It is a familiar situation—sitting on the ward, long after your shift has finished, waiting for the phone to ring so you can clarify a patient treatment plan. Was that […]
Year: 2018
Robin Baddeley: Uber and our body—who is in the driving seat? And where are they going?
The trading of our personal health data seems inevitable. But why? What if the market for this new economy lies not in real needs, but instead in the expedient conflation […]
Neena Modi: Patients need good healthcare systems as much as good doctors
A few weeks ago, the author of a letter to The BMJ suggested that the medical profession has an obligation to argue for “a healthier and more just society”. I […]
Miles Sibley: Understanding patient experience is fundamental to a patient centred service vision
NHS England and Public Health England have recently been consulting on their draft workforce strategy. The consultation document, Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future, says that the strategy is “about […]
Daniel Sokol: Alfie Evans and guerrilla warfare
The consequences of disputes, often, are contrary to the best interests of the children at the centre of them […]
Patricia Lohr: 2018 is a turning point in abortion provision
27 April 2018 marks fifty years since the Abortion Act was implemented in England, Wales, and Scotland, allowing women and their doctors to terminate a pregnancy legally. The British Pregnancy […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—23 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Kailash Chand: Racism is still rife in the NHS
Staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds have been essential to the NHS throughout its history, yet there’s still much to be done to ensure they’re treated equally […]
Abraar Karan: Why can’t we accept that residents are being overworked?
Why are we as a system so slow to accept that young doctors are being worked beyond necessity, and even beyond benefit? […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Neologisms
Most words in general use have arisen through natural evolution of the language, often by changing the meanings of existing words or combining words. This is well illustrated by a […]