“It was a good idea to get an economist to lead the review,” said Lord Jim O’Neill in Westminster yesterday*, referring respectively to himself and his 2016 report on Tackling […]
Month: October 2016
Behrooz Astaneh: Iran’s scientific community shouldn’t be put in the shade
A recent news report published in Science ran with the alarming headline: “A shady market in scientific papers mars Iran’s rise in science.” The story reports that some Iranian scholars […]
Neel Sharma: Lessons from the Bronx
I have just relocated to the Bronx in New York. At 29 I made it my mission to work and live abroad. I realised there comes a point when simply […]
Richard Smith: STPs—too much sustainability, too little transformation?
STPs (Sustainability and Transformation Plans) are the device that it is hoped will save the NHS in England by dramatically improving efficiency and allowing NHS bodies to balance their budgets. […]
Peter Grabitz et al: How can we improve data sharing in public health emergencies?
At the recent World Health Summit in Berlin there was a workshop discussing the case of data sharing in Public Health Emergencies” organized by the Centre Virchow-Villermé. About two years […]
Mary Higgins: Remembering
Recently we held our annual service of remembrance—the 20th time we have formally celebrated the brief lives of babies that died. This is an important part of our care of […]
Bev Stringer: Drug regulation in the age of antimicrobial resistance
The World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2016, released last week, is a sobering read. TB remains one of the world’s biggest killers, and cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—24 October 2016
NEJM 20 Oct 2016 Vol 375 Fainting and pulmonary emboli O Padua, sidus praeclarum, O Padua, brilliant star, hocce nisa fulgido luminous model virtutum regula morum of virtues and […]
Clare Marx: Give sustainability and transformation plans a chance
The NHS is treating record numbers of patients with better outcomes, but it is now facing some of the biggest challenges in its history. Against this backdrop, Sustainability and Transformation […]
Lesley Henderson and Simon Carter: What can we learn from the doctors of Star Trek in its 50th anniversary year?
You don’t need to be a “Trekkie” to have noticed that 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Events around the world have been organised to celebrate the enduring success […]