Speaking in Berlin earlier this year, Angela Merkel reminded world leaders that health is a shared task and that to live dignified lives, we must all collaborate on common goals […]
Month: July 2019
Ulrick Sidney: Visas for global health events—too many are losing their seat at the table
Visa barriers for researchers from low and middle income countries make global health events less equitable and effective, says Ulrick Sidney […]
Alcohol related hospital admissions: Locking the door after the horse has bolted
The government’s cuts to addiction services have displaced the burden of alcohol onto an already overstretched NHS hospital system, say Emmert Roberts and Colin Drummond […]
Karen Burns: Ten things that I wish I had known as a woman entering academic medicine
Despite the growing number of women in medical academia, there is still a long way to go before gender equity is achieved. Karen Burns gives advice to those women who […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Why it’s time we all woke up to the importance of sleep
For too long, medicine has been a cult that deifies workaholism and mocks those who “fuss” about sleep, say Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Hyphenation
From time to time someone writes asking me to explain some aspect of punctuation. Recently I have been asked to arbitrate between “sub-group” and “subgroup”. I prefer the latter. The […]
Rupert McShane: A drug not a miracle—why we need a new system for monitoring ketamine
Rupert McShane, chair of the ECT and Related Treatments Committee at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, outlines why a monitoring system for ketamine and esketamine is needed […]
Giles Maskell: Introducing Rad-u-Like
Giles Maskell takes a satirical look at providing feedback for doctors […]
Ilona Kickbusch and Gabriel Leung: China steps up to convene a new global health meeting
Many global health aficionados have been wondering about two things. Firstly, as China’s reach in global health has rapidly expanded when would it convene a major global health meeting? And […]
Nick Scriven: Planning for summer pressures—the strain placed on the NHS by heatwaves
As the UK swelters under record temperatures we need to focus on the effect that this is having on our patients and also our staff throughout healthcare services. Last year […]