Today, The King’s Fund launches a new commission on leadership and management in the NHS. The NHS is a complex organisation employing more than 1 million people and spending more […]
Month: October 2010
Andrew Mitchell: The choice for women
In the past 24 hours, 980 women will have died in pregnancy and childbirth. The risk of a woman in the UK dying from maternal causes is only 1 in […]
Julian Sheather: When patients become the enemy
I was out with a friend recently, a GP. He works in an inner-city practice. By all accounts he is a good GP. As a mate I know him to […]
Neil Graham: Don’t underestimate your audience, science journalists
Reading science blogger Martin Robbins’ meticulously observed, not to mention witty article “This is a news website article about a scientific paper“, I was overcome by a warm, fraternal feeling. It […]
Colin Ball: It’s a miracle
Our story starts in March 2006. Tayler Bequest Hospital is a beautiful looking building with a Cape Dutch exterior that concealed the true awfulness of what was seen there every […]
Paivi Hietanen on being a stranger at the BMJ
Observations by the editor of the Finnish Medical Journal (FMJ) When leaving Helsinki I had ambiguous feelings. Two books from my childhood came to mind, The Bear Who Always Said […]
Desmond O’Neill: Social networking, telemedicine, and stroke
Some medical technologies creep up on you, some arrive with a bang. In internal medicine much of the change – electronic laboratory reporting, digital imaging – is gradualist and steered […]
David Scheller-Kreinsen: Why Gastein works – despite session sponsorship.
At the recent European Health Forum Gastein, a group of “young Gasteiners” blogged live from the talks. A selection of the blogs are on the BMJ blogsite. Tessa Richards, assistant […]
Tessa Richards: Run a lot, laugh a lot, and sometimes go hungry
In the mountain resort of Bad Hofgastein in Austria, exercise is King. In early October the power walkers head for the mountains and noticeably less fit conference goers head for […]
Dan Cauchi : From health kick to goal
At the recent European Health Forum Gastein, a group of “young Gasteiners” blogged live from the talks. A selection of the blogs are on the BMJ blogsite. Tessa Richards, assistant […]