The fellowship of women: two hundred surgical lives, is a fascinating book. It was launched at the Women in Surgery (WinS) meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons on the 4 […]
Guest writers
Hannah Bass on Frontline: a year of journalism and conflict
2011 was an incredible year for news. Unrest across the world was organised via social media and often documented by citizens using little more than mobile phones. Rolling news bombarded […]
Sameer Sarkar: Should a doctor have to countersign gun licence applications?
There are two sides to every story. However in the case of the tragic shooting incident on New Year’s Day in County Durham, we are only hearing part of the […]
Richard Vize: How to spend a £300 million capital fund
The Department of Health is sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds it doesn’t know how to spend. As the Health Service Journal revealed last week, the DH has suddenly […]
Tom Yates: Separate analysis of independent and industry supported studies would be informative
I am very glad the Cochrane Collaboration exists. However, it is important to consider how its activities might be harmful and to take every effort to mitigate this risk. I […]
Albert Jovell: challenges for the Spanish healthcare system
A 75 year old man who was diagnosed with coronary heart disease when he was 60, and has been treated with medication since, represents a typical patient in primary care […]
Hugh Risebrow: Am I doing the right thing helping a girl go to the US for treatment?
I am running the Dubai marathon in January to help raise money to pay for a 2 year old girl with cerebral palsy to go to the US for an […]
Scott Fraser: Work experience
After a hard morning interviewing enthusiastic young people who wanted to get into medical school I went for a coffee. These days this is a highly complicated business. Did I […]
Saleyha Ahsan: Doctors on strike in Tripoli
An uneasy calm rests on Tripoli these days. A lack of effective security is having disruptive consequences. Recently local doctors took matters into their own hands by shutting down their […]
Kathi Apostolidis: Demolishing the Greek national healthcare system the amateur way
It takes vision, passion for healthcare, compassion for those who suffer, knowledge, a dedicated team of experts, commitment from all stakeholders, and experience of what it means to be a […]