I couldn’t sleep yesterday morning. Something was wrong. On Saturday I joined 20 000 people marching in protest at the government’s threats to impose a new contract on all doctors below consultant […]
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Neel Sharma: Selection into medical postgraduate training requires a fair and balanced approach
Prober et al recently voiced their concerns of an over reliance on USMLE step 1 scores in determining residency posts in the States. They highlighted its predominantly scientific or clinical […]
Edward Wernick and Steve Manley: Meaningful patient collaboration—a mountain to climb?
In early September we arrived at the King’s Fund HQ in Cavendish Square to be welcomed to their new Collaborative Pairs Programme, designed to bring together 12 pairs from across […]
Barry Main et al: Time to make research findings CRYSTAL clear?
By BG Main, NS Blencowe, and JM Blazeby. Hardly a day goes by without a prominent health story appearing in the press or other media. Headline-grabbing statements about “miracle” breakthroughs […]
Ahmed Rashid on #RCGPAC 2015: We’re in it together
At the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual conference in 2014, the chair of council, Maureen Baker, likened UK general practice to a dam that was at bursting point. […]
Damian Roland: The power of social media to help clinicians and patients
In a pub in Dublin in 2012, Mike Cadogan, an Australian emergency physician coined a term that would take social media by storm. Free Open Access Meducation (FOAM) and its […]
Scarlett McNally: Challenging the stereotype of a surgeon
The social media campaign #ilooklikeasurgeon highlighted just how many women surgeons there are working in the UK and around the world. Posting photos of themselves with the caption, “I look […]
Hugh Alderwick: Is the NHS delivering enough things right?
Recently, I’ve written blogs about overuse and underuse in the NHS—the problems of doing too much of the wrong things and not enough of the right ones. The final chapter […]
Katherine Sleeman: After Neuberger and NICE, what next?
Last month, NICE published new draft guidance on the care of dying adults. The extensive media coverage that followed reflects the context in which it was developed: the guidance serves […]
Kamal R Mahtani: General practice clinical pharmacists: an opportunity to be innovative or cynical?
Declining resources, an ageing population, multi-morbidity and rising demands are just some of the reasons adding to an unsustainable workload in general practice. As the RCGP point out in their […]