We have the evidence that change is needed, says Paul D Thacker […]
Month: October 2018
Ian Hamilton: Are middle class drug users really to blame for the rise in violent crime?
Politicians can’t resist the getting “tough on drugs” message, even if it lacks evidence, says Ian Hamilton […]
Bruce Guthrie: Where next for the Quality and Outcomes Framework?
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is still one of the world’s largest healthcare pay-for-performance programmes, unrivalled in scope and scale. In 2004, practices and general practitioners were promised substantial […]
Kristine Rasmussen and Andreas Lundh: Shining a light on industry collaboration
The academic community should refuse to collaborate when industry demands control over trials […]
Anya de Iongh: Prescribing should be #personalised, whether it’s social or pharmacological
All prescribing conversations should feel like a person centred conversation, says Anya de Iongh […]
Cecilia Trigg: More needs to be done to prevent food anaphylaxis deaths
Recent inquest reports into suspected food anaphylaxis deaths make harrowing reading. The recent cases were teenagers who lost their lives to a preventable cause of death. The incidence of food […]
Elvin Kedhi: Dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with STEMI—is longer treatment needed?
As a trainee I was always fascinated by the impact of a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In a matter of minutes a […]
The words we use matter—why we shouldn’t use the term ”illegal migrant”
Talking about migrants and migration requires careful choice of words […]
Richard Smith: A professional writer observes death up close
Arthur Koestler’s Dialogue with Death is an unusual, even unique, book in that it’s the experience of a professional writer who expects at any moment to be shot. It provides […]
Helen Stallman: Why we need to stop using the term “talking therapy”
The term “talking therapy” misrepresents what psychotherapy involves. Despite being a term that is not used by clinicians, it is widely-used internationally in communications with consumers. The NHS in the UK, for example, provides […]