Once again the NHS approaches the first week of August, specifically changeover Wednesday—when freshly tempered medical school graduates throughout the UK auspiciously start their first days working as bona fide […]
Month: July 2015
Toby Shipway: Zebras in the NT – quiz time
Questions – differential diagnoses please 1. The first patient was a young child who presented with fever, seizures, and decreased consciousness, developing over a 1–2 week period, to a community […]
The BMJ Today: Staffing levels, Alzheimer’s disease, blood pressure variability, and otitis media
• “If staffing were a drug, doctors would be asked to prescribe it,” Margaret McCartney says in her latest column. So she thinks it is a pity that NHS England […]
Samir Dawlatly: Will general practice survive?
Just before I completed my training as a GP the 2012 Health and Social Care Act was passed. I had a sinking feeling that general practice wasn’t quite going to […]
Stephanie Rimmer: Foundation training fears
Having recently graduated from medical school, in a few days’ time I will start my first ever job as a doctor. That title alone, which I worked so hard for, now […]
Anant Bhan: Leadership gap in India’s publicly funded health research
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India’s apex body for funding health research, advertised this month for directors of nine of its constituent institutes/centres. Applications are due by 4 […]
Tamsin Lillie: Strengthening human resources in Malawi, the world’s poorest country
Malawi, a country in Southern Africa, was recently acknowledged by the World Bank as the poorest country in the world, with the average gross national income being just $250. Its […]
Lalitha Bhagavatheeswaran and Joseph Fitchett: That Sugar Film
Australian actor, writer and director Damon Gameau was about to become a father. With a little one on the way and the aim of teaching his future child how to lead […]
The BMJ Today: The landmark announcement that wasn’t
Farewell to dietary cholesterol The US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has released its recommendations for the next edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In an editorial on thebmj.com, Daan Kromhout […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 27 July 2015
NEJM 23 Jul 2015 Vol 373 307 Four summers ago I found myself dabbling in the early history of outcomes research. I was astonished to find that surgeons over a […]