Not spent more time that you should have done on Twitter? Here’s our summary of what you might have missed from the world of health in the last week.
- Given the current focus of Labour’s health policy, this was an interesting attack on the 'choice' flank of the Conservative Party by @leicesterliz.
- There was another must-read blog from @Taylorandrew456 on prime contracting and procurement rules.
- Plain packaging of cigarettes refuses to die. @LordPhilofBrum flagged up that a key vote on the issue is expected in the Lords. Expect more on this soon.
- “The answer to failed regulation is not necessarily more regulation.” @NicholasTimmins had an interesting perspective on some of the unintended consequences that might arise from the Government’s response to the Francis Report.
- Missed the @NCRI conference? This is an interesting podcast on the future of targeted cancer drugs.
There has been lots of chatter about the power of transparent data. Here are three interesting perspectives we noticed:
- The @MayoClinic is linking 130 million patient records. Here’s a summary of why.
- The @NHSConfed has produced this animation on how collecting data is time consuming and expensive, so we had better make good use of what we collect.
- This is an interesting argument on why ‘closure’ as well as openness in data can be important.
The NHS is still getting to grips with the Integration Fund. Here are two useful perspectives on what it might mean:
- @JonNHSNorwich is optimistic about impact of Integration Fund, but exasperated about the lengthy process for developing plans to use it.
- The @CareQualityComm State of Care report demonstrated that local authority expenditure on adult social services continues to fall, begging the question will Integration Fund just plug a gap?
And finally:
- This was the week when Fred Sanger – the father of the genomic era – died. He leaves an amazing legacy.
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