Like it or loathe it, practice will never be the same. Constant data audit, screen reminders, and intrusive disease monitoring protocols have, undoubtedly, altered the consultation but, the Quality and […]
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Kirsten Patrick on dance medicine
This week, thanks to a pledge of £30K from the dance floor company British Harlequin, Dance UK’s dream of establishing a UK National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science chasséd […]
Annabel Ferriman: Nudging, fudging, and politics
Would you rather be nudged or nannied? Andrew Lansley clearly thinks the first is infinitely preferable to the second. And BMJ columnist Nigel Hawkes thinks that nudging is much nicer […]
Kirsten Patrick on 5-a-day fitness
All over the news in the UK recently was a story about The British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) endorsing a “quick training programme designed to address criticism […]
Domhnall MacAuley on sports medicine’s top ten
Sports medicine’s top ten. The keynote speaker had to drop out – could I give a talk about the top papers in 2010 at the UK sports and exercise medicine meeting […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Comprehensivists vs partialists at NAPCRG
Innovative primary care pilot programmes are big news in the US. Money talks, and from a business perspective, primary care is good value. So good, that Paul Grundy’s (US) company IBM […]
Harriet Vickers: Lessons from “Bloodgate”
What do the conductor of the London Mozart players, a Michelin-starred chef, the surgeon who treated the survivors of an Everest disaster, a leading UK barrister and Max Clifford have […]
David Payne: Safe planes and the night handover
Patient safety conference organisers are fond of the analogy between aviation and medicine. Former F18 pilot Steve Kreister addressed delegates attending the paediatrics day of Risky Business 2010 in London […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Tops docs at NAPCRG
Britain’s top doctors. The headline caught my attention in the supplement to last Saturday’s “Times.” At a time when doctors seem under almost daily attack, it was good to see […]
Peter Lapsley: From minor to major
It is good to be able to report good news from time to time, doubly so when it is two pieces of good news rolled into one. The government’s decision […]