Countries with weaker health systems must not be left behind in the global emergency response to covid-19, says Keerti Gedela […]
Month: February 2020
Pallavi Bradshaw: Tackling the cost of clinical negligence claims
Recently the eyewatering cost of clinical negligence claims to the NHS have dominated the headlines—£2.4bn was paid out during 2018/19 alone. To put this into context, £2.4bn equates to the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Anamnesis
Last week I referred to Noam Chomsky’s theory of a universal grammar and Stephen Pinker’s account of the idea that our ability to use language is instinctive and innate. This […]
Robert Peckham: The covid-19 outbreak has shown we need strategies to manage panic during epidemics
Panic is a word that’s been widely used during this outbreak, yet Robert Peckham argues that this social phenomenon is little understood […]
Laura Hallas: Covid-19 is a timely reminder we need to improve global diagnostic capacity
We need to think of diagnostic capacity beyond crises, says Laura Hallas […]
Awareness of human factors is a key part of healthcare regulation
Human factors are of pivotal importance to both patient safety and doctors’ wellbeing, say Peter Brennan and Tista Chakravarty-Gannon […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—20 February 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Should the first rule of medicine be not “Do no harm” but rather “Be kind”?
Wordsworth wrote in Tintern Abbey that the “best portion of a good man’s life” are “His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” I understood this thought better […]
David Rowland: The Paterson inquiry is a missed opportunity to tackle systemic patient safety risks in private healthcare
The report of the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by Paterson is yet another missed opportunity to tackle the systemic patient safety risks which lie at the heart of […]
We need a “single repository” of data, bringing together information on surgeons’ work across all sectors
The recent Paterson Inquiry report was a milestone in a long fight by patients. The inquiry laid bare both the horrific extent of this rogue surgeon’s criminal behaviour, and the […]