{"id":35932,"date":"2017-01-07T18:36:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=35932"},"modified":"2017-01-07T18:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T18:36:47","slug":"todays-nhs-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NHS tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not used Twitter much of late. For some reason I woke up in the mood to do so today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardJMurphy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">These are some of today's NHS tweets from me<\/a>, most of which were retweeted many hundreds of times:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-28-43\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-550x73.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-28-43\" width=\"550\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-550x73.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-768x102.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-800x107.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43-200x27.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.28.43.png 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-45\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-550x152.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-45\" width=\"550\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-550x152.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-768x212.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-800x221.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45-200x55.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.45.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-25\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-550x75.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-25\" width=\"550\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-550x75.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-768x105.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-800x109.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25-200x27.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.25.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-550x75.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-32-10\" width=\"550\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-550x75.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-800x109.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10-200x27.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.32.10.png 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-31-47\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-550x225.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-31-47\" width=\"550\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-550x225.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-735x300.png 735w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47-200x82.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.47.png 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-31-32\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-550x159.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-31-32\" width=\"550\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-550x159.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-800x232.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32-200x58.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.31.32.png 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just in case anyone thinks I am only concerned with government policy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-33-04\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-550x142.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-07-at-18-33-04\" width=\"550\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-550x142.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-800x207.png 800w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04-200x52.png 200w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-07-at-18.33.04.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NHS needs funding. But that requires sound macroeconomic policy as well as a government that cares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have not used Twitter much of late. For some reason I woke up in the mood to do so today. These are some of<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/01\/07\/todays-nhs-tweets\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-nhs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}