Did you take a bank holiday from Twitter? Here are some of our highlights from the world of health over the past week.
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The NHS is as salient as immigration according to Lord Ashcroft’s poll of European election voters. - Another great blog by Jonathan Fagge. His pick of a packed week? The joint NHS England and Macmillan Cancer Support event on commissioning for a better patient experience. We were proud to have played a small part in designing it.
- The impact of weight on cancer. An illuminating infographic from the World Cancer Research Fund.
- “There is poison on everything. Only the dose makes the thing not a poison” Natural chemicals can be as dangerous as man made ones.
- Half a million people who would have received care 5 years ago don’t today according to #CareinCrisis.
- How old are people working in the NHS? We liked this infographic from NHS Employers.
From America:
- Will the 2nd Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine herald a growing role for cost-effectiveness analysis in US drug reimbursement decisions?
- The doctor knows best (or they used to). Ethical decision-making in another era.
- Make your classmate a DIY hand? How 3D printing could revolutionise health.
And finally…
- Where were the Proclaimers actually walking to? This map reveals all.
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