Sir Chris Ham

@profchrisham

Co-Chair NHS Assembly, Emeritus Prof Uni of Birmingham. Health policy and management wonk. Walking, cycling, reading, thinking. Also on chrisham@bsky.social

West Midlands, England Joined June 2011

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Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham Apr 17, 2023

the NHS has been in decline since 2010 because successive govts have failed to heed the warning signs of deteriorating performance kingsfund.org.uk/publications/r…

www.kingsfund.org.uk The Rise And Decline Of The NHS In England 2000-20 Multi-year funding increases and reforms led to improvements in NHS performance between 2000 and 2010, but performance has declined since 2010 as a result of much lower funding increases, limited...

Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham 10h

Worth a read

Successful reform means winning or losing together hsj.co.uk/service-redesi…

www.hsj.co.uk Successful reform means winning or losing together Canterbury, New Zealand transformed health and social care by building trust, aligning funding and accountability, and connecting services around patients rather than organisations

Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham 1d

Restructuring the NHS in England is a self-inflicted wound chrisham1.substack.com/p/restructurin…

chrisham1.substack.com Restructuring the NHS in England is a self-inflicted wound It has also distracted from work to improve patient care

Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham 4d

The government is off track to deliver its commitments to the NHS bmj.com/content/395/bm…

www.bmj.com The government is off track to deliver its commitments to the NHS Progress has been patchy and is likely to become more difficult as public finances worsen, writes Chris Ham The Labour government is approaching the midpoint of its life if parliament runs the full...

Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham Nov 2

Shifting NHS care from hospitals to the community chrisham1.substack.com/p/shifting-nhs…

chrisham1.substack.com Shifting NHS care from hospitals to the community Are we starting in the wrong place?