Weekend away from Twitter? Here are some of the things we noticed from the world of health.
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Looks like it's reshuffle week. To whet your appetite we thought we’d remind you of some health secretaries past and present with our Health Secretary Russian Dolls. - Only 28% of people know that Jeremy Hunt is the Secretary of State for Health.
- “Tolerates…irrational political demands” – a key attribute for a successful Permanent Secretary.
- Under pressure – with this infographic the NHS Confederation leaves no room for doubt about its views of the scale of the challenge facing the NHS.
- The ‘burden’ of the NHS (or not). Between 16 and 84? Your tax far outweighs the cost you incur for the NHS.
- Interactive OECD website on wellbeing – here’s the score for London.
- Were QALYs invented in 1956? And by who? The perils of circular referencing and Wikipedia.
- The history of smallpox – an interactive timeline.
- Why do doctors mislead patients? Like the rest of us, many don’t understand probability.
- Interesting promoted tweets by the University of Southampton on its research impact – this one on developing new cancer treatments.
- Median waiting times for lung transplants in Europe.
- The odds of having multiples.
And from America:
- The Affordable Care Act has led to a population the size of Denmark, Sweden and Norway combined getting insured. However, there is still a population close to the size of the UK without insurance.
- Measuring the financial toxicity to patients of cancer treatment in America – an important issue, even for patients with insurance.
- Good summary by on views of the impact of the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling.
- Exactly how do you become a doctor in America? This blog explains.
And finally…
- Proper labelling of axes on graphs is crucial.
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