To what extent are we sabotaging the future health and wellbeing of our children through ignorance, neglect, and misguided policy? And what can we do to redress this? Discuss. Discuss? […]
Tessa Richards
Tessa Richards: Who is defining patient-centred care?
If the reality of patient care matched the rhetoric of the average “patient-centred” NHS provider it wouldn’t have been necessary for NICE to produce formal guidance on how to improve […]
Tessa Richards: Now is the winter of our discontent
Storm clouds hovered above Brussels. Europe’s heads of state battled away, yet again, to try and save the eurozone from collapse. Down the road an international group of clinicians, researchers, […]
Tessa Richards: Responding to the ageing “crisis”
Is our increasing life expectancy something to celebrate or despair of? It’s a question that’s exercising several sectors right now and it’s not hard to see why. All societies are […]
Tessa Richards: Prioritising patient’s views reaps rich rewards
What will it take to persuade monolithic health systems to put patient’s priorities at the heart of what they do? As researchers, health professionals, and patients debated this question at […]
Tessa Richards: Patients as cost savers?
Might patients hold the key to putting the brake on spiralling healthcare costs? If you had asked me that question a few days ago I’d have said no. We all […]
Tessa Richards: Run a lot, laugh a lot, and sometimes go hungry
In the mountain resort of Bad Hofgastein in Austria, exercise is King. In early October the power walkers head for the mountains and noticeably less fit conference goers head for […]
Tessa Richards: What does the EU do for you?
British doctors worrying about the impact of the chilly financial climate should spare a thought for their European colleagues. In Greece, the Baltic states, Spain, and Ireland, doctors, along with […]
Tessa Richards on volcanic ash disrupting the conference circuit
Iceland’s unpronounceable volcano has much to answer for. The economic impact of its ash cloud has been immense and its growing. Thousands of airline passengers are still stranded. Quiet skies […]
Tessa Richards: Jobs for health
As UK participants returned from last week’s European Health Forum in Gastein (read more), Austria, newspaper headlines calling for “Cuts in wasteful NHS bureaucracy” and “Pay freezes for high earners” […]