There are a few ways to improve health reporting. One is doing as some science commentators do: lumping all journalists together in a totally “unscientific” way sniping and sneering to […]
Year: 2011
Research highlights – 22 July 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 […]
Richard Smith: In the goldfish bowl with GPs—part 2
In my last blog I described my time in a goldfish bowl with some 35 GPs on a leadership course—how the process worked, and what I learnt about myself, and […]
Grania Brigden: Capreomycin shortage – symptom of a bigger problem in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Of the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR). MDR-TB treatment is demanding for patients, requiring a complex treatment course lasting 18–24 […]
Behrooz Astaneh: Authorship criteria – use or abuse
A recent post on WAME forum about authorship criteria shows that it is still a challenge, even though standard guidelines were released a few years ago by the International Committee of Medical […]
David Pencheon: Solidarity? When mass (in)action is bad.
When good people do too little, bad things happen. Or: beware death by omission as much as death by commission. Prizes avaliable if you know the heritage of the original quotations. […]
James Raftery: The NHS top-up policy for drugs not recommended by NICE – challenging the limits?
A recent breakfast meeting at the Kings Fund discussed the issue of an NHS top-up policy in relation to multifocal lenses in cataract surgery. My contribution from the commissioner perspective […]
Richard Smith: In the goldfish bowl with GPs
Two weeks ago I spent 90 minutes in a goldfish bowl with about 30 GPs. The goldfish bowl is a process to encourage reflection, and it certainly caused me to […]
Sarah Walpole, Jerome Baddley, and Rachel Stancliffe: Lost in transition
Much has been hypothesised, debated, and advocated about NHS reform. Specialists in a range of areas have looked at the impacts on their particular area of work, yet little has […]
Jonny Martell: compassion fatigue
The medical school sausage factory is fattening me up and rolling me into shape. Another year has passed. I am gaining knowledge and growing in experience. And losing my empathy. […]