A recent BMJ article by one of the authors of this post (SW), argued the need for universal mental health checks in schools. This personal view stemmed from a wider […]
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Daphne Jansen: How can we improve care for people with multiple chronic conditions?
Almost everyone knows someone who has a chronic disease. An increasing number of people suffer from two or more chronic diseases (i.e. multimorbidity). Currently, an estimated 50 million people in […]
David Pencheon: Climate change—knowing so much and doing so little
Although I like to think I am a rational person who can consider most issues objectively, I know this is rubbish. I am biased, prejudiced, and a prisoner of my […]
Richard Vize: Are clinical commissioners improving patient services?
Clinical commissioners are beginning to demonstrate how they are improving patient services, countering the lack of attention they are getting from politicians. The health reforms were intended to put clinical […]
Sean P David: A way forward from ENDS to the tobacco end game
Combusted tobacco cigarette use causes about six million deaths per year and has been projected to cause one billion deaths in the 21st century. [1] The risk of tobacco smoking […]
Simon Chapman: When will the tobacco industry apologise for its galactic harms?
Last week, four US tobacco companies finally reached agreement with the US Department of Justice to fund large scale corrective advertising about five areas of tobacco control. Each advertisement will […]
Ahmet Ozdemir Aktan: Criminalising doctors in Turkey
Back in June 2013 protests began to protect the trees in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. Within a few days this turned into an outcry from millions of protesters all over Turkey […]
Marc Wittenberg on taking part in a CQC inspection
In September 2013, shortly after starting in post as a national medical director’s clinical fellow at the BMJ and NHS England, I received an email inviting applicants to join “Mike’s […]
Sean Roche: In order for patients to be valued, we must begin by valuing staff
Since the Francis report there has been much discussion about the need to disseminate “compassion” in the NHS. While there has been a great deal of moralistic rhetoric extolling the […]
Jacobo Mendioroz on plans to introduce restrictions on abortion in Spain
The Spanish government recently announced that it plans to introduce restrictions on abortion in Spain. This move has been supported by the Ministry of Justice. From the beginning of this […]