By 2020 50% of the UK population will have been diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime. At the same time, cancer patients are living longer—over 50% of […]
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It’s time to put a hard stop to antibiotic overprescribing in hospitals
Improvements in primary care antibiotic use have not been matched in secondary care. [1,2] Although hospitals account for a minority of human antibiotic use, they are where most broad-spectrum antibiotics […]
Karen Donnelly: Doctors with Irish borders—is this going to hurt?
“Are you a Protestant or a Catholic?” my patient gruffly asked as he lifted his non-invasive ventilation mask. It was 3 am on my first night shift as a quaking […]
TIME’S UP Healthcare: Can we put an end to gender inequality and harassment in medicine?
Female doctors are calling for safer and more equal workplaces for the benefit of the workforce and patients […]
Ian Leistikow: We can improve patient safety by adopting a growth mindset
“I’ve been a professor in a university hospital for more than ten years, leading one of the largest departments in the university’s children’s hospital. I never get any feedback.” At […]
Simon Rule and Steven LeGouill: Bureaucracy is strangling clinical research
Clinical research is fundamental to the advancement of medical practice and improving the outcomes for our patients. This is without question, but evidence based medicine requires the generation of evidence […]
Isky Gordon: The reality of promoting advance decisions to refuse treatment
Advance decisions to refuse treatment can help families avoid the agony of making decisions in times of crisis, says Isky Gordon […]
Kristien Verdonck: “Hurrah, another group just published the research findings that we are about to report”
“Hurrah, another group just published the research findings that we are about to report!” These are words of comfort to authors who feel disappointed when they are confronted with ideas […]
Kathryn Leask: The “right to be forgotten” online
A recent landmark court case that ruled in favour of a surgeon’s “right to be forgotten” may be welcome news for doctors, but Kathryn Leask has some caveats […]
Screen time and social media: Interventions to protect our children’s health
An appropriate mechanism for measuring children’s digital engagement needs to be developed […]