... a risk with focus on health inequalities is that it's seen as separate and only has 'moral value' when in fact it's core to Population Health & health improvement overall. The 7 actions KF wisely recommends are all relevant for Pop Health generally @thekingsfund.bsky.social

Great work by @thekingsfund.bsky.socialwww.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

New Kings Fund report on health inequalities. 🧪 www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Tackling Health Inequalities | Seven Priorities For The NHS | The King's Fund

Drawing on our five-year programme of work on health inequalities, we outline what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on.

Geographic inequities in rates of mechical thrombectomy ‘March 2024 show the thrombectomy rate of patients ranges from 1.7% in West Yorkshire and Harrogate to 8.7% in Thames Valley.’ Target rate is 10%. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Only 4.3% of stroke patients in England can access life-saving treatment

Mechanical thrombectomy can save a patient from permanent disability or death, but its availability depends on where they live

Vaccines save lives

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Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.

HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14

In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.

Good to see #Caturday is a thing on Bluesky

In the ‘shift to digital’ - “If policy and funding prioritise digital-first services without addressing the barriers to digital inclusion, it’s highly likely to result in increasing inequalities by excluding people who are unable to benefit from digital services” www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/in...

Labour on the economy - rudderless or cunning plan? @iandunt.bsky.socialopen.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

OK so what the hell actually is Labour's economic policy

Everything you need to know about the next five years of our economic life

Oops - “participants are overall healthier and wealthier than the rest of the population. Most participants in the study were White British. The findings may therefore not be fully generalisable to the whole population or to people of other ethnicities.” NIHR on the NHS Health Check.

GFfelly500.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 4:35pm

evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/is-the... Is the NHS Health Check improving our population’s health? No. Next question

Is the NHS Health Check improving our population’s health?

The NHS Health Check is reducing cardiovascular diseases and preventing other diseases through early detection and intervention.

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