Too busy trying to find "Brexit" in Phil Hammond's Budget speech? Here’s a selection of some of the best health-related tweets you may have missed:
- @TheKingsFund Quarterly Monitoring Report is out, revealing 98% of trusts and 81% of CCGs pessimistic about finances
- @NHSConfed_EU offers updates on the impact of Brexit on our health system – via @NHSEngland
- Britons are more pessimistic than other nations when it comes to the quality of healthcare according to @IpsosMORI polling
- 13 reasons for more funding for the NHS, from @NuffieldTrust’s @jappleby123
- Recent research reveals the impact of smokefree laws on heart attacks – via @ProfGlantz
- @The_MRC outlines the importance of partnering with charities for their new biobank – via @BiobankingUK
- The Strange Case of Dr Simon and Mr Stevens - @jtweeterson blogs on recent debate around the purchase/provider split
- Who will be brave enough to fix social care? – via @IsabelHardman
- Some progress has been made to reduce spending on agency staff – via @TheKingsFund
- DNA could hold the solution to the computing world’s data storage crisis – via @FLGenomics
- In celebration of International Women’s Day, the most influential women in the history of medicine - via @medicaldaily
- Keeping women’s health and reproductive rights out of politics – via @SoniaAdesara blogging for @bmj_latest
- WHO Chief argues toxic air is more dangerous than HIV or Ebola – via @standardnews
- Neanderthals may have been self-medicating well before pills – via @CNN
A Spring Budget special:
- @TheIFS explains the Budget in 45 seconds
- Ahead of implementation, the sugar tax is already encouraging industry to reduce sugar content, also reducing predicted revenue – via @emgbeck
- Interactive infographic from @NuffieldTrust lets you decide how much you’d spend on health and social care – via @alisonpaul
- Incisive Health’s @RosieMughal takes a look at what the Budget means for health and social care in the Week in Westminster – via @PubAffairs
Meanwhile, across the pond:
- The travel ban’s impact on the physician workforce – via @Health_Affairs
- @g_keillor puts himself in POTUS’ shoes – via @HPIAndyCowper