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Was Brexit About Tax Avoidance?

Several years ago I published an article “Is Brexit Really About Tax Avoidance?”, and it’s probably about time to revisit the topic, in the past tense, especially since the Anti Tax Avoidance Directive has now been implemented, and we have the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement to consider....
Source: politax.com

Therese Coffey tells health workers about her 'working preferences'

New Health Secretary issues guidance telling staff of her 'working preferences' ... this includes: - stop using the Oxford comma - avoid double negatives - be 'positive' - to steer clear of 'jargon' After the incredible work that the NHS did in response to the pandemic and the sacrifices many staff...
Source: telegraph.co.uk

Are you a populist right wing conservative? Have you been hooked recently?

If I wanted to find those who have a "conservative ideology" - so that I could share my views or influence them - I would do the following: set up a new account and start making contactsshare several of those technology scare hoax stories that you see posted e.g. Dance of the Pope virus video, the Andrea...
Source: historynewsnetwork.org

Open-Source Tools for Value Assessment: A Promising Approach: In order to deliver value-based care, health care decision

Open-Source Tools for Value Assessment: A Promising Approach: In order to deliver value-based care, health care decision makers, eg, insurers and health system administrators, need value data at their fingertips—data that are relevant to their own context and reflect their own perspective on what costs...
Source: journalofclinicalpathways.com

Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? - Graham - 2006 - Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? - Graham - 2006 - Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions - Wiley Online Library
Source: wiley.com

The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer.

The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer. Death is not defeated, but it takes longer to win than it used to. The increases seen for most people in life expectancy are surely a matter for great rejoicing. References to...
Source: thelancet.com

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
Source: amazon.co.uk

Exercise and diabetes prevention. I was asked about some references and thought I'd share them here from our PgDip Diabetes

Exercise and diabetes prevention. I was asked about some references and thought I'd share them here from our PgDip Diabetes Programme - BMJ / University of Leicester. The classic efficacy articles on exercise preventing diabetes are: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105033441801#t=abstract...
Source: nih.gov

Jeremy Hunt accused of skewing weekend hospital death rates: British Medical Journal editor says health secretary’s frequent

Jeremy Hunt accused of skewing weekend hospital death rates: British Medical Journal editor says health secretary’s frequent references to ‘excess’ deaths are misleading
Source: theguardian.com