Have you ever found yourself wondering where the equipment used by the NHS comes from? Maybe, maybe not. If you are in the latter category, then you may find that the […]
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Jonathon Tomlinson: “Four problems”—a typical day for a GP
I had only three patients left to see at the end of my morning surgery. It was 12.30. I had started at 8am, taking urgent phone calls for an hour […]
Azeem Majeed: General practitioners should give up their independent contractor status and become NHS employees
General practitioners (GPs) have worked as independent contractors since the NHS was first established in 1948. However, we now need to review whether this model of general practice is what the […]
Päivi Hietanen and Matthew Richard: Providing healthcare in a Syrian refugee camp
A new temporary home in the desert Assisted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Jordanian authorities, large families flee their homes in war torn Syria to seek refuge […]
Ewout van Ginneken: ICARE4EU—important progress and challenges ahead
The ICARE4EU project wants to improve the care of people suffering from multiple chronic conditions. It will describe, analyse, and identify innovative integrated care models for people with multimorbidity in […]
Sean Roche: Is excessive bureaucracy unethical?
In subjecting the bureaucratic machine underpinning the NHS to ethical scrutiny, I suggest that we adhere to a basic premise: that it is ethically incumbent on a public health service […]
KM Venkat Narayan: Roads in India – a fast growing death trap
Today I received a sad email about a 24 year old family friend who died in a road traffic accident in Mumbai. Rohan Sardar skid on the road while riding […]
Candace Imison: The future provider landscape—are foundation trusts taking us down a dead end?
A year ago NHS commissioning was ripped up by its roots, divided up and then pushed back into the soil. Like the plants in my garden that get such rough […]
Nick Harvey: There’s now a cure for hepatitis C… but the poor can’t afford it
Picture the scenario: a disease is destroying your liver and there’s a chance you will die. There’s a cure, but you can’t have it as it costs more than you […]
Jen Gunter: The Tamiflu talisman
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has been prescribed for my son, Oliver, multiple times. It’s possible he has taken this drug more than anyone. Oliver was born at 26 weeks gestation and was […]