The recent move to transfer the balance of commissioning power within the NHS to GPs, although laudable, raises a number of serious questions. Perhaps they are best summed up by […]
Month: August 2010
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 August 2010
JAMA 11 Aug 2010 Vol 304 641 All this week the media has (sic) been proclaiming the end of the antibiotic era, on the basis of data which shows (sic) […]
Domhnall MacAuley on Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong in the news again. The world is divided. Those who read his book are struck by his bravery coping with illness and the incredible drama of his surgery […]
David Payne on Florence Nightingale
Today, 100 years ago, Florence Nightingale died aged 90. Much has been written about the Lady with the Lamp, who left behind her aristocratic life to nurse wounded soldiers in […]
Martin McShane: Is there such a thing as evidence based management?
I grew up as a clinician during an era when evidence-based medicine, as a concept, penetrated the consciousness of the professions. Nowadays, one of my favourite meetings, which I chair, […]
US highlights – 13 August 2010
The focus at our daily planning meetings this week has not been the UK, nor indeed the US, but the natural disasters engulfing the world. Smog in Russia, flooding and […]
This week’s research highlights – 13 August 2010
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Richard Smith: Intercepted correspondence
I must start this blog with a competing interest. I’m the chair of Patients Know Best, a start up that aims to use information technology to enhance the relationship between […]
Vasiliy Vlassov on the heatwave in Russia
The hot weather in central Russia this year has been unprecedented. It has been the hottest summer since records began in 1890, and as a result hundreds of forest fires […]
Bushra Azam on doctors fasting over Ramadan
This year the holy month of Ramadan starts on the 11 August. It’s a challenging time of the year for many Muslims, particularly doctors in the NHS. I have been […]