This week, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, announced that hospitals are to receive extra funding for substituting human labour with AI-provided analysis. We applaud the move by the […]
Month: June 2019
David Wrigley: The message from UK doctors is clear—our NHS is not for sale
The US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to the UK understandably caused a stir in the media, although not necessarily for all the right reasons. It was his comments, […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: The car seat of life
While stuck in an angry snarl of traffic during another grey morning commute, I had time to contemplate the view from the car’s rear-view mirror. If this was the “family […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Biomarkers—definition and uses
Many clinical outcomes, both primary and secondary, which I discussed two weeks ago, are not the desired outcomes, but markers of such—surrogate markers or biomarkers. The term “biomarker” comes from […]
Medical manslaughter: will the findings of an independent review be a tipping point for change?
The General Medical Council (GMC) has just published the 29 final recommendations of the long-awaited review into how gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide are applied to medical practice. This […]
Katherine Bettany: Our value as doctors cannot be wrapped up in ARCP
Junior doctors know that the third certainty in life, beyond death and taxes, is the annual review of competency progression, or ARCP. For me at least, I have the same […]
Joshua Parker: Moral injury and burnout are not the same
Joshua Parker argues that we need to recognise the distinct experiences of doctors’ work related suffering […]
Richard Smith: Chair of NHS England wants a £50 billion NHS bond, culture change, a good relationship with the private sector, and innovation
Lord Prior, the chair of NHS England, is tall and thin, has a playful smile most of the time, and answers questions with a directness unusual in the higher echelons […]
Ann Robinson’s journal review — 5 June 2019
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Penelope Brown: Safeguarding the welfare of reality television participants
Safeguarding the welfare of reality television participants is under the spotlight. Following the death of a guest on the Jeremy Kyle Show and the deaths of two former contestants in […]