Josephine Cumbo
@JosephineCumbo
Visiting Fellow, LSE European Institute http://www.lse.ac.uk Formerly #FT pensions correspondent
In Jan 2024, I flagged concerns about the use of non doctors in my local GP clinic and raised a complaint. The Leng Review this week validated the concerns I raised in the thread below. I will be keeping a check on whether the recommendations are adopted. x.com/JosephineCumbo…
Physician Associates are being put into GP roles, to fill workforce gaps, but they do not have medical degrees. There have been cases where patients have been misled as to who was treating them at the GP clinic, with tragic results. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
Driving up to Sheffield for son’s Graduation this evening. Black Sabbath is blasting on the car stereo. #RIP Metal Master Ozzy Osbourne.
Response from my GP when I asked if they would apply the recommendations of the #LengReview into physician associates. Anyone willing to interpret?
Big scoop from team @FT on the much anticipated Trump executive order It aims to open 401k plans not just to private equity funds, as we first reported in May, but alternatives broadly including digital currencies like bitcoin & precious metals like gold ft.com/content/079062…
Here is the link to the Pension Regulator's announcement today about its new UK growth performance metric. Their post on this, in my original thread, is no longer available to view. thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/media-hub/p…
Another development today in the UK Govt's efforts to pressure pension funds to support the UK economy. They have set the UK pensions regulator a new performance indicator around how well it supports UK growth. This is problematic for savers for several reasons. 1/
Lord Mayor criticises UK companies for choosing low-fee pension schemes ft.com/content/8869d4… via @ft via @marymcdougall13 & Ashley Armstrong
Exclusive: The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone” ft.com/content/0b1bc7…
Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of “relocating” Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch an aid scheme for the shattered enclave, a Financial Times investigation has found. ft.com/content/c0e661…