Alastair McLellan

@HSJEditor · London · joined 29 Aug 2008

I am the editor of HSJ, the No1 source of news on the NHS, and have reported on UK health policy for over 20 years. Subscribe for our unmatched coverage.

61 372Followers

1 003Following

40 938Posts total

66.4KViews on collected posts

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Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor23 Sep

The question I would ask is 'are NHS commissioners purchasing care from care providers that threaten migrant staff in this way?' If they are, they should demand a change of behaviour 2.5K views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor23 Sep

"There is modern slavery happening right now." Migrant care workers are told to stay silent, accept poor treatment and endure exploitation because they are tied to a single employer. It's a system that traps workers with abusive employers. We need a better way. #FairVisasNow ht

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4.4K views · 68 likes · 43 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor23 Sep

Another front opens in the AI revolution/apocalypse 1.9K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor23 Sep

Absolute gift to cyber criminals and other fraudsters 2.6K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor22 Sep

It looks like the government will have to (quietly) drop its flagship NHS promise (to cut NHS hospital waiting lists) writes @Jamesillman ahead of the Labour Party conference https://t.co/RoSVooUL2s 10.1K views · 7 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor22 Sep

Alwasy shocked to see the (work) mobile numbers of relatively junior staff included in trust board papers..... 3.9K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor21 Sep

@HSJEditor So what loss is that then? Are you that out of touch? 340 views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor21 Sep

@HSJEditor Loss? What on earth did she do for patients? 356 views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor21 Sep

@HSJEditor genuine question What did she achieve? 2.4K views · 46 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor21 Sep

A real loss to the system - and not a good sign of the government's commitment to the "left shift" toward primary/community care. I hope Claire finds an influential new role soon 22.4K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Alastair McLellan@HSJEditor21 Sep

Exclusive: National director to leave next month https://t.co/1ZKoFoPaOU 15.7K views · 1 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 596this account927median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.23%this account3.63%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.41%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 596	927	2.80×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.23%	3.63%	1.17×
Engagement rate	0.41%	1.52%	0.27×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

15.7K21 Sep

22.4K

2.4K

356

340

3.9K22 Sep

10.1K

2.6K23 Sep

1.9K

4.4K

2.5K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.04%21 Sep

0.10%

2.15%

2.53%

2.94%

0.21%22 Sep

0.15%

0.08%23 Sep

0.48%

2.69%

0.41%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes58.8%163 in total

Reposts26.4%73 in total

Replies7.2%20 in total

Quotes2.9%8 in total

Bookmarks4.7%13 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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