On the 7th of June, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) hosted its fifth collaborative on shared decision making in London. NICE’s main business is the production […]
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Anna Matheson: Can New Zealand’s wellbeing budget help address social inequalities?
Plans for a wellbeing budget have been met with scepticism and hope. This article is part of the Building Healthy Communities collection. […]
Kate Harding: Life after a loss—“Onwards . . . There is no other way”
Six months after her husband’s death, Kate Harding describes what it’s been like returning to the UK and to working as a GP […]
Cozzi and Barbi: Continuous positive support for parents
Children who are seldom really ill, but seldom really well, are repeatedly brought to their paediatricians’ attention for a variety of reasons, and may undergo a series of changing diagnoses […]
How do we stop people smoking at the front doors of our hospitals?
Over a million smokers are treated in UK hospitals each year and a small proportion of these feel compelled to smoke when they are admitted to or visit hospitals. The […]
Gilda Sedgh: Restrictive abortion laws hurt women worldwide
As Ireland prepares for a referendum on abortion on Friday, it is important to remember the impact that restrictive abortion laws have on women. Notably, abortions occur just as frequently […]
Medical cannabis: it is time to provide legal access, the UK must not get left behind
As countries around the world take progressive steps towards providing legal access to medical cannabis, the UK must not let the opportunity for reform pass us by […]
Missing the psychosocial diagnosis—a form of institutionalised malpractice
All too often clinicians overlook the potential psychological diagnosis in front of them, argue Bruce Arroll, Robert L Phillips Jr, and David R Kuhl […]
Measuring and improving safety is vital, but are we doing enough to measure and improve health benefit?
“First, to do no harm” is a phrase known to all clinicians. It’s one of the first things doctors learn and is an ambition which stays with us all throughout […]
James Titcombe: Staff need a fair treatment charter after safety incidents
On 9 May 2018 I was invited to an event at the King’s Fund to share some reflections on the recent case involving Hadiza Bawa-Garba. I started my talk with […]