Alastair Beattie

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[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Why don't we know how long people wait to see a GP? Data analysis should start with analysing where the data comes from ( the 'data provenance') before the calculations start.

https://t.co/ryCvmTnqxA

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Thank you to the “I” for printing my letter on Monday.

[John Seddon @JohnWSeddon]

Nah. You increase capacity by improving effectiveness. See this: https://t.co/5jn2Hbtbiz

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Child vaccination uptake and health visitors, and why the long term consequences of the austerity policies will be felt for at least a generation.

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

The charm and beauty of everyday life in Durham in 1960.

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

How to improve productivity - ‘fair, high-trust workplaces built on partnership between management and unions’

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

The current wave of strikes are of course about money - but they also betray profound dissatisfaction with unhappy and badly managed workplaces. We need change - and unions are part of it. Management and unions cooperating? That would make everyone happier https://t.co/HGOSxaMpmj

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Happy New Year from Tynemouth!

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

Today’s a special day for everyone in the NHS.
It’s also special if you don’t but have, like most of us, good reason to be thankful that 75yrs ago today, a baby was safely delivered in a small cottage hospital in Wales, 1minute after midnight. https://t.co/zqREBlRjAx

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight.

Please take just two seconds to show you care.

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Why GPs are small businesses. It didn’t start in 1948, but why did it continue after 1948? https://t.co/undBST7v4d

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

Darzi had a fix but the idea was implemented badly and was killed off by McKinsey and the BMA.
Australia, France, Germany, Northern Ireland, Switzerland and Russia (!), have Darzi style centres... polyclinics.
This time around we know enough, to do it well https://t.co/Y3dCoJUDG5

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

W Edwards Deming’s 14 points for management - No. 9 Breakdown barriers between departments. 😊

[Peter Kay (🦋@theonlypeterkay.bsky.social) @theonlypeterkay]

Sir Michael Marmot asserts that the Tory government’s austerity policy “fits with hypothesis of malicious harm.” ie government was deliberately trying to destroy the NHS
Approximately 300,000 excess deaths since 2010 attributed to austerity. @AndrewMarr9

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

Amble Harbour after a great meal in the Fish Shack.

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

⁦@SeatonDelavalNT⁩ The laburnum arch

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

The transporter bridge from ⁦@RSPBSaltholme⁩ yesterday

[Data Science for Health Equity @DS_x_HE]

Just a few days until our next Statistical Methods for Health Equity Series webinar!

Join us with Dr Honghan Wu (UCL) to explore the topic of '"Fair" in the context of AI-enabled clinical decision making'.

RSVP 👇

https://t.co/dhcBLo7o1k

[Hebburn Comprehensive School @hebburn_comp]

Today we received a special visit from Sir James Mackey, Chief Executive of @NorthumbriaNHS and former Hebburn Comprehensive School pupil.

Pupils were fascinated by Sir James’ career and left feeling inspired by his success since leaving Hebburn Comprehensive School.

[Abraham Verghese @abe_verghese]

I'm grateful to @nytimesbooks for interviewing me about my reading tastes and habits over the years! In print this Sunday.
https://t.co/M66IeQRBcF

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

The Tees estuary. World War 2 bunker and chemical works, surrounded by an SSSI for wildlife.

[Alastair Beattie @abbabb1959]

One of the most enjoyable, and not just because of the Shostakovich and Rachmaninov choices. https://t.co/JTPUMHt4T7