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Sebastian Rees

@SebastianJRees

Head of Health @IPPR, All views my own.
London, England Joined September 2026
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Sebastian Rees @SebastianJRees
Not a snarky point scoring exercise, but I'd be very interested to see what a Conservative health workforce plan would look like at this point.

Would Tories recommit to 2023 plan, with its cost implications, or plump for something radically different?
Damian Hinds @DamianHinds 2d
Health and Social Care are all about people.
The Shadow team have long been pressing ministers for the Workforce Plan they promised.
It's now 18 months late.
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Sebastian Rees @SebastianJRees
The structure of the health system should not be set in aspic and there’s good reason to want to move to a more devolved model with better alignment with mayors.

But the opportunity cost of this reorganisation is truly staggering - welcome thoughts from @profchrisham
Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham 4d
Restructuring the NHS in England is a self-inflicted wound chrisham1.substack.com/p/restructurin…
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Sebastian Rees @SebastianJRees
I really really want to be excited about PDEL, but I do struggle to see how it doesn't get bogged down in interminable disputes about definition.
Chris Smyth @Smyth_Chris Nov 5
Yvette Cooper has made an early bid for vast swathes of NHS budget to be protected as "preventative"

Other depts facing cuts will likely do the same. Battle to define "PDEL" during the spending review process will be worth watching
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Sebastian Rees @SebastianJRees
Excellent news! Reform to carers allowance is long overdue and hugely welcome.

A system that can leave someone thousands of pounds worse off for taking an extra shift or getting a small pay rise makes no sense.
Pippa Crerar Verified account @PippaCrerar Oct 27
Tuesday’s @guardian front page: ‘Cliff edge’ rule to be scrapped in wake of carer’s allowance scandal theguardian.com/society/2026/o…
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