Before each financial year NHS providers and commissioners are set performance and financial requirements for the next twelve months. The NHS is under substantial financial and operational pressure. So the […]
Year: 2018
David Nott: Crossing red lines in Syria
The Syrian Civil War has passed its seventh anniversary. What started as a peaceful demonstration in March 2011 has ended up being one of the biggest failures of standards of […]
Julian Sheather: What role for conscientious objection in medicine?
What do we mean by conscience? What part, if any, should it play in medical practice? Should health professionals be free to object to providing lawful treatments on the grounds […]
Neena Modi: Health is the product of far more than healthcare
Good healthcare requires a clinical workforce with a shared sense of purpose and a well-functioning healthcare system […]
Elizabeth Loder: Rich journals, poor journals, and why we should mind the gap
Elite medical journals are resource-rich but lower-tier journals struggle […]
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews—9 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Adam White: Balancing the benefits and risks of banning the tackle in school rugby
In March 2016, the Sport Collision Injury Collective, backed by over 80 academics and doctors, called upon the UK and devolved governments to remove the tackle from physical education rugby […]
David Nicholl: Bawa-Garba—From blame culture to just culture
Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a paediatrician convicted of gross negligence manslaughter, has been granted leave to appeal her erasure from the medical register. The General Medical Council’s (GMC) argument that a manslaughter […]
Poonam Khetrapal Singh: The monsoon presents a pressing public health threat to the Rohingya
Urgent funding is needed to protect the health and wellbeing of Rohingya refugees throughout the rainy season […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Tit for tat
There is currently a lot of talk about tit for tat, whether in the spheres of diplomacy or trade. Of course, when medical readers see the term “tit for tat”, […]