Though if growth is higher (and PB Tories constantly tell us that the ONS underestimates it) then the coffers should have a comfortable safety cushion. (View Post)

Indeed, and those of us on DB pensions can not bequeath the pension at all, with or without tax. (View Post)

What we should focus on is Healthy Life Expectancy, rather than simple Life Expectancy. It's HLE that matters for productivity and Health and Social Care. A fit 80 year old living independently … (View Post)

Mounjaro seems better still. Yes, it's the best innovation in type 2 diabetes of my professional lifetime, alongside ambulatory monitors for insulin dependent diabetics. Chronic* diseases requir… (View Post)

That, and sicker. When I started in Leicester we had 23 500 with diabetes in the patch, now it's 92 000. Some of that is better diagnosis (though we still see late presentations with vascular di… (View Post)