be a good place to start! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The 10-Year Health Plan was supposed to herald a preventative shift, but @davefinch.bsky.social​ argues that it ultimately lacks ambition, and the commitments to systemic change and funding required to reduce inequalities and keep people in good health. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4nQEPzF
'The 10-Year Health Plan promises a shift from sickness to prevention. But it is ultimately a plan for the NHS, not a plan for improving the health of the nation.' David Finch, Assistant Director, Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Where you live can double your risk of dying prematurely. Our new analysis with ONS reveals stark inequalities in premature deaths across England and Wales. Read more ⬇️
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Geographic inequalities in premature mortality
Our new analysis explores the role of socioeconomic factors and ethnicity in premature deaths across England and Wales.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Responding to the release of Scotland's Population Health Framework, our colleagues @scothealtheq.bsky.social rightly highlight the need for a much clearer commitment to realising a whole of government approach to improving health and reducing inequalities ⬇️
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The #SpendingReview risks being another missed opportunity for government to embed a preventative model to build good health. But @davefinch.bsky.social​ says it isn't too late to adopt a new approach that sees health as a shared responsibility across government and society⬇️ bit.ly/4naG4cp
'We need a new approach – one that rebalances spending towards prevention and ensures that every pound spent delivers long-term value across government and society.' David Finch, Assistant Director of Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Come and join our awesome team and get your teeth stuck into some great #policycomms
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In the second blog in a series of work on our latest mortality trends research, David Jack, Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at @scothealtheq.bsky.social ‬explores the data and implications for policymakers in Scotland. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3ThgDYZ
'While many underlying drivers and trends in mortality rates are shared across the UK, Scotland’s challenges are particularly acute.’ David Jack, Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at SHERU (Scottish Health Equity Research Unit)
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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⬇️ bit.ly/3TorQHg
'Creating a cross-government plan for health may not all be plain sailing: it will require difficult decisions. But to duck those decisions is a choice too – and one that is unlikely to end well.' Alex Kennedy, Policy and Engagement Manager in Healthy Lives
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The government's proposed welfare reforms will lead to significant income loss for many and increase poverty. Talia Boshari shares an overview of our new rapid health impact assessment of the Pathways to Work Green Paper. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/45jDg6D
'Our health impact assessment suggests that rather than supporting people into work, these reforms could mean a backward step – potentially worsening the health of millions of already vulnerable adults.' Talia Boshari, Public Health Specialty Registrar at the Health Foundation
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Published today, @healthfoundation.bsky.social reveals an increasingly concerning picture of health in the UK. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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UK mortality trends and international comparisons
New research reveals an increasingly concerning picture of health in the UK.
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
www.gov.uk/government/s... The cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents work A quarter of a trillion pounds £259,000,000,000
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The cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents work
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Almost 1,800 early deaths could be prevented each year if we walked and cycled more. Find out more about why active travel matters for health ⬇️ bit.ly/3G61beZ
Bar chart of early deaths prevented if walking and cycling distances increased to most active region, by activity type, England, 2021 showing that almost 1,800 early deaths could be prevented with increased cycling and walking.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Electronic patient records (EPRs) can potentially transform health care delivery, improving quality, efficiency and patient safety. Most trusts in England now have EPRs but many are not yet using them to their full potential. We explored the challenges in our new analysis ⬇️
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Electronic patient records: why the NHS urgently needs a strategy to reap the benefits
Our qualitative research with five acute NHS trusts and a US medical centre investigates the current state of EPR adoption and use, and what it takes to really see the benefits.
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Jennie Leggat @jleggat.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A recent RCP survey showed that 89% of doctors are concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients, while 72% have seen more patients in the past 3 months with illnesses related to poor-quality housing, air pollution and access to transport. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases
Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients
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Billie Morgan @billiedsm.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
☕️Sunday morning read ☕️ Sacha Romanovitch, Chair of the @healthfoundation.bsky.social Commission For Healthier Working Lives has written in the @financialtimes.com about how to keep people with health conditions in employment. First 3 clicks are not paywalled!
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How to keep sick people in employment
Support often comes too late — after workers have left jobs and when they have little chance of going back
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Reflections on a busy fortnight for work, welfare and health… 👇
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Welcoming the Discovery Phase Report of the Keep Britain Working Review, @christopher-rocks.bsky.social says it rightly emphasises the need for early, preventative action to protect workforce health, aligning with recommendations from our Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives ⬇️ buff.ly/8rqNWlT
'With more than 4 million working-age people in employment now reporting a health condition that limits their ability to work, it is vital for government to deliver a decisive shift towards prevention and early intervention.' Christopher Rocks, Lead Economist at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Responding to the Pathways to Work Green Paper, @davefinch.bsky.social welcomes measures that will rebalance the benefits system to support people to stay in work, but warns that cuts to disability benefits risk undermining this new approach. Read our full response ⬇️ buff.ly/zW7C33b
'The government has stated that it aims to restore trust in the benefits system, but this will be challenging with proposed cuts to benefits that will leave many people facing anxiety, financial insecurity and at risk of worsening health.' David Finch, Assistant Director of Healthy Lives at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🧵 Good to see our commissioned research mentioned by @faisalislam.bsky.social The upcoming Green Paper must offer a vision for keeping people healthy and in work, fixing gaps in the system such as low Statutory Sick Pay and inadequate support for those who risk falling out of work⬇️ buff.ly/eDyfxXP
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The major question thrown up by Labour's benefits plans
The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare
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Dave Finch @davefinch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Timely analysis from @theifs.bsky.social we've funded with @jrf-uk.bsky.social exploring role of health in increases in disability benefit claims Highlights the role of worsening mental health of the working age population And underscores the need to address underlying factors affecting health
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🧵 Access to the essential building blocks of health is deeply unequal, with people in the most deprived areas of England living significantly shorter lives. Our new report with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social highlights how racism affects health ⬇️ buff.ly/MV6BT8n
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How racism affects health
Our report with the Runnymede Trust highlights large and unacceptable variations in how the building blocks of health are experienced by ethnicity.
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy. Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health
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How racism affects health
We identify ways in which racism operates within the everyday structures of our society – the labour market, housing systems and lived environment – and limits people’s opportunity to be healthy.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Our new report with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social reveals stark inequalities in access to the building blocks of good health by ethnicity, and identifies ways in which structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment. Read it here 👇 buff.ly/LGnVEPE
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How racism affects health
Our report with the Runnymede Trust highlights large and unacceptable variations in how the building blocks of health are experienced by ethnicity.
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Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Cuts to welfare won’t solve the working age health challenge. Coverage of new @healthfoundation.bsky.social report in todays @theguardian.com It’s not enough to reform welfare - there must be more support for people in work but in ill health www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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More support for people in ill health to stay in work ‘could save UK £1bn’
Commission for Healthier Working Lives warns against cutting benefits and calls for proactive route for 8m affected
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joefd.bsky.social @joefd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Gavin Kelly on the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives points out that you can’t live on basic Universal Credit or Statutory Sick Pay - makes people sicker and pushes into long term sickness.
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Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Hearing from Sacha Romanovitch chair of the commission #healthierworkinglives kicking of our launch event…
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Prevention must be at the heart of public service reform. Our research with @demos-uk.bsky.social highlights the need for both financial investment and institutional change to move beyond crisis management. Read now ⬇️ buff.ly/zJwNutR
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The preventative shift: how can we embed prevention and achieve long term missions
Published in collaboration with Demos, this briefing looks at how to shift the culture of public bodies to think ‘prevention first’ and target spending at activities which are value for money and…
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
NEW: Latest survey with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social of the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care, and first under the new Labour government, shows making it easier to get appointments at GP practices has risen to the top of the public’s priorities for the NHS. Full findings 👇 buff.ly/43auwOQ
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Things can only get better?
What does the public make of the new government’s early agenda for the NHS and social care? Have perceptions and expectations of NHS and care services changed? This analysis presents findings from the...
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The mad merry-go-round of spending on stop-gap accommodation for homeless. Up 80% in a year. Huge waste of money that isn’t fixing the problem. New report out from LSE and @crisis-uk.bsky.social reported in @financialtimes.com w @amyborrett.ft.com @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social on.ft.com/43d3q9U
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
✨ New paper on #prevention spending ✨ At Demos we have been making the case for a fundamental shift in the purpose of government, away from firefighting in public services towards prevention. 👉🛡️ 1️⃣ We first set out the case for The Preventative State in 2023. 1/4
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The Preventative State: Rebuilding our local, social and civic foundations
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🧵 We are pleased to support the Royal College of Physicians' new principles for an integrated public health system. @admbriggs.bsky.social says they show what that system could look like to deliver the required shift to prevention, and help embed public health across government. buff.ly/4hKnftx
‘The new government has made prevention a core part of its health mission. Crucial to success is a publish health system that is fit for purpose.’ Adam Briggs, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧵 NEW: The shift to prevention in public spending is gaining momentum, with recognition at the Autumn Budget and the NHS making it a priority in its 10-year plan. Our briefing with @demos-uk.bsky.social explores how to support this fundamental change. Read now ⬇️ buff.ly/4gAgJUN
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The preventative shift: how can we embed prevention and achieve long term missions
Published in collaboration with Demos, this briefing looks at how to shift the culture of public bodies to think ‘prevention first’ and target spending at activities which are value for money and…
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
An excellent new resource from our colleagues @healthequals.bsky.social, providing a helpful introduction to the building blocks of health and wellbeing ⬇️
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Official labour market data may be significantly underestimating employment rates in Scotland. Interesting report from @scothealtheq.bsky.social, which we support. The unit is conducting vital work on the role of economic and social factors in shaping health and driving inequalities ⬇️
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
With all the excitement around #AI, what might it mean for our health? In our fifth #REALChallenge lecture, @hetanshah.bsky.social will warn of the risk of rushing breathlessly to unleash technology. Chaired by Anita Charlesworth. #AIHealthcare buff.ly/4j5xhq7
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Hype, hallucination, hope – what might AI mean for our health?
In our fifth REAL Challenge annual lecture, Hetan Shah will warn of the risk of rushing breathlessly to unleash technology. He will explore how policymakers can navigate the hype and critically…
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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The details of the 2025/26 PH grant allocations are now available, including the £200m uplift announced first thing this morning. However, the grant value is still 26% lower per person in real terms than 2015/16. Short 🧵 on why today's uplift is important and why it needs to be just the start. 1/
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I'm honoured to have been asked to give this year's @healthfoundation.bsky.social annual REAL Challenge lecture - on the theme of AI and health. Thursday 13th Feb in person / online. You can register here and please do share with any networks that may be interested www.health.org.uk/events/hype-...
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Hype, hallucination, hope – what might AI mean for our health?
In our fifth REAL Challenge annual lecture, Hetan Shah will warn of the risk of rushing breathlessly to unleash technology. He will explore how policymakers can navigate the hype and critically assess...
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