On summer holiday from Twitter? Here’s some of our highlights from the past week to help you catch up.
- What’s causing pressure in A&E? An interesting Quality Watch infographic.
- “We can never go back, life is not a circle but a spiral.” A moving and insightful blog from the newly retired Chief Clinical Officer from Warrington CCG.
- On average 14,000 tablets are prescribed to a person during their lifetime.
- Apparently people interacting with health services prefer to be called patients.
- #happybirthdaybrook – a blog from the Wellcome Library celebrating 50 years of support from Brook.
- Smoking rates amongst 16-29s in London are down four per cent in the last year. But nearly one in five of the age group still smokes.
- The three countries with the lowest smoking prevalence.
- An interesting review by Sir David Normingtom of The blunders of our governments.
- Left or right? A fascinating You Gov chart plotting how the public has perceived the political orientation of the party leaders.
- Rate your local knowledge.
- A year as the Chief Inspector – Mike Richards’ debut blog for the Care Quality Commission.
- Apparently the NHS could save £143m – enough for nearly 1,500 doctors – if all hospitals got the best procurement price.
- The role of Twitter in science communication.
- The most trusted news sources, according to the public.
- An amazing video showing the development of a fly embryo.
From America:
- An interesting profile of the architect of the latest legal assault on Obamacare.
- In 2000 measles was eradicated in the USA. Now it is back. A depressing blog about the role of Congressional hearings in MMR scare stories.
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