Metaphor Watch kicked off (a metaphor for started) with epidemic, used ubiquitously and inappropriately for the non-communicable diseases of industrialized nations. I rounded off (a metaphor for finished) with a […]
Month: December 2017
Theodore Dalrymple: Form filling for suicides in prison
Theodore Dalrymple describes in his new book The Knife Went In the Britain he witnessed as a prison and NHS doctor, psychiatrist, and expert witness in criminal cases around Britain. […]
Martin McKee: The Brexit agreement—a work in progress, but much is still uncertain
Although it was touch and go up to the very end, the negotiators from the European Union and the United Kingdom government have agreed that “sufficient progress” has been made […]
Hadiza Bawa-Garba could have been any member of frontline staff working in today’s overstretched NHS
The only way to improve patient safety is to talk openly about everything that contributes to patient harm, says Rachel Clarke […]
England must not be left behind in dealing with the scourge of cheap alcohol
The Scottish Government won a resounding victory on 15 November 2017 when the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the Scottish Whisky Association intended to block the introduction of a minimum […]
Eugene YH Yeung: SHO, let it go? The real problem is not our titles
Even if we officially change the names of “GPs” and “junior doctors,” this will not address the underlying problem […]
Paul Garrud: How shall we get 1,500 extra doctors a year?
England is going to train an extra 1,500 doctors a year, but where shall we find them and how shall we select them? I believe that we can find them […]
Margaret Evans: Perinatal pathologists have a vital role in stillbirth review
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has recently called for coroners to be granted special powers to investigate stillbirths to reduce the number of baby deaths and injuries […]
Gro Harlem Brundtland: New WHO guidelines are crucial step to fighting antimicrobial resistance
If urgent action is not taken to combat antimicrobial resistance, then development gains could be wiped out with alarming consequences for us all […]
Sadaf Karim Sulaiman: Do you debrief?
Traumatic events–including major and minor incidents, near misses, death, and major disability–prompt strong emotional stress responses in healthcare professionals [1]. Following its success in military services, debriefing among healthcare teams […]