It’s easy to dismiss Twitter, a network that links people using messages of 140 characters or less, but it fills a genuine social gap. If Facebook is an archipelago of […]
Month: February 2012
Domhnall MacAuley:The “Hole in the wall”
From le paradoxe français to a tiny tavern off a narrow alley in Kilkenny. An unlikely journey. But not, perhaps, if the barman is a cardiologist. Red wine has much […]
Kailash Chand: The e-petition for the NHS passes 153 000 votes
The e-petition calling on the government to drop its Health and Social Care Bill has now reached 153 000 signatures to become the second most popular campaign on Number 10’s […]
Chris Ham: Inertia rather than privatisation is the biggest threat facing the NHS
The Prime Minister’s summit on implementing the NHS reforms has provided a new focus for debate about what the reforms will mean in practice. The government’s critics maintain that competition […]
Susannah Baron: Will there be Lego in Africa?
I have to admit that after working for the NHS for 19 years I felt the need for a different challenge. I was four years into my appointment as a […]
Peter Bailey: The emperor’s finery
It was not of course in relation to the NHS that Tony Blair famously said “I only know what I believe.” His assertion was in defence of military action in […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 20 February 2012
JAMA 15 Feb 2012 Vol 306 669 This week’s star Viewpoint piece is about The Unintended Consequences of Conflict of Interest Disclosure. It seems to me that twenty-first century medicine […]
David Kerr: Saving the world–pharma dips a toe into social media gaming for health
“I’m afraid I’m currently out of the office right now on the never-ending mission to restore world health—I am very interested in your message and will endeavour to reply to […]
Tiago Villanueva: What is a neurohospitalist?
When I first met Andrew Wilner, an American physician, a few years ago, it was the first time I had heard of the word “neurohospitalist.” I obviously knew what a […]
Martin McShane: Does commissioning need an incentive?
I became interested in commissioning through Fundholding. Like the majority of GP practices that got involved we did so because we wanted to improve the experience and the services our […]