I used to joke that radiology is getting easier because as we carry out more and more imaging, soon everyone will have a previous scan with which to compare. The […]
Giles Maskell
Giles Maskell: And that’s an order!
“I’ve just ordered a scan.” “Re-quested. You’ve just requested a scan.” This exchange between junior doctor and radiologist takes place countless times every day in hospitals across the UK. It’s […]
Giles Maskell: True candour
Currently the approach taken to duty of candour implies a false dichotomy between “things going well” and “mistakes being made” […]
Giles Maskell: Introducing Rad-u-Like
Giles Maskell takes a satirical look at providing feedback for doctors […]
Giles Maskell: The joy of local
One of the most pressing needs for doctors is to rediscover the joy of practising medicine […]
Giles Maskell: How can we combat fraud in the NHS?
Some of our efforts in combating fraud should go into attempting to shift the moral baseline of the majority […]
Giles Maskell: A really stupid mistake
As a radiologist I’m used to getting things wrong, but this one shook me up a bit […]
Giles Maskell: Time to put place based rivalry to rest
No one is by definition a better doctor because they work at a particular site […]
Giles Maskell: Scanxiety
We are all going to be feeling more of it in the future […]
Giles Maskell: Incidental anarchy
It is a truism in radiology that the more we image the more we will find. Some of it will help to advance the patient’s health, but much of it […]