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Here are some of our highlights of the commentary on the Manchester devolution proposals:
- Great local reporting by Jennifer Williams of the Manchester Evening News on the Manchester devolution proposals.
- Our Ben Nunn argues that Labour should embrace #devomanc, not fear it.
- Andy Cowper posed four big questions which need answering before structural solutioneering in Manchester can be judged.
- Manchester has big implications for everyone in the NHS argues Richard Vize. A huge amount of complexity needs to be sorted before devolution can become a reality.
- A Liberal Democrat perspective on devolution: there is only one half of the phrase ‘postcode lottery’ that we should fear.
- Andrew Fenton put his finger on the dilemma about devolution in the NHS.
Some more things we noticed:
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- Interested in improving end of life care? You should read the choice review.
- A new study suggests that pregnant women were unmoved by information on quality of maternity services.
- Why A&E trolley waits are a bad thing.
- A student has designed ergonomic cutlery after being diagnosed with arthritis.
- The number of deaths is trending down but still elevated.
From America:
- Beautiful writing by Oliver Sacks on learning he has terminal cancer: “When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate - the genetic and neural fate - of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.”
- Predicting the future of cancer surgery - a perspective from Sloan Kettering.
- SCOTUS will take oral arguments on Obamacare - just as new data show further reductions in the uninsured rate in America.
- The genetics of being injury prone.
- US hospitals are under pressure like never before.
- Mapping the microbes of the New York subway – 48% didn’t match any known species.
And finally…
- The best scientific erratum ever published?
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