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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Drug shortages—solutions

November 1, 2019

Over the last three weeks I have reported my analysis of over 800 published reports of drug shortages. I have reviewed the history of drug shortages, elucidated their causes, and […]

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Martin McKee: Is the NHS “on the table” after Brexit? Looking beyond the soundbites

November 1, 2019

The election campaign has only just started and already the consequences of Brexit for the NHS are dominating the news. Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at the launch of Labour’s campaign was […]

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Kieran Walsh: WHO recommendations on digital clinical decision support for health system strengthening

October 29, 2019

The WHO has recently published recommendations on the use of digital clinical decision support for health system strengthening. Clinical decision support is a recognised tool to improve the performance of […]

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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Drug shortages—harms and errors

October 25, 2019

Last week, I reported my analysis of over 800 reports of drug shortages, published since the first report of shortages of quinine and mepacrine in India in 1942. In surveying […]

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David Oliver: A speech to be proud of?

October 25, 2019

A couple of weeks ago Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in England gave a speech at the annual NHS Providers’ Conference.  Unexpectedly, he popped […]

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Peter Brindley: Nature—still the best life support?

October 23, 2019

I recently returned from backpacking through Alaska and Northern British Columbia. My son and I had reconnected during seven days clambering through the mountains. We had been entirely sans internet […]

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Richard Smith: Emerging thinking of a new chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change

October 22, 2019

Last week I was pleased to be appointed as the chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC). As its name implies, the Alliance comprises health organisations, including […]

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The Withdrawal Agreement Bill and “Do No Harm” to health

October 22, 2019

Brexit, in any form, poses a threat to health in the United Kingdom. A series of peer reviewed studies evaluate a range of post-Brexit scenarios, from minimal divergence from the […]

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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Explaining drug shortages

October 18, 2019

As I reported last week, drug shortages, recently in the news, are not new at all. They have been with us for many years, although they have certainly got worse […]

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Abraar Karan: The dehumanisation of the patient

October 16, 2019

Abraar Karan considers the implications of healthcare systems that prime doctors to see people as patients […]

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