Watching the Marathon, not Twitter? We’ve got your weekly catch up…
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GP Forward View or rescue package? Either way the consenus is it was a big week for primary care. Here’s some of the commentary we noticed:
- A good summary from the RCGP on the GP Forward View.
- Dave West writes the GP reform package dodges some awkward realities.
- Martin Marshall argues that the hard work in general practice is only just beginning.
- Julian Patterson points out extra funding for the GP Forward View depends on some pretty unpopular choices elsewhere.
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Read our Ed McIntosh quoted in the HSJ on the real meaning of changes to specialised commissioning. - Did you miss the #abpiconf? Catch up here.
- The political poisoning of statistics.
- How to keep the reader interested.
- A full body fat scan.
- Who spends what on health?
- Good news on infant mortality, which reached its lowest ever rate in 2014 (via @Azeem_Majeed)
- Surgery – the “neglected stepchild of global health.” 5 billion people don’t have access to safe surgery.
- Wearing underwear at night is apparently a nightmare for your health.
- UK usage of A&Es is low by international standards.
From America:
- What is the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ up to?
- Meanwhile Sean Parker is funding a “Napster for cancer.”
- Medicare has delayed new star ratings for US hospitals.
- The cancer immunotherapy revolution continues to gather pace.
And finally…
- There are all sorts of ways of “making America grate again”