Ian Reeves

@kurtstat Have you looked at weekdays v weekends? Weekends often feel ‘heavier’ as system slower?

I calculate 'heaviness' by multiplying the fullness of the beds each day by the average length of stay so far of the patients who are generating the fullness. Heaviness seems to 'explain' patient flow better than mere fullness.

Length of stay distributions are one of my favourite visualizations. But they can sometimes come across as a bit abstract, a bit 'impersonal'. One way of individualizing them - by making every patient visible - is to use the =REPT() function within an Excel worksheet.

An apology to the doctors concerned seems appropriate?. @nhsggc @Doctors_net_uk news story: Whistleblower doctors treated in 'wholly unacceptable way' over hospital infections scandal doctors.net.uk/news/whistlebl…

So presumably staff who raised concerns at the time were correct? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

As you have already determined the cost of the programme you describe, please provide details to show this. £25 million seems unrealistically low for anything on any scale.

I thought the point of things like the Covid enquiry was to have better decision making from politicians, based on expert, thoughtfully considered advice, rather than campaigning style demands based on personal beliefs? Can experts ‘miss their chance’?

In order to make a compelling argument you also have to specify what ‘targeted’ means.

I’m happy to see a debate about this but perhaps @RishiSunak could explain what you mean by heightened risk? It’s easy to say but hard to define.

Some nice feedback from PSOW for a complex case (202407936), makes doing these more rewarding for me, knowing they help resolve complaints and concerns.

"The robustness of the overall sex difference in overdose mortality, even after controlling for different propensity to misuse, and across state-level jurisdictions, shows that males in the US are reliably at greater risk of fatal overdose than females." nature.com/articles/s4138…

@kimleadbeater Given current enthusiasm for ‘virtual’ (phone) healthcare, are you expecting that the consultations with the two doctors will be done this way? #AssistedDyingBill

A few weeks back I wrote this for @politico politico.com/newsletters/po…

Last thing I remember… I was in the pub with mates….

Now we know why macron called an early election, no recovery from disappointing #OpeningCeremony #openingceremony

Would have been better if someone had asked #topgear to make some boats made from caravans and motorbikes etc to add some peril. #OpeningCeremony

More minions please! Best bit of ceremony. #OpeningCeremony

It would liven this up if #tomdaley dived off the GB/NI boat to get some early scores in…..#OpeningCeremony

Deliberate…?

@GdnHealthcare oops…!