Every year I lead a group of health care leaders on a study trip of medical and other organisations in Seattle, an American city with a rich and diverse health care […]
Guest writers
Desmond O’Neill: An appalling (Irish) vista
It is sad that the memory of Lord Denning, the eminent jurist, will always be associated with the unhappy phrase “appalling vista,” pronounced during the appeal hearing of the Birmingham […]
Jonathan Segal: Are we creating a generation of uninspired doctors?
So the time has come for junior doctors to plunge themselves into a specialist career. Should this be time for excitement? Time to step up to commitment? Or time to […]
Edward Davies: Who’d be an NHS manager?
I’ve just come back from the NHS Employers annual conference in Liverpool. As one of the biggest gatherings of HR managers in the country it’s very easy to mock, so […]
David Nicholl: So what happened to Jannett?
Jannett is my patient, who I have been following up since last year when she presented with Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome. The diagnosis was not straightforward, but then neither has […]
Hamish Meldrum on the health white paper
It’s four months since the Department of Health published its Health White Paper for England, during which time seven additional consultations have emerged, and hundreds of organisations have responded. But […]
David Pencheon: Learning to learn comfortably
I have had two distinctly different learning experiences this week. First, for 48 hours in a summit of NHS managers, clinical leaders, and others in a posh hotel, and secondly, this […]
Jason Warriner: A true partnership – learning as much as teaching
I have volunteered for CHIVA Africa since 2005 and have seen many changes take place with the rollout of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in KwaZulu Natal (KZN). When I compare my early […]
Chris Ham on general practice in Australia
If familiarity breeds contempt, then distance lends perspective. This much I learned – or remembered – on a recent visit to Australia. Invited to give the keynote address at the […]
Desmond O’Neill reviews “Taking the keys away”
If geriatricians had a pound for every time an adult child said that it wasn’t safe for their older parent to go home from hospital, their financial standing would improve […]