Enjoying Thanksgiving not Twitter? Fear not, here’s our summary of the best of the week on Twitter.
Last week was the Spending Review:
- Health’s ‘win’ shouldn’t hide the pain to come. Read our first take on the Spending Review.
- The Spending Review in context: analysis by the Health Foundation of the annual change in health spend per capita.
- Good read by Andy Cowper on Simon Stevens’ political win.
Winter is here:
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When does the NHS winter ‘crisis’ peak? (see image) - Last winter was indeed a very tough one for the NHS and, more importantly, the people who use it.
- Why an effective flu jab, with high uptake, matters.
Some more things we noticed:
- One of the more unusual things for Marks & Spencer to sponsor.
- The power of connection. Interesting report on a decade of Patient Opinion.
- A brave and moving piece by Liam Byrne on the impact alcoholism can have on children.
- Analysis of Twitter followers of MEPs.
- The pregnant man is dead. Farewell to a public health icon.
- Median ages in Europe and Africa.
- Apparently we are all local optimists but national pessimists.
- Fascinating long read about Iceland’s volunteer rescue teams.
- Superb redacting here. Embracing the spirit of freedom of information.
From America:
- The bizarre ritual of the Thanksgiving Presidential turkey pardon.
- It turns out Thanksgiving (well, probably not all the food) is good for your health.
- A ‘new frontier’ in cancer treatment turned out to be a fake frontier.
- The problem with explaining p values.
And finally…
The Incisive Health Russian dolls fell over in the office of @nvtweeting. On the day of the Spending Review. A sign of distress for the SoS?