Can the important deficits in our NHS be adequately remedied by more money and staff? If not, why not? David Zigmond suggests that a brief survey of the past 100 […]
Month: December 2019
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—13 December 2019
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is the process of letting blood, originally by incising a blood vessel and nowadays by puncturing it. Early papers on phlebotomy refer to the curious habit of hepatic phlebotomy, […]
Ada Oko-Williams: Children’s potential is wasted without toilets at school
Their education suffers, particularly for girls with nowhere to manage their periods, says Ada Oko-Williams It may not be the most glamourous of inventions, but the humble toilet saves lives […]
Lisa Parker: I’m more susceptible to drug company money than I’d like to be
Most doctors, like me, have spent time as a stressed junior clinician, snaffling food from drug company funded meetings, stockpiling branded pens and notepads, and waiting for the day when […]
Moving towards universal primary healthcare coverage in Birmingham
With the creation of the NHS in 1948, the UK took a huge step towards Universal Healthcare Coverage. Everyone living here could register with a GP, receiving primary care and […]
We must change how we measure the impact of health spending on poor people if we are serious about “leaving no one behind”
To mark universal health coverage (UHC) day today, world leaders are being urged to keep the promises they made in a landmark political declaration signed at the United Nations high-level […]
Paul Farmer: Pressing issues related to mental health have been put on pause
The last two UK General Elections were landmark moments for mental health, demonstrating its meteoric rise up the political agenda. In 2015, for the first time, it was mentioned in […]
Mary E Black: The Irish Border and Brexit
Liam Farrell, until recently Crossmaglen’s GP, has made me weep. On Twitter he posted: @drlfarrell. “I practised on the Irish border for 20 years, saw many of your young soldiers […]
Is there a place for politics in medicine?
The real question now is not whether young physicians should have a voice in politics, but just how loud it will become […]