According to recent estimates from the Ellen MacArthur and World Wildlife Federations, there will be more plastic by weight in the sea than fish by the year 2050. [1] Plastic waste is […]
Guest writers
Some delays in lung cancer diagnosis are avoidable
Support to implement simple improvements could mean faster lung cancer diagnosis At the UK Lung Cancer Coalition’s annual meeting last year, patients and clinicians gathered to explore how to achieve […]
Martina Kane: The place you grow up in shapes your health
The long term health of a city and the opportunities available to its young people are inextricably linked […]
Samuel Pollen: Of all the possible outcomes of an eating disorder—recovery is the most likely
I developed anorexia when I was 12. It was, as eating disorders tend to be, devastating—both in its immediate physical effects, and the wider impact on my life, family, and […]
David Haslam and Nishma Manek: Whose illness is it anyway?
Patient autonomy should include the absolute right not to have autonomy, if that is the patient’s preference today […]
Jonathan R. Goodman: A data dividend tax would help the NHS monetise health data
“Philosophy,” said the twentieth-century philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, “is not a theory, but an activity.” [1] When working through big questions, we shouldn’t expect to find big answers, but to learn […]
Primary care networks and the deprivation challenge: are we about to widen the gap?
The newly emerging primary care networks provide an opportunity to tackle health inequalities in England but, as Rebecca Fisher and Beccy Baird explain, they will have to be careful to […]
Murthy Adhiyaman: Mandatory training—the elephant in the room
The phrase “mandatory training” hits a raw nerve in almost all health professionals. What used to be a fire lecture and training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation has now proliferated into a […]
David Shaw: The hidden harms of “genomic volunteering”
NHS England is to offer free genomic sequencing for patients with serious genetic conditions, including cancer. Healthy citizens will also be able to have their genomes sequenced under a new […]
Preventing violent extremism: time for a public health approach?
Recent tragic events in New Zealand and Sri Lanka provide a devastating reminder of the global threat of terrorism from all extremes. For over a decade, the UK government has […]