It’s taken me a while to write about my first residential for the NHS Leadership Academy Bevan Programme. So much went on there, I’ve needed a bit of time to […]
Guest writers
J Michael McGinnis: Building the patient and family advisory leadership network
Last month, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) partnered with Blue Shield of California Foundation and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to bring together patient and family advisory council leaders […]
Richard Cook: The hand of comfort
I am a man. Really I am. And men don’t cry—correct? Well this one does—not very often, but when I do it is usually a good moment to pause and […]
Helen M Nwaba on transforming the grassroots response to Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS epidemic
When a village in North Western Nigeria, which has one of the highest HIV rates in the state, is effectively cut off from other communities and the rest of the […]
Wayne Koff: Will new approaches for AIDS vaccine design lead us into a new era for vaccinology?
Vaccines are among the greatest success stories in the history of individual and public health. Since the eradication of smallpox, the near eradication of polio, and control of several other […]
Nick Fahy: Is spending money on health an investment or a cost?
In these times of financial austerity, can we convince governments that spending money on health is an investment, not a cost? This was the aim of a conference on 19 […]
Philip Wilson: 10 years of change in medicine
BMJ Learning is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and we wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. As we talked over ideas, we kept coming back to […]
Olga Rostkowska: How can we spread the message about climate change in an engaging way?
There is nothing more mundane than trying to educate people to, “lose weight, exercise, and eat vegetables,” right? Yet, there was a breath of fresh air with Alessandro Demaio’s appearance […]
Pat Harrold on why Ireland is forging ahead with plain packaging for cigarettes
We Irish are good at many things. We are world leaders in literature, music and, occasionally, rugby. Lately we have become famous for tobacco control. Ireland became the first country […]
Katherine Sleeman: Dying people need care, not just care plans
Exactly three months after Julia Neuberger recommended that the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) should be phased out in the UK, the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the LCP was […]