Detailed plans and timings were absent from the government’s announcement in September on new taxes to fund social care reforms. So far the plans focus almost exclusively on funding mechanisms […]
Guest writers
Sam Shuster: Predatory pirate journals and what we can do about them
Once upon a time, the word “pirate” would recall the excitement of Treasure Island, but today, the Jolly Roger flag of warning is raised by publishers, whose pieces of eight […]
Food insecurity is toxic for our children and a threat to the future of our next generation
Russell Viner, professor of child and adolescent health at UCL, writes an open letter to Parliamentarians calling for support on the implementation of National Food Strategy recommendations on children’s food […]
Martin Marshall: We need long-term, realistic, and tangible solutions to solve the crisis in general practice
This week’s announcement gave us a short-term sticking plaster that will do little to improve the morale of our beleaguered profession or the care we can deliver to our patients, […]
Life lessons from the pain clinic
In the wake of a bereavement, Ruth Moore describes how she felt a new kinship with the patients she cares for who live with chronic pain […]
Cognitive dissonance during the pandemic—lessons for research and policy
We were notified last week of a covid-19 case in my seven-year-old daughter’s class. My wife and I both work in the NHS, but we still had to recheck the […]
Turning the tide: The Obesity Health Alliance’s healthy weight strategy
Tides are notoriously difficult to turn. But, when the time is right, even the strongest tides will turn—and now is one of those critical moments in relation to overweight and […]
Ray Moynihan: Ten things I wish I’d been told as a junior academic
When I got my PhD in 2015 and started out as a junior researcher, a professor friend shared this pearl of wisdom about academic life: “the stakes are low, but […]
Unpacking vaccine “hesitancy:” the spectrum of vaccine acceptance
Media reports investigating the challenges that lead to relatively low covid-19 vaccine uptake rates in younger age groups highlight a need to consider “vaccine hesitancy” not as a single phenomenon, […]
Confronting future pandemics: what could a new treaty resolve beyond the IHR?
One critical question in the ongoing discussions for an international instrument to deal with future pandemics is to gain clarity on what the issues are that a treaty under Article […]