Cyril Lobont

Researcher @NuffieldTrust All views my own

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

We know the number of people living with dementia in England is growing. How ready is social care to guarantee quality, personalised care for all of them?

New report, by @CamilleOung @NatashaCurry123 and I, looks at what action is needed where to better prepare the system.

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NEW REPORT: By 2040, there could be as many as 1.7 million people living with #dementia in England and Wales alone.

What needs to improve for #SocialCare to better support people with dementia? https://t.co/IHRZpZyoOM

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

For more, please go to https://t.co/zfeN6AMcwF the @Quality_Watch section of the @NuffieldTrust website. Also make sure to check out colleagues Bea and @DrLizFisher insightful new analysis of disparities in waiting times between different population groups https://t.co/3I9vXq4aB5

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

Similarly, performance on the two month wait from an urgent GP referral to cancer treatment metric, which used to be a headline statistic, is as good as it has been since early 2022. However, sustained progress has thus far been elusive for both of these.

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

Numbers of long waits, such as 12+ hour trolley waits, jumped considerably in September. Hopefully these increases do not persist.

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

However, there are also some positive stories! The proportion of patients waiting over two months for their first cancer treatment was the lowest it has been since records began, at 31% in August. This is very close to the March 2025 objective of 30%.

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

It is clear that the target to have no more patients waiting over 65 weeks to start treatment will not have been met by September. In August, with one month to go, there were still 45,500 waits this long.

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

We all know that recent winters have been tough for the health service, and the root causes of these issues have been far from fixed. Taking a look at today’s performance data can give us an idea of the state of the #NHS as this period fast approaches. A thread:

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Progress on reducing the overall waiting list for elective (planned) care continues to prove elusive. Whilst it has not grown substantially for a while, at 7.64 million, it remains stubbornly close to record levels.

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

@RobYeldham @NuffieldTrust Hi Rob, you make a valid point. We all want to see better prevention, addressing of soc-economic determinant of health, and so on. But in terms of demonstrating improvements within this parliament, for example, it's going to be tough to bring down numbers joining the waiting list

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

The Darzi review provides a damning indictment of the state of the #NHS. Much of it focuses upon the way it was run by the previous government. However, there's an inescapable reality – the relentless growth in need. Today’s waiting list statistics can help tell this story. 🧵:

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For more on this month’s performance stats, visit https://t.co/oH4RkfaIW0 @NuffieldTrust @Quality_Watch

[Cyril Lobont @cglobont]

Those in government trying to balance the books are faced by this uncomfortable reality.