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Peter Sivey

@petesivey.bsky.social
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Health Economist, University of York. sites.google.com/site/petersivey Also like live sport, music, reading, usual stuff really..

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New analysis of the latest health care funding figures for England. Updated following the 2025 Spring Statement, the #REALCentre looks at how current funding compares with historical levels and how it stacks up against what is needed to meet future pressures. Read more ⬇️
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Health care funding
We share the latest health care funding figures for England, including how much has been committed and how it compares to historical levels.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It was me!
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
@yorkarchaeology.bsky.social
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
What is this pottery I dug up In my garden? ChatGPT says “westerwald stoneware” from germany but I’m sceptical
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Pretty amazing how quickly things are moving with modern AI tools. I created a whole report, data vis and even published it as a website with a few prompts using Claude 3.7 claude.site/artifacts/f5...
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Rita Santos @ritasantos.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The fantastic Analysis Patient Data course (aka the HES data course) is back! Join us in York from 9 to 11 of June york.ac.uk/che/courses/... Myself, @petesivey.bsky.social , Adriana, Anastasia, Panos, Jinglin will teach you how to analyse these sets of data for research
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Analysing Patient Data using Hospital Episode Statistics
Led by experienced academics with vast experience in using NHS England data, this intensive workshop introduces participants to the nitty-gritty of managing and analysing NHS England data.
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HOPE at UoM @hope-uom.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Last week we were pleased to have @petesivey.bsky.social visit us and give a seminar presentation. Peter presented work looking at the impact of NHS surgical hub openings on the volume, wait times and length of stay outcomes at NHS trusts.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Pretty amazing how quickly things are moving with modern AI tools. I created a whole report, data vis and even published it as a website with a few prompts using Claude 3.7 claude.site/artifacts/f5...
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
genuine problem
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Great catch up with old Melbourne Institute friends last night in Carlton!
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/12/2024
The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵
A chart in three parts showing data on child mortality to make the points that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
yes I don't understand this. No way is that 39 sqkm. It looks 100+
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This says crossrail is 13 miles? This also doesn't seem right. I googled and it's more like 70.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The Prime Minister has recommitted to the 18-week waiting time target for NHS elective care. This is a mistake. It avoids the necessary discussion on *prioritising* between different treatments and patients with different levels of need. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
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Keir Starmer sets out pledges on extra police officers, more housebuilding and fixing the NHS - live updates
In a key speech, the PM says the government faces
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The takeaway message (for me) is that an 18 week target for all patients is unlikely to be the best way to target scarce NHS resources. A research-based approach to balancing efficiency and equity would lead to a range of waiting time targets for different patients/conditions.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Their report shows that prioritising patients to maximise health may have adverse implications for inequalities york.ac.uk/media/che/RS...
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A research project by other colleagues in CHE (Naomi Gibbs et al) has looked at prioritising waiting lists between different types of treatments, for example, hip replacement vs heart surgery vs gall bladder removal.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This paper by Panos Kasteridis, Luigi Siciliani and myself shows the potential health benefits of a shorter waiting time target for patients with the worst pre-operative health (and highest health need). york.ac.uk/media/che/CH...
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Recent research from CHE highlights the potential benefits for equity and efficiency of prioritising the waiting list more effectively.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The Prime Minister has recommitted to the 18-week waiting time target for NHS elective care. This is a mistake. It avoids the necessary discussion on *prioritising* between different treatments and patients with different levels of need. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
bbc.co.uk
Keir Starmer sets out pledges on extra police officers, more housebuilding and fixing the NHS - live updates
In a key speech, the PM says the government faces
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Awesome new paper from some of my old mates in Australia showing how the roll out of Sky News Australia increased votes for conservative parties: docs.iza.org/dp17452.pdf#...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Louise Haigh: “we need conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions.” Keir Starmer: “two of her predecessors had convictions” (reference to the Covid party fixed penalty notices for Johnson & Sunak)
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We don't know the population though do we? Can see from the ages and SDs that this looks like working age (perhaps middle-aged) adults. Perhaps its working age adults with a particular diagnosis/history? Then the variables could be quite well matched..
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
seems weird to do a t test on a function of two of the other variables for which t tests are also reported though..
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
So is it appropriate to do a t test on BMI? I'm not sure. Otherwise the only thing I noted in the figures was that for Total Cholesterol, the two group means did not seem (even roughly) equidistant from the overall mean, which seemed suspicious to me.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I wasn't sure about the statement at the bottom reporting the results of tests for all the variables and noting only BMI was statistically different (one presumes at 5%). BMI obviously a function of weight and height which are reported separately (and not statistically different).
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I'd be interested in the answer!
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Actually I generally dislike trivia and charades..
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"tries" to make nerdy cool.. thanks blueskyroast.com
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I think establishing what is legal or not can be separate from implementation. If and when AD is legalised, the government will have the job of implementation and be answerable to parliament with respect to those details.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Interesting comments on the assisted dying bill from Thea Stein at the Nuffield trust. I actually disagree with her comments that the bill needs to answer all relevant questions on how the service is paid for, training issues etc.
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Nuffield Trust: response to House of Commons vote in favour of assisted dying Bill
Thea Stein responds as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is voted through to Committee Stage.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Great stuff, on the history of GLP-1 agonists "Stephen Bloom of Hammersmith Hospital in the UK injected GLP-1 directly into the brain of fasting rats, observed profound reduction in food intake, and called out GLP-1 as a neurotransmitter."
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Fair enough but you have to ask the scottish govt the tough questions about things going wrong for the nhs in Scotland!
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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One of my biggest recommendations for academics who are just starting out writing for a lay audience - avoid acronyms. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE. I know writing things out can be tiresome. But 99% of the world has no idea what you're talking about when you use acronyms, and that's bad.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Here’s some blatant self-promotion for some of my health policy work! bsky.app/profile/pete...
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Great thanks many essential names on this list, I’d love to be added if you have space!
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Layla McCay @laylamccay.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Having experienced the challenge of finding the UK health / NHS policy community here on Bluesky, I've created a starter pack so you can easily follow some key voices right away. Please comment with suggested additions as more people join. go.bsky.app/NEVJUbU
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Its surely over for X now!
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Got a snap next to a statue of John Hunter, early advocate of scientific methods in medicine.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Great visit to the Royal College of Surgeons to talk about surgical hubs evaluation yesterday (www. measure-study.org). Trying to explain staggered diff-in-diff literature to the nations top surgeons was an interesting challenge 😳.
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Dr Stevan Bruijns 🏥🚑🤕🌍🏳️‍🌈 @codingbrown.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Mythbuster: does diverting low acuity patients from A&E improve A&E performance? 🚶... 🚶🚶🚶... 👈✋🏥 🚶... .../1 www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
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Revealed: 50 A&Es where most patients ‘could be seen elsewhere’
The emergency departments where more than half of patients "could have been seen elsewhere" are revealed by new figures uncovered by HSJ.
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Politics is just vibes..
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 18/10/2024
Made a quick ticker for live Bluesky user numbers! 🦋 Going up quite fast! bsky-users.theo.io
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Some big news this morning www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
its fine when people are sharing papers etc but the self promotion becomes a bit much
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
its fine when people are sharing papers etc but the self promotion becomes a bit much
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Peter Sivey @petesivey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Uk health economists not on here much. Everyone has gone to LinkedIn 😭
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