After attending a webinar on the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) new 0070 policy, which formalises the release of regulatory data held by the EMA, some of my earlier doubts have […]
Month: June 2015
Tom Jefferson: The EMA revolution gathers pace
In October 2014, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) promulgated its policy 0070 on the release of regulatory data acquired and held in the course of its regulatory function. At the time, […]
Doctors’ Day in India: Time for critical reflection for the medical profession
India celebrates Doctors’ Day every year on 1 July, in memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882-1 July 1962), a well respected physician who was also the second chief […]
The BMJ Today: Sex workers in Bangladesh, welfare advice, and incentives for behavioural change
• Female sex workers in Bangladesh In a feature published on thebmj.com today, Jocalyn Clark provides a moving account of the plight of female sex workers in Bangladesh. With effectively no […]
Michael Soljak: Data access for research—Kafka writes again
Data are the lifeblood of health research, and the UK government is claiming that data collected in the course of NHS clinical care are available to reputable researchers for the […]
Martin Marshall: The travesty of the 10 minute consultation
“Perfunctory work by perfunctory men.” That’s how an eminent physician once described general practice. “A ridiculous claim” cried GPs, rising to the defence of their discipline, “specialists just don’t understand […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—29 June 2015
NEJM 25 June 2015 Vol 372 2533 The research articles in this week’s print NEJM are all about arcane stuff I’ve covered previously. The Clinical Practice article takes us back […]
The BMJ Today: Spot Diagnosis—a new type of education article in The BMJ
• The BMJ has just published the first of a new breed of articles in the education section, namely in endgames. This new type of article is called Spot Diagnosis, […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . An indefinite article
The grapheme <a> is used as a symbol for the phoneme /a/ when it is pronounced as the low front unrounded form of the vowel, as in the Scottish pronunciation […]
Barbara Harpham: CCGs are not adopting new technologies quickly enough
In December 2011, the NHS identified six ways technology could help patients and, ultimately, save money. A freedom of information request was sent to 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across […]