Last week marked a “humiliating climbdown” for the Health Secretary. Apparently. “Andrew Lansley is now in open retreat and is being forced to cave in on issues he previously fought […]
Month: October 2011
Martin McShane: Little and large
While I was a partner in general practice, we started to receive information about how we were performing compared to other practices. Whatever the data, we always looked at how we […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 31 October 2011
JAMA 26 Oct 2011 Vol 306 1775 There is now pretty clear evidence that CT scanning to detect lung cancer in heavy smokers can save lives. This Dutch study shows […]
Research highlights – 28 October 2011
“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 […]
Dawn-Marie Walker: The emergence of online research methods
Since the internet erupted onto the scene in the 80s and 90s it has changed how we work and interact socially. Whereas before to communicate with someone in another part […]
Andrew Burd: Moments of madness
Three months in prison for a kiss on the back. Weeping in the dock with the realisation of the implication. A moment of madness. And that is the point. Madness […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Floundering in the deep end – reflections on the RCGP conference
The deep end. Floundering, treading water, trying to avoid drowning in the multiple morbidity, clinical complexity, and long, detailed, and difficult consultations in areas of deprivation. At the shallow end, […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: the 19th Cochrane Colloquium in Madrid
¡Hola! from Madrid where the 19th Cochrane Colloquium was hosted last week by the IberoAmerican Cochrane Centre. The theme of this year’s meeting was “scientific evidence for healthcare quality and patient […]
Richard Vize on local government taking over responsibility for public health
Despite being 18 months away from taking over responsibility for public health, local government has already had its first clash with the NHS. It illustrates the cultural chasm the two […]
Harriet Vickers: Psychiatry to save the world: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia
Lars von Trier has made no secret of the fact he’s suffered from depression. At the beginning of 1997 he was hospitalised with the condition, saying it left him incapacitated […]