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Chris Brown: Healthcare Should Be Free

Chris Brown seems to be in a pretty good mood lately, buoyed by the release of "Don't Think They Know," a track which features vocals from the late, great Aaliyah. In the music video for the song, Brown plays the role of a grand unifier, bringing together Los Angeles' Bloods and Crips by walking around and singing a song about a relationship. Read more ...

via Huffingtonpost
19 Jun 2013

Acute and crisis care

Everyone who needs access to acute and crisis mental health services should receive high-quality care which aids recovery and supports wellbeing. Read more ...

via Mind
19 Jun 2013

Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.The new findings by the IMS Institute for [...] Read more ...

via Ap
19 Jun 2013

Measuring National Well-being, Health, 2013

Information on the selected domains and indicators that measure National Well-being. Articles draw together social and economic data from a wide range of government departments and other organisations; they paint a broad picture of UK society today, and how it has been changing. Read more ...

via Ons
19 Jun 2013

Cover-up over hospital scandal

The NHS watchdog conducted a “cover-up” in which senior officials ordered that evidence of its failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit be destroyed, a report will disclose tomorrow. Read more ...

via Telegraph
19 Jun 2013

Health

Child Trends improves the lives and prospects of children and youth by conducting high-quality research and sharing the resulting knowledge with practitioners and policymakers. Read more ...

via Childtrends
19 Jun 2013

Stumbling and Mumbling: The Bank's scepticism

British capitalism is dysfunctional, and policy-makers have done little since the crisis began to repair it. This isn't (just) my opinion, but that of some monetary policy committee members. Today's minutes show that some thought that: the benefits of further [...] Read more ...

via Typepad
19 Jun 2013

Health-Insurance Exchanges Are Falling Behind Schedule

Government officials have missed several deadlines in setting up new health-insurance exchanges for small businesses and consumers—a key part of the federal health overhaul—and there is a risk they won't be ready to open on time in October, Congress's watchdog arm said. Read more ...

via Wsj
19 Jun 2013