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David Buck

@davidjbuck.bsky.social

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Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 9d

1/3. A ground-breaking paper, & commentary, on @thekingsfund.bsky.social website today - using linked data on the connection between #health & #economy from @nhsengland.bsky.social & ONS on the economic #payback from meeting waiting list targets. Paper assets.kingsfund.org.uk/f/256914/x/6...

Reposted by Christina Pagel

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 2h

ICYMI: This is a must-read for this in the venn diagram of #devolution #economicgrowth and #health space - the evidence on the nuance of making it most effective in practice. 👇

Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social · 19h

📄New report | Inclusive Growth, Healthy Places

We have launched a new report supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social focusing on the role of national government in creating the conditions for integrating health and economic development at place level

Read👇
growthandreform.org/resource-hub...

Report cover page with the Growth and Reform Network and Health Foundation logos at the top. The title of the report is: Inclusive Growth, Healthy Places: How national policy can help realise the potential for devolution

Reposted by Jill Rutter, David D. Buck

Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness

Incredible work by @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social & @amberdellar.bsky.social

Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 | Institute for Government

Labour’s public service plans are less than the sum of their parts.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Reposted by David D. Buck

Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 19h

EXC: English councils will still be poorer in 2029 than they were in 2010, according to the IfG.

Report finds councils are increasingly providing social care and little else. Libraries, youth services, parks, all falling by the wayside.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

English councils to remain poorer than in 2010 despite funding rise, says report

Exclusive: Impact of austerity cannot be undone by end of parliament despite above-inflation funding, analysis finds

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by David D. Buck, Christina Pagel

Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social · 19h

📄New report | Inclusive Growth, Healthy Places

We have launched a new report supported by @healthfoundation.bsky.social focusing on the role of national government in creating the conditions for integrating health and economic development at place level

Read👇
growthandreform.org/resource-hub...

Report cover page with the Growth and Reform Network and Health Foundation logos at the top. The title of the report is: Inclusive Growth, Healthy Places: How national policy can help realise the potential for devolution

Reposted by David D. Buck

Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 22h

Is "we're going to start making erotica" what you'd announce if, in your heart of hearts, you believed you were running a company that was just about to invent super intelligence capable of solving any problem?

Reposted by David D. Buck

Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 23h

New stats this month show ⬆️ adults experiencing gambling harm. This is not down to individual behaviour. Instead, it is a result of extremely effective marketing. To ⬇️ harm, we need to better regulate price, availability, & marketing. bit.ly/3J5oUOm

Half of British adults gambled in last month – survey

Some 2.7% of adults scored ‘8+’ on the Problem Gambling Severity Index in 2024 – up from 2.5% the previous year – the Gambling Commission found.

Reposted by David D. Buck

Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest blog: “socioeconomic disadvantage is still a significant and systemic barrier to success”

Young people’s aspirations rise with parents’ income - Understanding Society

Our capacity to plan for the future shapes our lives, and is affected by family wealth. Most teenagers are optimistic, but life goals are strongly influenced by wealth

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

Reposted by John Appleby, David D. Buck

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

I've been to four different a&e departments in the last year and they're all completely differently organised. You'd have thought there'd be more agreement on the best way to do it.

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 2d

This looks great. Go on, have a look.

Champs Public Health Collaborative @champsphc.bsky.social · 2d

OHID are hosting an online Puhlic Health Taster Session on Monday 3rd November 2025.

This event is specifically for those interested in applying for Public Health Speciality Training.

Find out more and register here ⬇️
https://champspublichealth.com/public-health-online-taster-session-3/

Reposted by David D. Buck

Champs Public Health Collaborative @champsphc.bsky.social · 2d

OHID are hosting an online Puhlic Health Taster Session on Monday 3rd November 2025.

This event is specifically for those interested in applying for Public Health Speciality Training.

Find out more and register here ⬇️
https://champspublichealth.com/public-health-online-taster-session-3/

Reposted by David D. Buck

Jack Aldane @jackaldane.bsky.social · 2d

More power to @profangiehobbs.bsky.social – I hope this revival of The Great Philosophers brings about the rebirth of deep learning through television.

Archived programming on YT from the 70s and 80s has been a gift for two whole decades, but it’s time to put philosophy back on the mainstream menu.

Reposted by David D. Buck

Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 3d

On Tuesday @instituteforgovernment.org.uk will publish the first part of Performance Tracker 2025, our flagship annual stocktake of the state of public services

We’re doing things slightly differently this year, so I thought I’d do a quick thread explaining some of the changes

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Reposted by David D. Buck

Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 4d

Was in conversation wirh a few innovation and med tec peeps recently

Was all a bit "modern stents and TAVI have saved lives. It’s cool. Innovation is going to save lives. And if it’s better than what replaced it then all’s ok...."

I mentioned my old friend “opportunity cost”.

Cue tumbleweed

expert reaction to reports from Politico that the UK government has drawn up proposals to increase the amount the NHS pays pharmaceutical firms for drugs | Science Media Centre

www.sciencemediacentre.org

Reposted by David D. Buck

The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 5d

Where we live – and the air we breathe – can shape our health, including how long we can expect to live.

Explore the data on air quality for local authorities across England on our newly updated Local Authority Dashboard ⬇️

https://bit.ly/4pNdG1w

Only 3 local authorities in England have air quality better than the recommended WHO guideline pollutant level

Search for your local authority

Reposted by David D. Buck

Sarah Jackson @drsarahejackson.bsky.social · 6d

In a letter published today in the BMJ, we call for urgent action to correct misperceptions of vaping.

As long as public perceptions of vaping are misaligned with evidence, the opportunity for vaping to further reduce smoking is being missed.

www.bmj.com/content/391/... @ashorguk.bsky.social

Reposted by David D. Buck

The King's Fund Library Service @kingsfundlibrary.bsky.social · 6d

Policy alert: The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma

The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the issu...

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk

Reposted by David D. Buck

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see this published, though it's all change and for health inequalities, sticking the course is key despite institutional upheaval (again)... bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

From policy to action: a document content analysis reviewing the adoption of the healthcare inequalities programme in local health system plans in England

Objectives This analysis aimed to explore how local health system strategies and plans seek to tackle health and care inequalities and address national policies. Specifically, the analysis considered ...

bmjopen.bmj.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Aurélien Mondon, David D. Buck

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 6d

How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?

Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.

To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.

Reposted by David D. Buck

Hazel Cheeseman @hazelcheeseman.bsky.social · 6d

Seems like the solution to the "problem" of people not going to the pub could be to tax off-trade alcohol a bit more and narrow the price difference and incentives a return to the pub while also raising revenue. Would likely have health gains too.

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 6d

I could just be a grumpy old fella though.

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 6d

I think it's got more transactional, less free-flowing, more constrained, too task-led. Still great people with great ideas, but the envionments/incentive systems are less fertile. And learning is bitesize/search led/immediate - not about evolving ideas/thoughts/strands over time. #shortcuts.

David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 6d

Everything is now much harder to find (govt and civil society stuff). And you only know that if you know about it. Things have submerged.

Reposted by David D. Buck

Health Equals @healthequals.bsky.social · 7d

Which MPs showed their support for #MakeHealthEqual at the Conservative party conference? 🟢

It's been motivating to have Lord Davies of Gower join our champions network, alongside over 100 cross-party MPs, as well as the Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Stuart MP offer his support for our work. 👇

Reposted by Christopher McCabe, David D. Buck

Alf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · 7d

I’d add that this comprehensive review by Sally Gainsbury and Huceyin Nasi makes the same argument: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...
It is unconscionable that we accede to big pharma.

The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma

The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the issu...

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk

Reposted by David D. Buck, Christina Pagel

Alf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · 7d

A 2025 review in the Lancet (www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... shows that our current spending on new medicines skews overall health spend away from more effective interventions. But it looks like we are about to spend more on meds, thus depriving our population of more effective healthcare.

Reposted by David D. Buck

Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · 7d

Join the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government for an online webinar: Understanding Awaab’s Law, exploring the link between housing and health.

forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Microsoft Forms

forms.office.com

Reposted by David D. Buck

The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 8d

The social care system is not fit for purpose. Many people can't access the care and support they need and others are left facing catastrophic costs. Our new long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them. https://bit.ly/3VPOdH3

Fixing Social Care: The Six Key Problems And How To Tackle Them

Different people have different opinions about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care and how to fix it. This long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.

www.kingsfund.org.uk

Reposted by David D. Buck

Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 8d

[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

DHSC GP adviser steps down

Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 8d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them