Were you basking in the early spring sun rather than scanning Twitter? Here’s our summary to help you catch up…
- Who goes where for urgent care? Great summary by the Nuffield Trust.
- There has been encouraging progress in tackling late diagnosis of cancer. Read all about it here.
- Wednesday is #NHSChangeDay.
- Congratulations to Lynda Thomas – new chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support. We look forward to working with you!
- We were proud to contribute to this project on improving the patient experience of children and young people.
- The world’s deadliest pandemics.
- A dying woman in Amsterdam requested last glimpse of Rembrandt and the Rijksmuseum.
From America:
- The Supreme Court and Obamacare – what’s it all about? Here’s a quick guide.
- The Obamacare case is too close to call argues Wonk Blog.
- Variations in the findings of US hospital quality ratings.
- US women below poverty line are more likely to have unprotected sex, more likely to get pregnant, and less likely to have an abortion than more affluent women.
- Meanwhile unplanned pregnancies in the US cost $21bn a year.
- Gaming 30 day mortality targets: why we should beware the unintended consequences of any outcome metric.
- A moving story about Peter Frates, inventor of the Ice Bucket Challenge, and baseball – the sport he loves.
- Patient power: how some American lung cancer survivors secured key changes in clinical guidelines.
And finally…
- Never events in data driven relationships (via @GirlForScience)
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