Abortion care is healthcare. It is central to women’s health and bodily autonomy and restricting access to it harms women. This shouldn’t need stating. We thought that progress had been […]
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Jim Burtonwood: Early release rules for prisoners at end of life need reform
Current legislation appears to inadvertently favour those with cancer […]
A change of tone from the GMC—but can they win back doctors’ trust?
Samantha Batt-Rawden This week I had the opportunity to interview Charlie Massey, the chief executive of the General Medical Council (GMC), for a BBC Radio 4 documentary on why doctors […]
Katherine Bettany: Our value as doctors cannot be wrapped up in ARCP
Junior doctors know that the third certainty in life, beyond death and taxes, is the annual review of competency progression, or ARCP. For me at least, I have the same […]
Joshua Parker: Moral injury and burnout are not the same
Joshua Parker argues that we need to recognise the distinct experiences of doctors’ work related suffering […]
Penelope Brown: Safeguarding the welfare of reality television participants
Safeguarding the welfare of reality television participants is under the spotlight. Following the death of a guest on the Jeremy Kyle Show and the deaths of two former contestants in […]
Rediscovering advocacy in medical education
The time has come to reassess how advocacy is taught to medical students, say Zachary Smothers and Delbert Wigfall […]
Ben Collins: Outcomes for mental health services—what matters most for patients?
For at least a decade, health policymakers across developed countries have worshipped at the altar of “value.” Rather than paying for activity, purchasers should define the desired outcomes for particular […]
Sally Lewis: Patient reported outcome measures enhance communication with patients
The focus of the development and use of patient-reported outcomes has previously been to contribute to clinical research, particularly in assessing the effectiveness of interventions. With a primary focus on […]
Jonathan Glass: Knowing our patients—it’s all in the detail
Finding out who is in front of you, not what pathology you are encountering, makes all the difference, writes Jonathan Glass […]