The consultation document published today by the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People has powerful messages about the role of hospital doctors and the training of doctors and […]
Guest writers
Marge Berer: In defence of abortion on a woman’s request, including on grounds of fetal sex
Ach, what a furore. The Daily Telegraph is in its element and having a ball printing nasty allegations about doctors doing abortions illegally on grounds of sex selection. Let’s look […]
Andrew Jones: Transforming patient care using technology
A search on one fantastic piece of technology, the internet, suggests that technology can be defined as “…the application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.” When I think […]
Peter Bailey: poisoned chalice
It is now just over three weeks since I saw my last patient, hung up my stethoscope, and retired. A GP with time to think! Just imagine what might happen. […]
Enrico Coiera: Science as Haiku (Or how to get a PhD in 20 tweets)
It’s easy to dismiss Twitter, a network that links people using messages of 140 characters or less, but it fills a genuine social gap. If Facebook is an archipelago of […]
Kailash Chand: The e-petition for the NHS passes 153 000 votes
The e-petition calling on the government to drop its Health and Social Care Bill has now reached 153 000 signatures to become the second most popular campaign on Number 10’s […]
Chris Ham: Inertia rather than privatisation is the biggest threat facing the NHS
The Prime Minister’s summit on implementing the NHS reforms has provided a new focus for debate about what the reforms will mean in practice. The government’s critics maintain that competition […]
Susannah Baron: Will there be Lego in Africa?
I have to admit that after working for the NHS for 19 years I felt the need for a different challenge. I was four years into my appointment as a […]
Chris Naylor: Effective chronic care means recognising the importance of mental health
The interaction between physical and mental health has been attracting increasing attention across the political spectrum. Last year, the government recognised the importance of the issue with its mental health […]
Desmond O’Neill: Old ideas
The year has barely started, but it is a fairly safe bet that one of the stand-out albums of 2012 will be Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas. For the many (including […]