There is one thing about which almost all British politicians now agree—the NHS needs more money. And we know where it will come from. We have read it on the […]
Columnists
Richard Smith: Why the NHS shouldn’t be given more funds
Increased funding risks propping up a system that has to change […]
James Raftery: A more fundamental review of QALYs is needed
Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) have become common in research, partly due to being used by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). A long running effort to update […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The prisoner’s dilemma
In all the recent talk about tit for tat, whether in the spheres of diplomacy or trade, whose origins I discussed last week, there has been little if any discussion […]
Julian Sheather: What role for conscientious objection in medicine?
What do we mean by conscience? What part, if any, should it play in medical practice? Should health professionals be free to object to providing lawful treatments on the grounds […]
Neena Modi: Health is the product of far more than healthcare
Good healthcare requires a clinical workforce with a shared sense of purpose and a well-functioning healthcare system […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Tit for tat
There is currently a lot of talk about tit for tat, whether in the spheres of diplomacy or trade. Of course, when medical readers see the term “tit for tat”, […]
Kieran Walsh: Ethical machine learning for healthcare?
It’s the year 2020 and your hospital is at the cutting edge of technology in healthcare. It is developing particular expertise in machine learning. Staff are looking at all possible […]
Richard Smith: Urban health—finding a way around the health system
Urbanisation, said Jo Ivey Boufford, president of the International Society for Urban Health, at a C3 breakfast seminar last week, is one of the four great challenges to health along with […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Austin Bradford Hill’s viewpoints
In my last two blogs I have used Austin Bradford Hill’s lecture, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?”, which he gave in 1965 to the Royal Society of Medicine’s […]