#hellomynameis Incisive Health. See what caught our eyes in health on Twitter in the last week.
Thinking local:
- Let’s get it trending. #hellomynameis.
- The NHS is the most important election issue.
- Public satisfaction with the NHS is at near-record levels.
- We need to be a “health-creating society” says former NHS CEO Lord Crisp.
- Germaine Greer pulls no punches on the NHS and social care.
- Information Governance and Payment mechanisms proving barriers to the Integration pioneers (via @fentonaw).
- Tell the @NHSYouthForum what its priority should be for the next year and win an Incisive Health ambulance.
- What the new National Quality Board patient experience narrative means to NHS England.
- UK health spending compared to other countries, from the King's Fund.
- What's so important that the UK's largest biomedical research charity would individually tweet every MP?
- Persistent heartburn. An unrecognised potential symptom of cancer, according to the new ‪#BeClearOnCancer‪ campaign.
- Lung cancer death rates among women in the UK are overtaking breast cancer death rates.
- Cosmetic surgery may be starting to lose its allure.
- Why do we have greater insight into others than ourselves? (via @jappleby123)
- Pun of the week: Oh tarrific. Thank you @HPIAndyCowper. The future of tariff and more.
- Why we’re all going to need good neighbours. Commentary in the @HSJnews.
Thinking global:
- The 6 questions every good doctor should ask you.
- In America medical errors kill more people than AIDS or drug overdoses.
- How an Amish missionary caused 2014's massive measles outbreak.
- Mapping California’s epidemic of vaccine denial (via @_cingraham)
- It’s been a hard road to 12-step for Zanzibar’s heroin addicts (via @NPRHealth).
- Do they call it the Super Bowl because of the portion sizes?
And finally:
- The end of a long month.
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