Dawn on you!
If you’re an early riser, you know there’s a time of day known only to the Larks and worm-catchers—just before sunrise, when the world stretches and prepares for the day.
Category: NHS
Made of?
Wes Streeting lacks the qualities of a natural leader. He relies on authority rather than insight, using the power of his position instead of inspiring and empowering those he leads.
Intend to
Labour pledged not to raise taxes directly on “working people,” committing to hold off on increases to National Insurance, VAT, and income tax. However, the budget raised National Insurance contributions for employers and increased capital gains tax, which may indirectly affect workers by driving up business costs.
DUDOP
Primary care appears to be under immense strain, facing financial challenges that threaten its sustainability. The Treasury has compounded these pressures by imposing significant National Insurance increases on GP practices. This comes on top of rising operational costs and an overwhelming demand for services.
Thank you
Hearing those words—Mr. Lilley, you have cancer—changed everything. You’ll never feel the same again. Even writing them sends a chill down my spine, raising the hair on the back of my neck. It sets my mind racing, replaying the moments of my life, with all its failures and missteps flashing before me.
Tread
Budgets aren’t just abstract figures on a screen; they arrive with heavy boots, and those setting them should step carefully, mindful of the lives they impact.
Getting on with
Customers tend to judge their waiting or queueing experience based more on how long they wait rather than the number of people ahead of them. This is often seen in situations like airport border control.
Australia
Quadrant prioritisation, popularised by Steven Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is actually based on Eisenhower’s Matrix. President Dwight D. Eisenhower originally developed this method to prioritise tasks by urgency and importance.
Today
Missed hospital appointments, or DNAs (Did Not Attend), cost the NHS around £2.6 million per day. In the UK, 46 appointments are missed every minute. In 2023/24 alone, eight million patients failed to attend their scheduled appointments, significantly impacting healthcare resources.
A cunning plan
The plan was to break apart various components of the service, transforming the NHS’s organisational structure into a chaotic mess that would make a Jackson Pollock painting seem orderly by comparison.