“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 […]
Columnists
Julian Sheather: Living with your worst nightmare
Once in a while I make a mistake at work – in spite of my best intentions, the human will out. By and large though, people are little inconvenienced by […]
Muir Gray: Competition between systems for pride is effective and essential
Is care for people with rheumatoid disease better in Liverpool or Manchester? Is care for frail elderly people better in Somerset or Devon? Which big city has the best service […]
Douglas Noble on the riots
The recent riots in London and across the UK have been an awakening for many to realise the deep seated social problems in post modern British society. The right look […]
Richard Smith: Zero based healthcare
You may have heard of zero based budgeting where an organisation starts from the assumption that nothing that was in last year’s budget will automatically be in next year’s and […]
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 […]
Richard Smith: UN meeting on non-communicable diseases goes wobbly
Things are not going well with the UN high level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that will take place in New York in a month’s time. The aim was to […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: Institute of Medicine’s workshop on country level decision making for NCDs
In a previous blog I mentioned that I attended the Institute of Medicine’s workshop on country level decision making for control of chronic diseases, which was held on 19-21 July at […]
Richard Smith: Are alcohol companies doomed to cause harm?
Tobacco companies clearly cause harm, and we will always need food companies. But what about alcohol companies? Can they produce net benefit? I’ve been pondering this question for three decades, […]
Richard Smith: What to do about binge drinking?
Earlier this week I attended a lunch in an expensive London restaurant where a motley collection of people discussed what to do about binge drinking. Alcohol was served, but I […]