Sebastian Rees

Head of Health, @ippr
Also: @sebrees1.bsky.social
All views my own

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

Not as tight at the top of the table as we'd expect at this stage, but plenty of road left to run...

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

League tables to reveal failing NHS trusts https://t.co/ZAQsib7iZ9

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

It won't (isn't?) surviving contact with reality, but we've foreclosed the actually interesting conversations about what we can do with the money we've got!

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

I think you could actually do this - the actual problem is that the logic is 'we will do the prevention and shift the care out of hospital so that we can afford to cut the waiting lists and bring back the family doctor'....

[Richard Sloggett @rcsloggett]

Health policy is exactly like this. We'll cut waiting lists, while shifting care out of hospitals, bringing back the family doctor and delivering prevention all at the same time with the same money.....Hooray!(1/3)

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@jo3hill Yes - I think for the purposes of developing better arguments rival 'bad' and 'neutral' growth foundations should be set up.

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@rcsloggett Need to ban limited overs game until these links have been formally investigated

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@rcsloggett ODI launched (1971) - global oil crisis, recession, stagflation follows
T20 launches (2004/5) - GFC, 2010s permacrisis
The Hundred announced (2017) - COVID and aftermath

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@sib313 I never know for whose consumption they think these figures are…

For the public, utterly meaningless. For those of us likely to take a passing interest, immediately likely to be shot down 😂

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@rcsloggett I’m quite keen to do an investigative piece on this. I noted with horror that more chains are arriving in orchard place.

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

A vital contribution to the debate on civil service reform. Too much focus on performance management, recruitment and technical skills and not enough on appalling amenities in SW1.

How can we expect our best and brightest to deliver at pace given what they are having for lunch?

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

Where to eat lunch in Westminster – useful, but sad that there is no option that is more than decent.

https://t.co/XEznbNDxqd

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@BeaconRosie Sounds like someone wants us to be relegated from the Premier League of Nations....

[Sirsfurther @sirsfurther]

How I’d vote in every English election since 1661

1661: 🟡
1679: 🟡
1679: 🟡
1681: 🟡
1685: 🟡
1689. 🟡
1690: 🟡
1695: 🔵
1698: 🔵
1701: 🔵
1701: 🔵
1702:🔵
1705: 🟡

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

@RogerGreerRG1 @rcsloggett Changed my mind - complete rebuild. Bring in Andy Flower.

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

Here's the launch brochure for the programme!

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

Is 30 too old to apply for the Ambitious Youth Experience Scheme in Europe? Asking for a friend...

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

Is 30 too old to apply for the Ambitious Youth Experience Scheme in Europe? Asking for a friend...

[Sebastian Rees @SebRees1]

We can’t let today’s results distract us from the wider global context…

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

A German tourist has won a payout of more than £850 after he was unable to secure a sun lounger due to other guests reserving them with towels.

The man was on holiday in Greece with his family and said he spent 20 minutes a day trying to find a sun lounger, despite waking up at 6am.

https://t.co/dv5vwSbfJv

[IPPR @IPPR]

Our analysis of 22 countries reveals that tax-funded healthcare systems have lower admin costs compared to insurance-based healthcare systems.

Administrative costs consume 2.2 per cent of health spending in tax-funded systems compared to 3.5 per cent in insurance systems.

[Joseph @Joseph444368105]

I think evidence of this can be seen in the lack of a dominant youth culture. There was a time when grunge was a cultural force in the US. Nirvana had mainstream appeal. Today, everything is in small niches.

[Lord Sugar @Lord_Sugar]

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