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STORY in Practice — and the Craft of Telling

8 May 2026 · Read the essay →

The outside claims this piece leans on, and where they come from. Each note says what the source looked at, so you can judge how far it stretches.

  1. Better continuity of care for higher-need patients reduces avoidable admissions, ED attendances and premature mortality

    Barker I, Steventon A, Deeny SR (2017) BMJ 356:j84 (ACSC admissions); Pereira Gray D et al. (2018) BMJ Open 8:e021161 (mortality systematic review); Sandvik H et al. (2022) BJGP 72(715):e84-e90 (Norway: mortality, acute hospitalisation, out-of-hours use) (2017; 2018; 2022)

    Observational studies: English patients aged 62-82 (2011-13) on ACSC admissions; Norwegian registry of 4.55m people (2018) on mortality, acute admissions and out-of-hours use; 2018 systematic review of 22 studies on mortality.

  2. Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic and Alberto Cairo have explored the craft of data storytelling in depth

    Knaflic CN (2015) Storytelling with Data, Wiley; Cairo A (2012) The Functional Art; (2016) The Truthful Art; (2019) How Charts Lie (2012; 2015; 2016; 2019)

    Books on data visualisation and communication: Knaflic (2015), Cairo (2012, 2016, 2019).