Spent the past seven days outside rather than online? Here’s our summary of what you might have missed on health on Twitter.
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A winter’s tale – what has caused the relatively strong performance of A&Es this year and is it sustainable? A great blog by Richard Murray. - Twin sisters win UK Young Scientist of the Year Award for work on diagnosing cancer early.
- Who gets called at Prime Minister’s Questions? An interesting analysis.
- Where is the people power in the Oldham Review? Bob Hudson examines the disconnect between Ed Miliband’s aspiration and Labour’s emerging health policy.
- See a heart pump in action. Amazing scientific images recognised by @wellcomeimages.
- A by-product of #NHS austerity – ‘jump the NHS queue’ adverts coming to a bus near you.
- The Russian dolls that keep on giving, although @drphilhammond wants the size order reversed.
- A new campaign from Which on making complaints count in public services. And this is why it matters.
- Public attitudes to big data.
- Virtual wards offering access to integrated expertise, driven by data. The Tower Hamlets experience of general practice reform.
- Genomics England has been named one of the fifty smartest companies of 2014.
- Cancer has a devastating impact in poor countries. Is the Rwandan model of care the way to fight back?
And from America:
- What do White House policymakers want from ‘experts’? Accessibility and public profile result in greater policy cut-through.
- Mapping health disparities in America. And the correlation between poverty on life expectancy.
- Cancer capacity and funding challenges in America.
- The use of patient reported data should be at the heart of care planning according to this study.
And finally…
- Old Etonians or old Ethiopians? The Guardian subs have found a new dominant clique in Cameron’s inner circle…
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