Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 6: Creating a network The network is the set of individuals […]
Month: November 2012
Richard Smith: Patient organisations—the need to come together
“There is no kingdom too small for a doctor to be king of,” is one of my favourite sayings. Last week at a workshop for patient organisations organised by the […]
Krishna Chinthapalli: How to read the unconscious mind
Years ago, I stumbled across Roald Dahl’s macabre short stories whilst looking for tales of chocolate factories and witches’ conferences. In one of the most famous stories, William and Mary, […]
James Raftery: Moving to value based pricing—adjusting costs
With the introduction of value based pricing scheduled to apply to new drugs when the current prescription pricing regulation system expires in 2014, the Department of Health has been working […]
Kailash Chand on the NHS commissioning board
In the Department of Health’s guidance Developing the NHS Commissioning Board, David Nicholson stated: “CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups) will be the engine of the new system and things will only […]
Richard Smith: Why I should become a lobbyist
“I’ve been lobbied. I am a lobbyist. Lobbying is not a dirty word. It’s a fundamental part of the political process. You should be a lobbyist.” This is how David […]
Julian Sheather: Medical electives—laying the ghosts of empire?
I was at Brighton Medical School recently, talking ethics to third years, and a lively and engaging bunch they were too. Among the many things we talked about were electives, […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—19 November 2012
JAMA 14 Nov 2012 Vol 308 1916 Last week we learned that male doctors who were randomised to take a daily multivitamin preparation had cardiovascular events and died from them […]
Katy Cooper: NCDs, MDGs, SDGs – a crowded space explained
Since the United Nations (UN) high-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in September 2011 things have got busy—and potentially confusing. Running in parallel to the establishment of a new “global […]
Richard Smith: Monkeys help explain why poor people are fatter
Within all human hierarchies those lower in the hierarchy have poorer health than those higher up. In high income countries poor people are fatter than rich people, and, although the […]