Earlier this year, I (RA) slipped on ice on my rather steep drive. The result was an electric shock like sensation from head to toe and a sore neck. I […]
Guest writers
Ike Anya: Human rights day – reflecting on access to healthcare for undocumented migrants
The current financial pressures on the public sector and the drive to achieve savings in the NHS are the focus of much debate and speculation at the moment. Of particular […]
Michael Wilks: the last day of the Cancún conference
The end of any international meeting is always fraught with uncertainty, and compromises are more likely as deadlines loom. On this last full day, Cancún looks like being very difficult to […]
Michael Wilks on the latest from Cancún
As we reach the middle of the second and final week of this COP meeting, positions are beginning to harden, and may well persist into the post-Cancún landscape. Ministers started […]
Anna Dixon: Should clinicians be responsible for the population as well as individuals?
Historically, clinicians have had a strong tradition of connecting the health of the individual in their surgery to the population’s health. Doctors were, for example, active in early campaigns for […]
Michael Wilks: Climate change and health – time for a new narrative
The last “COP” (conference of the parties) meeting, in Copenhagen a year ago ended in chaos, mutual distrust, and an agreement on very little. The fact that world leaders are staying […]
Des O’Neill: So, when do you become “old”?
An occupational hazard of being a geriatrician is that not infrequently I am asked at social occasions: “So, Des, when do you become ‘old’?” The questioner is usually a fit […]
Nathan Ford: Flying in the face of evidence
Despite having its critics, most clinicians agree that evidence-based medicine is, on the whole, a good thing. But evidence is just one part of what drives policy, and this is […]
Harriet Vickers: The one in front of me, or all of them out there?
As the government’s white paper promises to change the role and duties of GPs, this week’s King’s Fund conference asked “do clinicians have a responsibility for the population as well […]
Jeffrey Aronson: 6/60 Vision: Celebrating the BNF and BNFC
Thursday 18 November. To BMA House to celebrate the publication of the 60th issue of the British National Formulary (BNF) and the 6th issue of its paediatric counterpart, the BNF […]