Will the Big Society, GP commissioning, and a major reorganisation help or hinder the NHS in making 4% efficiency savings compound over four years? This was the question that kept […]
Month: December 2010
Domhnall MacAuley: Martin Roland in Belfast
Like it or loathe it, practice will never be the same. Constant data audit, screen reminders, and intrusive disease monitoring protocols have, undoubtedly, altered the consultation but, the Quality and […]
Des O’Neill: So, when do you become “old”?
An occupational hazard of being a geriatrician is that not infrequently I am asked at social occasions: “So, Des, when do you become ‘old’?” The questioner is usually a fit […]
Barbara Bale: reaching sick children in remote rural areas in China
We are here in a remote mountainous village in Yunnan to understand more about what happens when a baby or young child gets sick. We already know too many die […]
Martin McShane on tools and workshops
This is one of the busiest times of the year for the PCT. We have a tight timetable to assemble a plan and start contract negotiations. Soon we will be […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 6 December 2010
JAMA 1 Dec 2010 Vol 304 Eicosapentaenoic acid – which one is that? That’s right, the fishy one: all that spelling homework I made you do is paying off. More […]
Research highlights – 3 December 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 […]
Kirsten Patrick on dance medicine
This week, thanks to a pledge of £30K from the dance floor company British Harlequin, Dance UK’s dream of establishing a UK National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science chasséd […]
Andrew Burd on plagiarism
Plagiarism is an emotive topic that rears a rather uncomfortable head in the world of academia. It is, however, an act of fraud which has been part of the world […]
Alice Fay: Living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of Congo
I was in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently and met a young man, Jean Claude (not his real name), aged 17, who is living with HIV. We are […]