Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Month: July 2019
Abi Rimmer: Refugee and migrant health—leaving no one behind
“There is no health without migrant health.” It’s a statement that most of us would probably agree with but in reality, in a country where the future of our national […]
Julio César Jiménez Guzmán: Let’s talk about sex—seriously
There is no doubt that the rollout of anti-retroviral treatment to some 21 million people living with HIV over the past two decades has been a milestone in public health. […]
Andrew Goddard: Turning the green paper from a whimper to a bang
The RCP’s first reaction to the publication of Advancing our health—prevention in the 2020s is disappointment, both its content and the nature of its publication. Making sure people stay physically […]
Laura Downey: Childbirth in the UK—it’s time to be honest about what the NHS can deliver
Women should be kept fully informed about what they can reasonably expect from the NHS during childbirth, says Laura Downey […]
Alex Armitage: Hunger strike for climate justice
Cliff Kendall worked on the frontline of the 2010 HIV epidemic and has seen how many lives can be lost to government inaction, which is why he is now going […]
Adam Briggs and Tim Elwell-Sutton: The prevention green paper—blink and you’ll miss it
We were hoping for something bold and ambitious. In the end, it is a missed opportunity […]
The UK government’s “hostile environment” is harming public health
The enforcement of NHS collaboration with home office deportations is endangering vulnerable people and harming public health, say Sophie Weller and Rob Aldridge. […]
Patient involvement in PROMS—individual opportunity and strategic challenge
Patricia Holch, Roger Wilson, and Jennifer Bostock discuss the importance of patient reported outcome measures for achieving truly patient centred medicine […]
Emmanuel Macron: Inspiring global action
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2018, France’s President Emmanuel Macron called for radical change and urgent action on the world’s health inequalities. […]