The NHS is primarily concerned with fending off death. It may be crazy, but it’s so. No expense is spared: heroic surgery, prolonged chemotherapy, absurdly expensive drugs, intensive care, experimental […]
Month: September 2017
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Language that counts
Last week I referred to “‘competence’ and the more recent ‘competency’”. But both of these words first appeared in English, as cited in the OED, in 1594. So in what […]
Robin Baddeley: Should UK training programmes have doctors based on one site for two years?
A “residency model” may help rebuild bonds between doctors and their employers […]
Hannah Wilson: First patient, last breathe
I can pinpoint the exact moment that I truly understood what it meant to be a doctor. It was 7:45 am on a Saturday morning and I had just arrived […]
Darren A Kilroy: NHS hospital beds: then, now, next?
The most important point in the bed narrative is that beds need staff […]
Shamil Haroon and Jochen Cals: Embedding research into general practice could help the NHS meet its challenges
We should take a leaf out of our Dutch colleagues’ book and raise the profile of research in general practice in the UK […]
Sian Griffiths: Is gambling a public health issue?
Public health precautionary strategies are needed at national and local level to protect populations from harm from gambling […]
Victoria Agunloye: How to avoid losing our jobs to diagnosing computers
When I started as a doctor in the NHS, 10 years ago, I was aware of the standards expected of me and the bar that I was aiming for. These […]
Chris Simms: Deregulation amid fires and hurricanes
Deregulation is benefiting the few while harming the many by putting profits over public health and safety, says Chris Simms […]
Nick Hopkinson: What we talk about when we talk about privatisation
It’s indisputable that privatisation is occurring in the NHS, so where does privatisation denial come from? […]