Jennifer Dixon
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Jennifer Dixon
@JenniferTHF
Chief Executive @HealthFdn. All views my own. Follow @HealthFdn for more info about our expanding work.
England, United Kingdom
Joined October 2013
- My offering on this years’ Summer Exhibition: number 461:’ I can’t breathe: Covid; NHS’ using my other name Jennifer Vorhaus. Proceeds to NHS charities
- One obvious change needed..
- Replying to @JenniferTHF‘How can we afford the NHS?’ might be better posed as: ‘Why is the economy not large enough to support a comparatively cheap health system like the NHS? And why are higher taxes off the table to pay for it?' (5/12)
- V very big thank you for all the wonderful and generous messages. It’s a collective effort and recognition and my thank you to all of you for support and collaboration over the years. Also remembering all those working in the NHS recognised for their tireless work for us all.Congratulations to our brilliant CEO @JenniferTHF on being made a dame in the King’s New Year Honours List. Read more 🔽 health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
- Post PAC, check these international comparisons. The facts speak...
GIF - Conservative leadership candidates are proposing tax cuts to boost economic growth. Yet the UK already has lower tax intake than many other countries in Western Europe… and lower GDP...🧵 (1/12) health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
- And the audience very politely complied - thank you allAt a busy #Lab21 fringe event on ‘the future of social care’ and Dr Jennifer Dixon from @HealthFdn starts by politely asking the audience to wear a mask if they can to protect themselves and others - first time here I’ve seen the majority of a room wear one
- Replying to @JenniferTHF...wait time for hip replacement in Berlin: 1 week (listen out for our next podcast episode...) In UK: median wait for orthopaedics elective care: 16 weeks. You get what you pay for. health.org.uk/news-and-comme… (4/12)
- Replying to @JenniferTHF...lower GDP means less spent on health care. GDP (2020) Germany: £3.2 trillion UK: £2.2 trillion And it shows.. Total health spend per head (2020) Germany £4,723 UK: £3,326 oecd.org/health/health-… (2/12)
- If it wasn’t already obvious, we outline the obviousWith the increasing possibility that the UK will leave the EU without a deal, we have joined @TheKingsFund & @NuffieldTrust in writing to MPs to outline four areas where a #NoDealBrexit could cause significant harm to health and care services. Read now: health.org.uk/news-and-comme…
- Replying to @JenniferTHFInstead a crude meme is: 'the NHS is an inefficient blob, curb spending growth and reform it’. But we don’t prescribe that for industry to boost limp productivity – instead we talk about long term investment in tech and skills. (6/12)
- Are there no women in France or the UK?En marche ! Great meetings with French counterparts today
