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)

I think that the plausible outcomes range from a Trump landslide in the EC, to a Harris EC landslide, though the popular vote will probably be only 2% to Harris. The swing states are very likely to s… (View Post)

Happy Budget day everyone! Shame no markets. Shadsy used to put up a few to fund his Christmas bonus on tie colour and sips of water. The country has gone to the dogs. (View Post)