Too many new nurses are “simply not up to the mark” said Peter Carter, chief executive of the Royal College of Nurses, quoted on the front page of the Times […]
Year: 2011
Julian Sheather: Making health decisions in advance – how best to avoid your worst nightmare?
On coming into force, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), by deftly drawing together common law and permitting, via new powers of attorney, the nomination of substitute health decision makers, looked […]
Jeremy Sare: Liberal Democrats-fighting the fear of talking about drugs
A British party of government has just agreed, almost with unanimity, to policies that would shred many of our drug laws. Perhaps you didn’t notice. You may have already guessed […]
Stephen Ginn: The future of academic publishing
The first salvo in the Guardian’s recently published series of articles on academic publishing was delivered by veteran agitator George Monbiot. Journals publish government funded research, written and often edited […]
Richard Smith: UN meeting on NCDs – day two
Tuesday 20 September. Day two 7.10 Traffic is gridlocked near the UN building because so many streets are shut. Obama hits the UN today—not unfortunately the NCD meeting. […]
Richard Smith: A diary of the UN meeting
Monday 19 September. Day one 7.10 I arrive at the junction of 47 Street East and 2nd Avenue to meet the Pepsico people who are holding a breakfast meeting in […]
Babatunde Osotimehin: Maternal healthcare in a Kenyan refugee camp
Seated on her bed at a maternity clinic in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, Daruno Abdi, a mother of six, watches other mothers breastfeed their newborns. She has been here for […]
Vivienne Nathanson and Eleanor Chrispin: Bahrain on trial
One sad part of the so-called Arab Spring has been the detention and trial of a number of health workers in Bahrain. While 48 were arrested in March and April, […]
Richard Smith: A diary of the UN meeting on NCDs
Saturday 17 September. Day minus two 17.20 Arrive in New York. A bigger queue than ever at immigration. Do they really want visitors? After an hour I reach the booth. […]
Rebecca Coombes: UN summit in New York – a view from the sidelines
What’s the mood among delegates on the eve of the UN summit on non-communicable diseases as they gather in hotel bars and the confusion of side events in New York […]