This week Twitter wasn’t all about defections and resignations. Here are some of our highlights from the world of health.
- How should the Conservatives counter Labour’s health pledges? Bill Morgan set out his thoughts in the Health Service Journal.
- Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham continued to debate their respective records and plans on Conservative Home and Labour List.
- Andy Cowper reflects on the promising bits of Labour’s health announcements and the gaps that still need to be filled.
- Want to look up a Labour speech on the NHS?
- Want to look up a Conservative speech on the NHS?
- This graph from John Appleby showing why Labour’s spending commitment might help, but won't solve the NHS funding problem alone.
- Forty years of concern about the NHS from IpsosMORI. Concern is increasing once more…
- An interesting Nuffield Trust report on the costs of end of life care. Graph shows how effective community services can reduce emergency admissions.
- ‘The man with the golden liver’ - James Bond’s alcohol consumption.
- Increasing charges won’t balance the books. An interesting historical perspective by Geoffrey Rivett.
- Our report for Cancer Research UK demonstrates earlier diagnosis of cancer can save money AND lives.
- Births to teen mothers are at the same level they were in 1938.
From America:
- The challenge for Sylvia Matthews Burwell as Health and Human Services Secretary.
- A devastating story about flaws in end of life care in America.
- The average American now retires at age 62. One hundred years ago, the average American died at age 51.
And finally…
- Spot the challenge here.
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