Last Week in Health on Twitter: Incisive Health (10/02/14)

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Storms, strikes, and Sochi. But what made the news in health last week? Incisive Health has a summary of Twitter tidbits here.

The latest report from @TheKingsFund ‪ provides important lessons for the wider NHS from transformation of mental health services
A powerful video of men talking about depression, launched by @rcpsych (via @leicesterliz) for #TimetoTalk day
Last winter, ambulances queued outside Norfolk & Norwich Hospital 1400 times: this year, it's happened 9 times. How? asks @KayFSheldon
Scientists at @ICR_London are using smart phone technology to improve radiotherapy precision
An interactive timeline of discoveries from ‪@Telegraph and ‪@CR_UK shows how science is changing lives
What is verbal autopsy and why does it matter? This blog from ‪@BioMedCentral explains

Prevention or cure?

In 2011 the NHS spent 7 times as much on the average 80 yr old as average 30 yr old. @FlipChartRick (via @StephenBevan) on the spending dilemma
This infographic from ‪@nhsemployers shows the impact of a ‪#dryjanuary ‪
64% of UK parents believe boys should be offered HPV vaccination according to this YouGov survey for HPV Action, via @MensHealthForum‪ ‪#endHPV
Play @CR_UK’s new mobile game #GenesInSpace and help beat cancer sooner
A slide from @benatipsosmori (via @natparksengland) on what makes us happy

And finally

A fun ‘fact’ from @dwilliamsHSJ The Royal Orthopaedic and Royal National Orthopaedic hosps have an annual game of Real Tennis to decide who gets the "National" moniker. Competition in the NHS?
Thanks to @csfoot for this snapshot of #NHS history, unearthed from the King’s Fund archives
We’ll all be wearing them next (flu) season. @History_Pics brings us the Isolator, a helmet invented in 1925 that encourages focus and concentration

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