Improving access to medical school is not just a question of “doing the right thing,” it’s critical for our profession […]
Year: 2018
Linda Bauld: Why we need to keep talking about obesity and cancer
Obesity is predicted to become the biggest preventable cause of cancer among UK women in the next 25 years, overtaking smoking. This is mostly down to falling smoking rates, but […]
Estelle Jobson: Engaging with patients on the hospital soundscape
Mediating noise is one of the challenges of being in hospital, but patients can be part of the solution, says Estelle Jobson […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Regime, regimen, regiment, and regulation
As I have been discussing in the last few weeks, the Medicines Act 1968, whose 50th anniversary we have been celebrating, had major effects on, among many other things, the […]
Kieran Walsh: Why do we learn?
The current Olympic weight-lifting champion is Lasha Talakhadze. He can lift over 250 kg. This is an impressive feat for a human being—but a forklift truck can do considerably better. […]
Naomi Delap: There is a clear route to improving care for perinatal women and babies in custody
Recently published research has revealed the extent and nature of the risks and challenges experienced by perinatal women and their babies in the prison system in England. Urgent changes are […]
Jules Horton: Capturing lost voices by listening to patient’s solutions
Most agree that it is vitally important to find patient-led solutions for NHS problems. But how many sources of patient feedback are routinely overlooked or discarded? […]
Christina Pagel: Doctors and nurses can have an influence on Brexit to help protect the NHS
If nurses and doctors believe that the NHS will get worse after Brexit, they should spread this message—it could change minds, says Christina Pagel […]
Rachel Clarke: Why, as a doctor, I support an informed People’s Vote
Is there anything in the world more boring than Brexit? I know, I know. I can’t bear it either. But this week might just be crunch time. Please, for a […]
Brexit won’t build a physical wall, but the boundaries it will create will be significant
Anna Schumann, a German junior doctor based in the UK, reflects on how Brexit has affected her […]