The enduring importance of doctors in a high-tech world is their human connection to patients, says Rachel Clarke […]
Rachel Clarke
Rachel Clarke: Why Matt Hancock’s promotion of Babylon worries doctors
Is there anything more worrying in healthcare than a zealot? Sweeping, soaring visionaries who refuse to be held back by boring niceties like evidence? Health secretary Matt Hancock is an […]
Rachel Clarke: Why, as a doctor, I support an informed People’s Vote
Is there anything in the world more boring than Brexit? I know, I know. I can’t bear it either. But this week might just be crunch time. Please, for a […]
Rachel Clarke: Senator John McCain’s surprising lesson for doctors
McCain’s advice about communication has lessons for doctors, says Rachel Clarke […]
Rachel Clarke: The Hadiza Bawa-Garba case is a watershed for patient safety
We need the GMC to set a powerful precedent by speaking up about the dangers of rota gaps, says Rachel Clarke […]
Hadiza Bawa-Garba could have been any member of frontline staff working in today’s overstretched NHS
The only way to improve patient safety is to talk openly about everything that contributes to patient harm, says Rachel Clarke […]
Rachel Clarke: A blame culture has made the NHS less safe, not more
“The NHS is not fit for the 21st century,” was the headline in the Daily Telegraph this weekend, reporting on an interview with Professor Ted Baker, the new chief inspector […]
Rachel Clarke: The professor, the politician, and the advent of “Huntsplaining”
If this seems like a silly season Twitter spat, it isn’t. It’s deadly serious […]
Rachel Clarke: Cheap, undervalued, expendable—junior doctors in 2017?
NHS trusts are still treating junior doctors as if they are expendable at a time when low morale should be a priority […]
Rachel Clarke: Junior doctors’ dispute—Jeremy Hunt musn’t ignore doctors’ genuine concerns
It’s ironic, isn’t it? Even as last ditch truce talks to settle the junior doctors’ dispute got underway this week, UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under fire yet […]