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Tessa Richards

Tessa Richards: Solidarity in a cold climate

January 30, 2018

Tromsø lies over 200 miles north of the Arctic circle and last week, after months of polar nights it celebrated its first glimpse of the sun; and hosted two international […]

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Tessa Richards: Patient leaders—healthcare’s untapped workforce

December 22, 2017

The health sector needs to learn how to work with patient leaders, says Tessa Richards. […]

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Tessa Richards: Patient and public involvement in research goes global

November 30, 2017

More and more, organisations are seeking to push the envelope towards “co-production” of research […]

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Tessa Richards: Terms of engagement for patient participation

July 5, 2017

Join our Tweetchat today at 5-6pm BST to discuss the terms of engagement for patient participation #BMJDebate […]

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Tessa Richards: Better together in Central and Eastern Europe

June 14, 2017

Healthcare is complex and no single government can manage alone […]

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Tessa Richards: Words that annoy, phrases that grate

April 7, 2017

What is acceptable or unacceptable medical terminology in today’s world, asks Tessa Richards. […]

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Tessa Richards: Power to the people—via Paris

January 20, 2017

Who gets to define value in health systems? The notion that it should be the people who use their services, rather than those who provide them, is gaining momentum. At […]

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Tessa Richards: Patients combat corruption in healthcare

December 20, 2016

Corruption in health systems has been described as “one of the biggest open sores in medicine.” It occurs in many guises and all countries. Patients may be unaware of the price […]

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Tessa Richards: WHO and the politics of health

September 16, 2016

Gaining cross country consensus on joint European strategies to tackle politically and culturally sensitive public health issues is not easy. So it was not surprising perhaps that a decision to […]

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Tessa Richards: “Therapeutic relationships”—prized but hard to deliver

August 1, 2016

I hate to think of what I’ve cost the NHS since I was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. This year alone I’d need to factor in 12 outpatient appointments, seven […]

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