Most of us see the Christmas holiday season as an opportunity to slow down, take stock, and “just be.” Accordingly, we had planned a predictable article about recommitting to old-fashioned […]
Columnists
Martin McKee: The people have spoken—where next for Brexit?
What does the future really hold for Brexit and what does this mean for the NHS? […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Phlebotomy
Phlebotomy is the process of letting blood, originally by incising a blood vessel and nowadays by puncturing it. Early papers on phlebotomy refer to the curious habit of hepatic phlebotomy, […]
Mary E Black: The Irish Border and Brexit
Liam Farrell, until recently Crossmaglen’s GP, has made me weep. On Twitter he posted: @drlfarrell. “I practised on the Irish border for 20 years, saw many of your young soldiers […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Problems with expiry dates of medicines
Last week I discussed expiry dates of medicines, how they are determined and some major concerns about exceeding them—loss of drug activity during storage (through loss of compound or interconversion […]
Richard Smith: How health care is eating other public services
In Britain the state provides three supports for ageing: pensions, social care, and health care. Slowly but surely health care is eating other public services, including social care, which with […]
Kieran Walsh: Seeing a gatekeeper to see a gatekeeper
Could a robot do the job of a GP? At present, most people would say no or not completely. But some say that a robot could take simple tasks away […]
Peter Brindley: The greatest healthcare change in a generation?
If the British media are to be believed then the only thing that matters is Brexit. Regardless, as a Canadian expat, I am distracted by a different, but similarly all-consuming, […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Expiry dates of medicines
Go to your medicines cabinet and pick out a packet of medicines. If your medicines are a bit old, the chances are that you’ll have difficulty finding the expiry date, […]
Abraar Karan: Medicine’s power problem
Every doctor, by virtue of being in a position of relative power, runs the risk of misusing it, says Abraar Karan […]