Dan Hall
@danhalll.bsky.social
Public policy at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; formerly devolution @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Interested in health, growth, technology, and building things 🌹🌇📈 All views my own
Interested in health, growth, technology, and building things 🌹🌇📈 All views my own
Misleading write-up - it's true that there is a crisis in A&E, but this is not because of "soaring demand".
The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years
Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Misleading write-up - it's true that there is a crisis in A&E, but this is not because of "soaring demand".
The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher.
www.theguardian.com/society/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).
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).
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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).
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).
Helpful chart - as @chrisgiles.ft.com wrote last month, a corrective to some moral panic narratives around welfare costs.
But focusing on welfare as % of GDP risks obscuring the rise in people out of work through illness (comparatively high in UK) which has big economic and social consequences
But focusing on welfare as % of GDP risks obscuring the rise in people out of work through illness (comparatively high in UK) which has big economic and social consequences
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Helpful chart - as @chrisgiles.ft.com wrote last month, a corrective to some moral panic narratives around welfare costs.
But focusing on welfare as % of GDP risks obscuring the rise in people out of work through illness (comparatively high in UK) which has big economic and social consequences
But focusing on welfare as % of GDP risks obscuring the rise in people out of work through illness (comparatively high in UK) which has big economic and social consequences
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
"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
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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
"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
Tell me more about the “industrial region” of Greater Manchester in 2025, the fastest growing part of the uk economy
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Tell me more about the “industrial region” of Greater Manchester in 2025, the fastest growing part of the uk economy
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Also bravo Baroness Sue Campbell who transformed our Olympic team and then transformed our women's football team. Extraordinary record.
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Also bravo Baroness Sue Campbell who transformed our Olympic team and then transformed our women's football team. Extraordinary record.
Reposted by Dan Hall
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
Reposted by Dan Hall
It's astonishing in how many areas the last government's response to difficult problems was just to abandon governing: to stop processing asylum claims, stop setting realistic budgets, ignore critical warnings from the prison system, and ultimately scuttle the ship by bringing forward the election.
This is what the increase in decisions and interviews following the election looks like. The drop off in May, June and July was because the Illegal Migration Act had prevented officials from processing any claims. The new government undid that, getting the system going again.
November 28, 2024 at 11:03 AM
It's astonishing in how many areas the last government's response to difficult problems was just to abandon governing: to stop processing asylum claims, stop setting realistic budgets, ignore critical warnings from the prison system, and ultimately scuttle the ship by bringing forward the election.