Over the past 10 years, dog bite related admissions in all age groups have risen, with children under the age of 10 being most commonly afflicted. A year long audit […]
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Barbara Peters: When does a hospital’s duty of care end?
When does a hospital’s duty of care end? Great care is placed in patient pathways, but little recognition given to what happens after a patient dies. The challenge is that […]
Jane Parry: The disease of poverty is a doctor’s business everywhere
“If you miss the poor, you’ve missed the point,” said Margaret Mungherera in her recent inaugural speech as incoming president of the World Medical Association. She urged doctors around the […]
Ellen Collins on funder priorities for open access
In the last two years, UK policy has taken a clear turn towards open access. With the aim of making published, peer-reviewed research outputs available to anybody who wants to […]
Khaled E Emam: Anonymisation and creepy analytics
When health data is shared for secondary purposes, such as for research, there is always the concern about patient privacy. Data custodians want to at least meet the requirements in […]
Susan Cookson et al: Success with disease surveillance in Somalia
Photo: Children receiving the polio vaccine in Somalia. Despite violence and abuse in Somalia, we wish to report some successes with disease surveillance. […]
Billy Boland on joining the NHS leadership academy
Back in June, I was putting the finishing touches to my application for the NHS Leadership Academy. A new and ambitious venture, it aims to bring leadership and management development […]
Vijaya Nath: Making revalidation work—what have we learnt so far?
Revalidation—the process by which licensed doctors demonstrate that they are up to date and fit to practise—was greeted with cynicism by some in the medical profession when it was introduced […]
James Partridge: Reflections on Niki Lauda: A face from the flames
1 August 1976. A date to remember. Niki Lauda crashes, and the world stops. It stopped me in my tracks and forced me to think back. I had handed in […]
Mark Taubert: Palliative care—a “depressing” specialty?
As part of the Dying Matters Awareness Week in the UK, we were all encouraged to talk openly about dying in an attempt to be more ready for it. [1] […]