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Wasn’t even in the manifesto.. ¶

This programme seeks to model one of the most efficient and cost-effective health services in the world – the NHS – on one of the least: the US system. OECD figures show that healthcare in the US costs $7,500 per person per year. The OECD average is $4,500. In the UK it costs $3,500. Yet while the US system is plagued with fraud and lawyers, while it overtreats the rich and dumps the poor in the street, the NHS came out top of the countries surveyed in the journal Health Affairs on most measures of public confidence and public access.

Mailcamp – a timely reminder of the value of email

Where I try to summarise Mailcamp; a really useful whistle-stop series of talks from various government and associated organisations on how they are using email for effective marketing. Read more – ‘Mailcamp – a timely reminder of the value of email’.

Sea change ¶

Jeremy Keith on the move away from desktop-specific web presences to a more responsive web-native design.

I’m glad that the increasing diversity of devices—together with the ascendancy of so-called “mobile”—is forcing designers and developers to move beyond their fixed-width comfort zone.

The worst restaurant in the world ¶

Paunchy, combative, surly men, bulging out of their white jackets with the meaty malevolence of gouty buffalo.

AA Gill is certainly an acquired taste, but is never better than skewering a bad restaurant in one of his reviews.

This one is a corker.

Reelizer ¶

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