Sebastian Rees
@sebrees1.bsky.social
Head of Health at the IPPR
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1/ One of the privileges of writing 'It Takes A Village' with @ippr.org has been hearing from parents about what it’s really like raising healthy children today.
Together with a @publicfirst.bsky.social survey of 1,500+ parents, we held 6 focus groups across England.
Here are my key takeaways 👇
Together with a @publicfirst.bsky.social survey of 1,500+ parents, we held 6 focus groups across England.
Here are my key takeaways 👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
1/ One of the privileges of writing 'It Takes A Village' with @ippr.org has been hearing from parents about what it’s really like raising healthy children today.
Together with a @publicfirst.bsky.social survey of 1,500+ parents, we held 6 focus groups across England.
Here are my key takeaways 👇
Together with a @publicfirst.bsky.social survey of 1,500+ parents, we held 6 focus groups across England.
Here are my key takeaways 👇
Roemer's law in action? Or simply evidence that we need more beds?
One of my favourite charts from this year's Performance Tracker
Each dot shows a trust's bed occupancy in a given month
What's notable is how little variation there is across the country and across time
Go into any hospital in any month and you will find almost every bed is occupied
Each dot shows a trust's bed occupancy in a given month
What's notable is how little variation there is across the country and across time
Go into any hospital in any month and you will find almost every bed is occupied
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Roemer's law in action? Or simply evidence that we need more beds?
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Patchy advice is pushing new parents online, exposing them to misinformation and overload—and making it even harder to know how to keep their children healthy.
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Patchy advice is pushing new parents online, exposing them to misinformation and overload—and making it even harder to know how to keep their children healthy.
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...
Read our new report here: www.ippr.org/articles/it-...
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🍻 | NEW REPORT: A quarter of employees feel pressured to drink at work events, and a third have called in sick afterwards. Alcohol consumption isn’t just a health issue — it’s a national economic and productivity problem.
Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🍻 | NEW REPORT: A quarter of employees feel pressured to drink at work events, and a third have called in sick afterwards. Alcohol consumption isn’t just a health issue — it’s a national economic and productivity problem.
Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Hmmm think you might be forgetting the piece William Temple wrote about strategic commissioning…
So far as I can tell, to-date she is the only HSJ contributor to be made Archbishop of Canterbury.
there's a "fact" about the new Archbishop of Canterbury on her Wikipedia page that'll be an interesting test of which media organisations do their jobs...
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Hmmm think you might be forgetting the piece William Temple wrote about strategic commissioning…
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📻 Context is key. NHS league tables can be helpful, but must be looked at alongside more detailed breakdowns to help professionals improve their services. @sebrees1.bsky.social on BBC Radio 2
September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📻 Context is key. NHS league tables can be helpful, but must be looked at alongside more detailed breakdowns to help professionals improve their services. @sebrees1.bsky.social on BBC Radio 2
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How useful are NHS league tables for patients? @sebrees1.bsky.social for BBC Radio 2 on the importance of speaking to those using the system to understand what matters to them 👇
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
How useful are NHS league tables for patients? @sebrees1.bsky.social for BBC Radio 2 on the importance of speaking to those using the system to understand what matters to them 👇
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HEART OF THE MATTER: There are significant differences in both the risk factors for, and the prevalence of, heart and circulatory conditions between different areas of Scotland.
Read the analysis by @jamie-ohalloran.bsky.social and @sebrees1.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Read the analysis by @jamie-ohalloran.bsky.social and @sebrees1.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Taken to heart: Inequalities in heart disease in Scotland | IPPR
Fortunately, advances in research and treatment mean that many of us can continue to live long, healthy lives while managing heart and circulatory conditio
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September 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
HEART OF THE MATTER: There are significant differences in both the risk factors for, and the prevalence of, heart and circulatory conditions between different areas of Scotland.
Read the analysis by @jamie-ohalloran.bsky.social and @sebrees1.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Read the analysis by @jamie-ohalloran.bsky.social and @sebrees1.bsky.social ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/tak...
Great to be on @bbcnewslive.bsky.social this morning talking about the long awaited 10 Year Health Plan.
The details of an 168-page document will be pored over in the coming days, but a few quick thoughts below...
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The details of an 168-page document will be pored over in the coming days, but a few quick thoughts below...
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🩺 A healthier NHS starts in our communities.
@sebrees1.bsky.social, our head of health, joined the BBC this morning to explain why redirecting funds into community care is better for patients and saves taxpayer money.
@sebrees1.bsky.social, our head of health, joined the BBC this morning to explain why redirecting funds into community care is better for patients and saves taxpayer money.
July 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great to be on @bbcnewslive.bsky.social this morning talking about the long awaited 10 Year Health Plan.
The details of an 168-page document will be pored over in the coming days, but a few quick thoughts below...
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The details of an 168-page document will be pored over in the coming days, but a few quick thoughts below...
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The government has set the NHS’s budget for the next 3 years, now it needs to be realistic about its priorities - my comment piece in the BMJ:
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Spending review leaves a greater need for clarity on healthcare priorities
The notion that the health service has emerged as a “winner” from the chancellor’s spending review is a bit like congratulating someone who has just won back the face value of a scratch card. It certa...
www.bmj.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The government has set the NHS’s budget for the next 3 years, now it needs to be realistic about its priorities - my comment piece in the BMJ:
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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🩺 @sebrees1.bsky.social, Head of Health at IPPR, talks to @itvnews.bsky.social about the improvements we can expect to see in NHS service after the #SpendingReview
June 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🩺 @sebrees1.bsky.social, Head of Health at IPPR, talks to @itvnews.bsky.social about the improvements we can expect to see in NHS service after the #SpendingReview
I disagree with this because I think at the margins spending on healthcare is not the best way to achieve better health outcomes.
But it's an important intervention in the debate because it starts with honesty about the fundamental drivers of healthcare spending.
But it's an important intervention in the debate because it starts with honesty about the fundamental drivers of healthcare spending.
The thing that drives me mad about the health spending debate is it totally *why* budgets are rising everywhere.
It's a *good thing* that health spending takes up an ever larger proportion of GDP. It's what we should *want* to spend money on!
It's a *good thing* that health spending takes up an ever larger proportion of GDP. It's what we should *want* to spend money on!
June 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I disagree with this because I think at the margins spending on healthcare is not the best way to achieve better health outcomes.
But it's an important intervention in the debate because it starts with honesty about the fundamental drivers of healthcare spending.
But it's an important intervention in the debate because it starts with honesty about the fundamental drivers of healthcare spending.
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I bang on a lot about different ways of counting hospital admissions or measuring length of stay or describing bed occupancy. But for me, the most important thing about patient flow metrics is that they shouldn't just be looked at; they should be discussed.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I bang on a lot about different ways of counting hospital admissions or measuring length of stay or describing bed occupancy. But for me, the most important thing about patient flow metrics is that they shouldn't just be looked at; they should be discussed.
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Brilliant work by @parth0.bsky.social, @npjgarland.bsky.social, @will-davies.bsky.social and @jrgingrich.bsky.social on how progresses negotiate the challenges of a rapidly changing world and the rise of the populist right.
An essential read! 👇
An essential read! 👇
🚨 NEW REPORT: Progressive parties are losing the battle of ideas – and votes – to the populist right. The centre-left must reinvent or die. Today, we launch a new project to forge a bold new identity for progressives in the 21st century.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brilliant work by @parth0.bsky.social, @npjgarland.bsky.social, @will-davies.bsky.social and @jrgingrich.bsky.social on how progresses negotiate the challenges of a rapidly changing world and the rise of the populist right.
An essential read! 👇
An essential read! 👇
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🚨 NEW REPORT: Progressive parties are losing the battle of ideas – and votes – to the populist right. The centre-left must reinvent or die. Today, we launch a new project to forge a bold new identity for progressives in the 21st century.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
May 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🚨 NEW REPORT: Progressive parties are losing the battle of ideas – and votes – to the populist right. The centre-left must reinvent or die. Today, we launch a new project to forge a bold new identity for progressives in the 21st century.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/fac...
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👨👧 | NEW REPORT: Poor childhood health doesn't just harm lives - it stifles the economy for years to come.
We are calling for:
✅ Investment in adolescent mental health
✅ A children’s investment standard
✅ Stronger national leadership and accountability
www.ippr.org/articles/fix...
We are calling for:
✅ Investment in adolescent mental health
✅ A children’s investment standard
✅ Stronger national leadership and accountability
www.ippr.org/articles/fix...
May 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
👨👧 | NEW REPORT: Poor childhood health doesn't just harm lives - it stifles the economy for years to come.
We are calling for:
✅ Investment in adolescent mental health
✅ A children’s investment standard
✅ Stronger national leadership and accountability
www.ippr.org/articles/fix...
We are calling for:
✅ Investment in adolescent mental health
✅ A children’s investment standard
✅ Stronger national leadership and accountability
www.ippr.org/articles/fix...
Ultimately, NHS spending is an investment in the health and prosperity of the nation. But Jim Mackey is right, there are no easy choices ahead for government on health spending and value must rule the day.
Some thoughts from me in today's @theguardian.com.
Some thoughts from me in today's @theguardian.com.
May 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ultimately, NHS spending is an investment in the health and prosperity of the nation. But Jim Mackey is right, there are no easy choices ahead for government on health spending and value must rule the day.
Some thoughts from me in today's @theguardian.com.
Some thoughts from me in today's @theguardian.com.
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🚨Personal news🚨
After three and a half brilliant, jam-packed years @reformthinktank.bsky.social, today is my final day
I'll still be based in Westminster (more on this to come). But if I could just give a quick shout out to the exceptional people I've worked with 🧵
After three and a half brilliant, jam-packed years @reformthinktank.bsky.social, today is my final day
I'll still be based in Westminster (more on this to come). But if I could just give a quick shout out to the exceptional people I've worked with 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🚨Personal news🚨
After three and a half brilliant, jam-packed years @reformthinktank.bsky.social, today is my final day
I'll still be based in Westminster (more on this to come). But if I could just give a quick shout out to the exceptional people I've worked with 🧵
After three and a half brilliant, jam-packed years @reformthinktank.bsky.social, today is my final day
I'll still be based in Westminster (more on this to come). But if I could just give a quick shout out to the exceptional people I've worked with 🧵
This and the % of healthcare resource that goes towards people with multiple long term conditions are the most likely two stats in health policy to send you down a never ending footnote wormhole…
Sarah Neville in the FT on lunch with Amanda Pritchard: "The NHS contributes between 10 and 20 per cent to people’s health, she says — a figure I find startlingly low"
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
April 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This and the % of healthcare resource that goes towards people with multiple long term conditions are the most likely two stats in health policy to send you down a never ending footnote wormhole…
If the government is serious about boosting health and cutting the number of lives lost to the biggest killers, it's going to have to get tougher on the causes of illness.
New @ippr.bsky.social and Public First research shows that bolder action would be welcomed by the public 💪
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New @ippr.bsky.social and Public First research shows that bolder action would be welcomed by the public 💪
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❤️🩹 | NEW REPORT: Voters want bold action on health – and don’t see it as 'nanny statism'. Our new research with Public First shows that smarter public health policy isn’t just good for the nation – it could be a vote-winner too.
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If the government is serious about boosting health and cutting the number of lives lost to the biggest killers, it's going to have to get tougher on the causes of illness.
New @ippr.bsky.social and Public First research shows that bolder action would be welcomed by the public 💪
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New @ippr.bsky.social and Public First research shows that bolder action would be welcomed by the public 💪
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📖 New report out this morning with the brilliant @awilliamson1.bsky.social and Avnee Morjaria!
'Realising the reform dividend' charts out an evidence-based change model to restore the NHS's performance and ultimately transform services 💪
Thoughts and feedback much appreciated.
'Realising the reform dividend' charts out an evidence-based change model to restore the NHS's performance and ultimately transform services 💪
Thoughts and feedback much appreciated.
🩺 | NEW REPORT: Building an NHS fit for the future is a life-or-death challenge. A new IPPR report outlines three key reforms that could save £21bn annually and keep NHS spending sustainable.
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
April 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📖 New report out this morning with the brilliant @awilliamson1.bsky.social and Avnee Morjaria!
'Realising the reform dividend' charts out an evidence-based change model to restore the NHS's performance and ultimately transform services 💪
Thoughts and feedback much appreciated.
'Realising the reform dividend' charts out an evidence-based change model to restore the NHS's performance and ultimately transform services 💪
Thoughts and feedback much appreciated.
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🩺 | NEW REPORT: Building an NHS fit for the future is a life-or-death challenge. A new IPPR report outlines three key reforms that could save £21bn annually and keep NHS spending sustainable.
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🩺 | NEW REPORT: Building an NHS fit for the future is a life-or-death challenge. A new IPPR report outlines three key reforms that could save £21bn annually and keep NHS spending sustainable.
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
www.ippr.org/articles/ref...