I enjoy numbers. I enjoy the accuracy they provide; the guidance they give in the practise of clinical medicine; and, though very far from being a mathematician, I like reading […]
Month: December 2016
James Raftery: Changes to how NICE appraises drugs and other health technologies
The recent proposals by NICE and NHS England to change arrangements for evaluating and funding drugs and other health technologies not only tidy up the processes, but introduce some important new […]
Students are the key to addressing the gap between academia and action in global health
The last decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the number of students from England, the United States, and other high-income countries involved in global health and development projects in […]
Paul Buchanan: On being the token patient
Healthcare systems have been built with hierarchies, processes, and models of engagement that are designed to distill policy, research, therapy, diagnostics, treatment, and support down to the patient. The patient […]
Daniel Whitney: Mental health has still not achieved “parity of esteem”—even among some medical professionals
It’s late morning; little piles of lists and notes from assessments carried out in the past 24 hours are littered between me and the PC. The assorted paraphernalia that seems to […]