Jennifer Dixon
@JenniferTHF
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Chief Executive @HealthFdn. All views my own. Follow @HealthFdn for more info about our expanding work.
England, United Kingdom
Joined October 2013
My offering on this yearsâ Summer Exhibition: number 461:â I canât breathe: Covid; NHSâ using my other name Jennifer Vorhaus. Proceeds to NHS charities
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âHow can we afford the NHS?â might be better posed as: âWhy is the economy not large enough to support a comparatively cheap health system like the NHS? And why are higher taxes off the table to pay for it?' (5/12).
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V very big thank you for all the wonderful and generous messages. Itâs a collective effort and recognition and my thank you to all of you for support and collaboration over the years. Also remembering all those working in the NHS recognised for their tireless work for us all.
Congratulations to our brilliant CEO @JenniferTHF on being made a dame in the Kingâs New Year Honours List. Read more đ˝ .
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Post PAC, check these international comparisons. The facts speak.
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Conservative leadership candidates are proposing tax cuts to boost economic growth. Yet the UK already has lower tax intake than many other countries in Western Europe⌠and lower GDP. 𧾠(1/12).
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And the audience very politely complied - thank you all.
At a busy #Lab21 fringe event on âthe future of social careâ and Dr Jennifer Dixon from @HealthFdn starts by politely asking the audience to wear a mask if they can to protect themselves and others - first time here Iâve seen the majority of a room wear one
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. wait time for hip replacement in Berlin: 1 week (listen out for our next podcast episode. ) . In UK: median wait for orthopaedics elective care: 16 weeks. You get what you pay for. (4/12).
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. lower GDP means less spent on health care. GDP (2020).Germany: ÂŁ3.2 trillion.UK: ÂŁ2.2 trillion. And it shows. Total health spend per head (2020) .Germany ÂŁ4,723.UK: ÂŁ3,326. (2/12).
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If it wasnât already obvious, we outline the obvious.
With the increasing possibility that the UK will leave the EU without a deal, we have joined @TheKingsFund & @NuffieldTrust in writing to MPs to outline four areas where a #NoDealBrexit could cause significant harm to health and care services. Read now:
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Instead a crude meme is: 'the NHS is an inefficient blob, curb spending growth and reform itâ. But we donât prescribe that for industry to boost limp productivity â instead we talk about long term investment in tech and skills. (6/12).
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Are there no women in France or the UK?
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As @ProfBrianCox tweeted. âYou can convince people to vote to abolish gravity, but they will be very pissed off with you when they hit the groundâ. (12/12).
You can convince people to vote to abolish gravity, but they will be very pissed off with you when they hit the ground.
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Brexit may mean ânursexitâ: 96% drop of EU nurses registering to practise in the UK since July 2016
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NHS capital investment cuts leave Englandâs hospitals crumbling via @FT.This says a lotâŚ
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And this is the picture in health care
Potentially useful chart for understanding why bits of concrete are falling from the ceilings of British schools
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THANK YOU Kingâs Fund for making room for my daughter and I to join you in todayâs fabulous Pride parade. Proud to join KF colleagues ( and a few others!)
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Just had first Covid jab, in GP surgery car park, GPs in bobble hats, kindly volunteers, extremely well organised. Thank you so much NHS
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Facts matter.
In today's @thetimes, @profchrisham @JenniferTHF & @nedwards_1 correct a claim in last week's #Budget2018 coverage. The UK does NOT have the highest healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP in the EU. The UK is not a big spender on healthcare compared to other nations.
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Reality not magical thinking.
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Meantime a five year backward view for public health - large cuts in spending including in the most deprived parts of England ( eg Knowsley 38% cut).
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Excess deaths in UK 2020 is very high. But so is the number of excess deaths in a non-pandemic year associated with deprivation. Slower burn health insults are as important as acute insults like COVID
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The new PM will need to face the nature and scale of the challenge in the NHS. Or face huge political risk. In 1998 the risk was waiting times, now add the results of chronic underinvestment in primary and social care. So a triple risk. (7/12).
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Robert Koch Institute: Founded in 1891; all past presidents were professors with relevant scientific background. a million miles away from our transient national organisations.
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Typo spot of the day â we need to reduce excess morality caused by the pandemicâ. .
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NHS also needs support and investment in leadership, management and capital to innovate, deliver care better and boost productivity. And labour-saving technology. Just like businessesâŚ(9/12).
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A year on from #lockdown, new analysis from @HealthFdn reveals the devastating scale of loss in the pandemic, with 1.5 million potential years of life lost to #COVID19 in the UK and each life cut short by 10 years. Read more đ˝. 1/11.
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The current reforms to #socialcare funding do not go far enough to protect people from catastrophic care costs. Much more is needed beyond this to âfixâ the sector and reduce avoidable high costs on the NHS.(10/12).
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Yes this really is a bad idea, and rightly and comprehensively dismissed every time it has come up over the last 30 yearsâŚ.
Bad idea. Charges can reduce demand for health care, but that includes the care people need to stay healthy. The poorest and sickest suffer as a result . Government already has a more efficient and equitable way of raising money for the NHS: tax. It could choose to raise more.
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Some objections to the Times leader yesterday and related âŚ.
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The ÂŁ commitments made to the NHS and social care will need to be honoured to reduce NHS waiting times, boost primary care and to deliver the planned reforms to the social care cap. (8/12).
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Thanks to our fabulous team on the stand at NHS Confed Expo this year. And glad our publications were nearly as popular as our free totesđ
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Plse apply- these are great roles to make a difference.
We have three exciting new (fixed term) opportunities to work on our inquiry into COVID-19, health and health inequalities:. âĄď¸ Senior Research Fellow.âĄď¸ Research Fellow .âĄď¸ Programme and Policy Officer. Secondments are welcome. Find out more!
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Maybe todayâs planning guidance was more interesting than I thought
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Levelling Up? Will need to be a 30 year commitment. Does government see itself as a long term investor?.
NEW PODCAST: In the UK, life expectancy is lowest in Glasgow. Why is this? And what can we all learn from longstanding efforts to improve health there?. @JenniferTHF discusses with experts @HarryBurns16 & Dr David Walsh in our latest episode. LISTEN âŹď¸ .
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More dither and delay on social care. .
The absence of any clear policy on social care in todayâs #ConservativeManifesto is a shameful omission for a party thatâs been in power for nearly a decade, says @JenniferTHFÂ . Read our full response: #GE2019 | #SocialCare
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Clearly we will send a copy to @hmtreasury.
Our new analysis explores how failure to invest in the nationâs health is storing up problems for the future. Weâre calling for a whole-government approach to #CreatingHealthyLives. Read our thread below đ. And download the full report:
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Will âlevelling upâ be a priority for the new leader? . To stem growing demand for care and invest in the nationâs future prosperity, governments canât duck a serious focus on improving health, and health inequalities. (11/12).
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Joint the dots please HMG.
'Promotion of cheap tobacco and alcohol by @hmtreasury runs counter to the government's stated objective of preventing ill health and reducing inequalities.' says @JenniferTHF. Read our response to the announcement of return of EU duty-free now:
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Set this alongside test and trace.
This year's #PublicHealth grant allocations represent a 24% real terms cut compared to 2015/16. Government needs to restore the grant to previous levels by investing an extra ÂŁ1 billion a year. Read our response to yesterday's announcement đ
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At the UN Economic and Social Council meeting last week on the question of how can there be faster progress on achieving the 17 SDGs. And on another floor close by is the UN Security Council chamber.
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Itâs bleedinâ obvious
Top health charity boss @JenniferTHF: NHS performance âmiddlingâ in Europe due to âbleedinâ obviousâ lack of funding.
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Yes I remember well being cornered by a mansplaining academic describing to me in detail an article I was the main author of . then cited the second author (male) who had written precisely one sentence. .
am reading Invisible Women by .@CCriadoPerez but I have to ration myself to a few pages a day as it makes me somewhat angry and sad. and there's so much to take in - every page is a bookmark page! everyone should read this book.
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Our finding from Grampian
A properly jaw-dropping stat: almost one-in-four 16 year olds girls have been in contact with NHS mental health services in the past year (2021/22 data). It was more like one-in-nine four years earlier (when the data starts). via @TomWatersEcon @Heidi_Karj.
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This canât be said too many times . and why is there so much indifference.
Public health grant cuts 'worst in poorest areas' - BBC News âThe cuts have exacerbated long standing health inequalities between rich and poor, north and southâ
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âReasons to be cheerfulâ . podcast on the NHS out next Mon .
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What investors can do to boost health capital rather than just economic capital
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Thank you Norman for your outstanding leadership and commitment to health and social care over the years. Itâs been a privilege to work with you.
Today, as I spoke in Parliament for the last time as MP for North Norfolk, I thanked my wife, Mary, our two sons, Archie and Ned, my staff, local party activists and the people of North Norfolk for the support they have given me. I have appreciated it enormously.
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Canât be emphasised enough.
'Immigrants should not be blamed for pressures in the NHS. The reasons â unsurprisingly â are far more complex.'. Existing research tells us that international migration is good for the NHS. @HughAlderwick & @LucindaRAllen explore the evidence: #GE2019
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Govt to announce a single NHS workforce strategy - they listened.
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Congratulations to Mary and colleagues for a terrific launch this evening in Cambridge. And a very big thank you to the many who helped to bring THIS into being.
@JenniferTHF and Paul Batalden rightly recognising the efforts of many people past and present at the @HealthFdn and in the improvement science development group that sowed the seeds for @THIS_Institute #THISLaunch.
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Christina nails it.
THREAD: Key points from my overview of latest #COVID19 numbers in the weekly @IndependentSage briefing. Firstly, for the first since 11 April, the 7 day daily average of new cases has gone up every day for the past week. 1/10
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Our take on key elements of an approach in the NHS to quality improvement
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Policy team REALLY nice (and talented). (and the coffeeâs good too). .
Come and work in our policy team @HealthFdn . Research officer job: Senior fellow job: We're nice and it'll be fun.
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Nice to see Sciana Fellow Dr Vin Diwakar speaking at a Downing St briefing today
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Absolute potted gold from David Navarro on leadership . and not the usual guff.
Earlier this month, we were delighted to hear from @davidnabarro in a #Sciana webinar titled, "Tackling Chaos and Complexity: Health Leadership for a New Era." In this clip, Nabarro discusses health leadership, systems change and establishing trust.
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This is a must read for all frontline NHS staff if you can get to it
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A new networked and independent centre - an OBR for health - with funding for ten years. Being set up now. Just what many have been asking for to help with longer term policy and planning. Watch this space for further announcements.
This week, we announced the Health and Social Care Sustainability Research Centre. There's ÂŁ10m funding available over next 5 years for external research partners to work with us on drivers of long-term health and care sustainability. Read more now:
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The future is female
70% of global health & social care workforce is female. Invest in women, invest in health workforce for health & growth @ScianaNetwork @helenamacarena
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Anyone serious about health shld read the excellent PHE report âHealth Profile for England 2021â - a wealth of data. And the below is worth repeating
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View from the top of the UNESCO building this evening - with the wonderful Sciana crowd
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Huge difference in mortality between those using mental health services and those not
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Key evidence all in one place - health impacts of both the pandemic and the response to the pandemic.
NEW REPORT: The #COVID19ImpactInquiry lays bare the unequal impact of the pandemic and how the same crisis has fallen unevenly. We highlight whatâs needed from government in recovery to create a fairer, healthier and more prosperous society.
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. and with no gap in service. Deep respect for all our tremendous staff. .
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In all the flurry about NHS financing this is just as if not more important.
Do young people have the mix for a healthy future? . Today marks the launch of our Young Peopleâs #FutureHealthInquiry looking at the next generationâs health and wellbeing. Find out more: #YoungPeople
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The real news.
Today's @ONS release highlights a 21.5-year gap spent in good health for women across local authorities in the UK, while overall healthy life expectancy is falling. Cross-govt action is needed to ensure people are able to live longer, healthier lives:
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No health, no levelling up.
Todayâs Budget rightly focuses on coronavirus but longer term questions facing the nationâs health and care remain unanswered, says @JenniferTHFÂ . Read our full response to #Budget2020:
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More air time in the media about the football super league than this.
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Why didnât the men give up?.
Itâs fascinating that almost all the consultants Iâve spoken to in the last week tell me their wives gave up on their chosen specialty or medicine in general after having kids. Why is it so hard for so many? . How can we learn concrete lessons from it? This is common thing.
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Odd yes but part of what is wrong in the UK.
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@hmtreasury @hmtreasury promoting booze and fags? Really? Donât you want to curb growth in health care spend at least?.
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âWe donât want to be consulted, we want to park our tanks on the hospitalâs lawnâ . the growing power of online communities .
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