Too busy mugging up on marginal seats to keep up with Twitter? Here's our weekly round-up of the best health-related tweets you may have missed
A surprise General Election:
- We at @incisivehealth give our snap verdict on the calling of a snap election
- Our early take on Labour’s position at the start of the race
- Our @Billmorgan82 on the impact of #GE17 for @prweekuknews
- Political upheaval and uncertainty compounds local NHS challenges according to @Davewwest
- But @HSJEditor highlights 4 possible opportunities for the NHS
- Polling shows that the highest ever percentage expect decline in NHS over the next 5 years
- While @FiveThirtyEight sounds a note of caution over the UK polling industry's recent record
In other news:
- Seven of the top 11 most-discussed scientific studies for the year focused on health, according to @pewresearch
- On World Meningitis Day today, view this @COMOmeningitis video to understand the symptoms
- Management consultants criticise the management and planning of the NHS locally, regionally and nationally – 48 years ago… (h/t @NHSConfed_PaulH)
- 1000 years of UK population change
From America:
- “Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them”
- How the @MayoClinic is trying to tackle physician burnout
- The power of Sesame Street’s new autistic Muppet, Julia
And finally...
- An insider’s explanation on why the crowd behind politicians always look so gloomy