This kind of ad is enervating. River pollution blighting our country? It's your fault, dear customer, your fault. The kind of corporate deflection typical to environment issues from plastic bottle pollution (consumers must recycle more) to climate change (if only you'd fly less).

Cheap at TWICE the price, I think you'll find.
contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/92b0007…

A more palatable form of beet-sweetening: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/101813…

Much-needed.

Interesting opportunity from NHSE. It wants someone to come provide it with an impact and economic evaluation of virtual wards. Closes to tenders in May, looks like it'll be awarded in August-ish, and it'll run for two years.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011684-…

imagine the word gnocchi. imagine how one might say gnocchi. imagine how one might pronounce gnocchi badly. then listen.

Sometimes I’m tempted to feel sorry for NHS/DHSC spokespeople. Doubtless talented comms experts asked to trot out meaningless wordage when light is shone on reality. But each time they do it the sense of disconnect increases. apple.news/AbLDvlE04RpKl9…🧵1/5

you what!?

Whatever we do on the grid, we absolutely can’t HS2 this one. Just build the infrastructure we need, as quickly, cheaply and effectively as we can. No putting pylons across the country underground at vast expense to appease the NIMBYs.

HMG: Do As We Say Not As We Do.
politico.eu/article/uk-gov…

I think this says more about other sectors than it does for healthcare. Unless I've been significantly misled on how folk are getting on inside the NHS....

I'm looking for a press officer to join my team.

If you want to be at the heart of Labour's general election campaign, and meet the criteria, details are below 👇🏻

w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.asp…

This bit feels particularly on-the-nose. ft.com/content/54c172…

Andy Cowper They are also not selling things they are doing:

eg
CDC - Community Diagnostic hub
Elective Surgical Hubs

The next govt will reap the benefits as these increase overall elective activity.

Preeya Bailie is the new director of the central commercial function making her responsible for pretty much everything the commercial directorate does, so far as I can tell from the JD, including the 'ambitious' delivery of £1.5bn efficiencies. hsj.co.uk/workforce/new-…

Um, actually, it's quite hard to coat a corpse in a protective layer of zinc.