Were you dodging raindrops not clocking tweets? Here’s our round up of some interesting things that you might have missed.
- Watch Simon Stevens’ speech to the Royal College of GPs.
- The power of PROMS – an interesting perspective from Nick Black.
- Real terms increases in NHS spending will still see reductions in the percentage of GDP devoted to health.
- Great statistics from the Office for National Statistics to mark International Day of the Older Person.
- What caused the reduction in MRSA? This is why you often need more than one policy initiative.
- A reminder that continuity of care and access are sometimes in conflict.
- Visualising the history of improving global health.
- Switzerland has rejected proposals for a single payer health system.
- GPs and oncologists not communicating. A review of discontinuity in cancer care in Israel. Sound familiar?
- Interactive data on abortion rights round the world.
- A blog by Fran Woodard on why time to care cannot be a bolt on – it has to be at the heart of the NHS.
From America:
- Excess inequality – the primary explanation for higher infant mortality in the USA.
- Why did the #icebucketchallenge go viral?
- When all cigarette packs look the same, less people buy them.
And finally…
- The ingredients of cough syrup have changed somewhat.
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