Streeting’s maternity review delayed ‘by doctors strikes’

U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in alarming report | Science | AAAS

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Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 31% (-2) CON: 19% (+1) LAB: 18% (-3) LDM: 13% (+1) GRN: 12% (+1) SNP: 2% (=) Via @Moreincommon_, 31 Oct - 3 Nov. Changes w/ 24-27 Oct.

“The letter coincided with a “damning” report from the House of Lords science and technology committee, published on Wednesday, that warned ministers that the failure to retain and scale companies had “reached crisis point and is causing the UK economy to bleed out”

’More than 200 chief executives of biotech companies have written to the chancellor urging the government not to raise taxes or business rates on “innovative companies” and their research and development facilities in this month’s budget.” https://t.co/s3tYHniyWF

Quite a moment. The Mayfield review has calculated the lifetime cost of writing people off as long-term sick; it’s £1m in lost earnings for 22yo “with the state incurring a similar cost”.

At Reception Year, Enfield has the highest percentage of obese children in London at 12.2%, followed by Barking and Dagenham, and Southwark, both on 12.1%, then Hackney 11.6%, and Greenwich and Newham, both on 11.1%

Tomorrow: A new approach to health and work Sir Charlie Mayfield's Keep Britain Working Review will be published tomorrow - informed by thousands who shared their stories to help shape real solutions for staying in and returning to work #KeepBritainWorking

More scrutiny of what is actually going on in the NHS is coming...

Estimates from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey show for the first time, users of e-cigarettes or vapes has overtaken the number of smokers. Among adults aged 16 years + in Great Britain, 10.0% said they were e-cigarette users, compared with 9.1% that were cigarette smokers.

Uptake of lung cancer screening remains suboptimal among higher risk individuals. Public lung cancer screening campaigns should promote screening among groups such as smokers and minority populations to reduce disparities in health outcomes.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 27% (=) LAB: 20% (+3) CON: 16% (-1) GRN: 16% (=) LDM: 15% (=) SNP: 3% (=) Via @YouGov, 2-3 Nov. Changes w/ 26-27 Oct.

The difference with New Labour is marked. They did it in 2001 but only after an independent commission (Wanless), and with a relentless narrative to win an argument for doing so at that election

This is going to be a big question for the Budget. The problem for Labour is they have already raised taxes once to cut waiting lists modestly, but is there public appetite to do it again?

And here is a public policy success

On life sciences the Government should be leaning in hard. There is a good narrative to build with policy substance if they want it. We MIGHT see some movement in the Budget on medicines spend but it needs to be part of a broader story on investment, research, growth, skills

Inside England’s broken care economy

Listening to that Reeves speech I wonder if the UK Government has a death wish.

They have done an expensive NHS re-organisation but we still don’t know how they are going to pay for it