A workforce crisis has left mental health staff at “breaking point.” Wendy Burn discusses what can be done to recruit more doctors into the specialty […]
Month: January 2020
Chris McAloon: De-escalating anxiety in the waiting room
Sitting waiting for my relative to be called to see the consultant was a strange experience. We waited for their name to be called, wondering with every new person who […]
Nicola Storring: Morale among junior doctors in the UK is at an all time low
Junior doctors need to be empowered and supported within the system, to feel a part of it, and to feel supported in achieving their goals […]
Dawn P Richards: Don’t call my experience a patient “story”
The word “story” can devalue a person’s experience, as if it is not based on evidence, says Dawn P Richards […]
People deserve safe access zones around clinical areas providing abortion care
On the first of January 2019, abortion care became more widely available in the Republic of Ireland. Prior to this abortion was only available when there was a “significant risk […]
Alex Nowbar’s weekly review—8 January 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Kieran Walsh: Supporting shared decision making
Shared decision making is a process in which patients and healthcare professionals make decisions together. It is now widely accepted that all decisions related to an individual’s healthcare should be […]
We must speak up about government sanctioned child abuse at the US border
The US’s intentional mistreatment of child refugees means that the nation has lost its moral compass, say Danielle Deines, Colleen Kraft, and Tony Waterston […]
Harlan M. Krumholz: What can we learn from the ISCHEMIA Trial?
It may be useful for trialists who present their results without a peer-reviewed publication to simultaneously archive their study on a preprint server […]
Richard Smith: Time to scrap offices (and reduce face-to-face consultations) to reduce carbon consumption
I’m pleased to see from Twitter that most people agree with my recent assertion that most meetings could be held virtually rather than face-to-face, saving tonnes of carbon (and time). […]