January is the month that heralds the end of procrastination. The New Year is traditionally the time that individuals and organisations look ahead and plan for the future. Among the […]
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David Kerr: Consumerism and the lost tribe in diabetes
Bad news makes good press. Last week the main medical news item was the release of the National Diabetes Audit figures for England and it made grim reading. The audit collected […]
David Kerr: Complaints via social media
Social media seems to be the modern equivalent of the stocks. The main objective of the stocks was public humiliation. Nowadays, any member of the public can use social media […]
David Kerr: Connected for health – an alternative view
There are now two groups of people living with chronic disease, those that are connected and those who are not. In days gone by, “being connected” meant having personal and […]
David Kerr: Twitterrors – how not to communicate using social media
Medicine is an art more than a science and the canvas is communication. This week the UK supermarket giant Asda announced that it would no longer stock landline telephones as […]
David Kerr: Loose lips sink ships
Loose lips sink ships was coined as a slogan during WWII as part of the US Office of War Information’s attempt to limit the possibility of people inadvertently giving useful […]
David Kerr: The subject that dare not speak its name
Working in the NHS must sometimes feel like working for the United Nations. Whilst first impressions are that our own current team of overseas trainees are actually above average in terms […]
David Kerr: Street life
“Taking back the streets” has been a familiar call over recent days. The brief dominance of younger members of our society rampaging through the roads and alleyways across England recently has […]
David Kerr: The dark side of insulin
It has been a strange few weeks for insulin. This year is the 90th anniversary of its discovery and in everyday clinical practice, insulin still remains “a force of magical […]
David Kerr: Healthcare apps
The latest world record for the most number of tweets being sent on a single topic is now held by the Women’s World Cup football final earlier in July this year. […]