Did you take your eye off Twitter? Fear not, we've summarised the best of what you might have missed in health last week….
- How is the Department of Health (re)asserting control over ‘autonomous’ organisations? Interesting article by our client Hill Dickinson.
- A good blog by Andrew Taylor on when tendering has a role to play in improving services (and when it doesn’t).
- Steven Soderbergh on why science and medicine make good subjects for movies.
- Did Jeremy Corbyn’s tax return reveal an alternative career?
- The purpose of antibiotics is not well understood by the public.
- The integration marshmallow. A great metaphor for a nebulous policy issue.
- A mother delivered her own baby via caesarean section.
From America:
- An infographic from ASCO on the big issues in US cancer care.
- The CIA is turning to the health and beauty sector for new techniques for gathering intelligence.
- 3D printing and DIY dental work.
- Higher income is associated with longer life expectancy – but the pattern in America is far from uniform.
- Efforts are underway to reform primary care in America.
And finally…
- Trolling is not an entirely new phenomenon. Ben Franklin adopted this approach.