“Tired” pupils aged over 16 at a private school in Surrey are to start lessons at 1.30pm. The school’s headteacher Guy Holloway says the move is based on research by […]
Year: 2014
Neethi V Rao: Corporate social responsibility in India
India’s new Companies Act with its rules mandating corporate social responsibility (CSR) came into effect on 1 April 2014. The objective of CSR is for businesses to exist as responsible […]
Tara Lamont: On failing well—Archie Cochrane’s legacy
I have been reading Archie Cochrane’s account of his life and work (not in general print, but I got it from the Cardiff University archives for £14.99). It is not […]
The BMJ Today: Crises—each to their own
In Crimea, heroin users have more to worry about than disputed referendums and suspended bank accounts. Since 1 May, the 803 clients of a methadone programme must go cold turkey, […]
Tim Ballard: The wider consequences of healthcare delivery
In January we saw the launch of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit’s (SDU) strategy for the NHS. Since its inception, the SDU has tirelessly promoted the wider responsibilities that we […]
David Lock: Ghana—not a smoker in sight
I have just returned from two weeks in Ghana, a fascinating and challenging country on so many fronts, but significant because I hardly saw a single Ghanaian smoking throughout my […]
The BMJ Today: It’s time for the Oscars of medicine
Today The BMJ hosts its annual BMJ Awards ceremony at the Park Plaza Hotel in Westminster, London. If you’ve never heard of the BMJ Awards, see it as a kind […]
Chris Ham: Wanted—an even Better Care Fund
The King’s Fund’s new analysis of serious and growing financial pressures in the NHS should serve as a wake up call to politicians of all parties. As the analysis shows, with […]
The BMJ Today: Information for patients and clinicians
Diabetes is among the most common non-communicable diseases in the world, and peripheral neuropathy is the most common symptomatic complication of this disease. Small and large fibers are affected, and […]
David Colquhoun and Andrew Plested: Why Altmetrics is bad for science—and healthcare
Altmetrics is the latest buzzword in the vocabulary of bibliometricians. It attempts to measure the “impact” of a piece of research by counting the number of […]