It is not often that medics are faced with incidents as frightening as the terror attack in Manchester earlier this summer. I arrived at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital anticipating […]
Guest writers
Medical schools should be prioritising nutrition and lifestyle education
Kate Womersley and Katherine Ripullone Would you expect a junior doctor to be confident giving basic advice and care for the most common and fatal diseases? Of course you would. NICE […]
Ronnie Cowan: Drug policy reform is required, we can’t afford to delay for long
We should be addressing how we think about drugs and drug laws […]
Jane Dickson: It is never appropriate for women not to be able to afford emergency contraception
Recently we have seen a rallying of women in response to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) and Women’s Equality Party call for a reduction in the price of emergency […]
Mark Watts: Are multi-disciplinary teams damaging our health?
The introduction of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) into the regular practice of cancer and other specialties within medicine must surely be one of the leading advancements in delivery of healthcare […]
Wendy Burn: Girl X has a bed, for now, but what next?
Stigma must not stop investment in mental health services, says the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists […]
Simon Wessely: Stephen Hawking and his love letter to the NHS
Walking into the Royal Society of Medicine last Saturday (19 August) for my first official duty as the incoming President, two things suggested that this was not going to be the […]
Johann Malawana: Exception reporting—It’s not just a right but a duty
We must not stay silent while staff are being stretched and departments are falling apart […]
Charlotte Ralston: Medical students would benefit from working as healthcare assistants
Charlotte Ralston and Ciaran Walsh You can always spot the new medical students on a hospital ward. They look unsure—intelligent, but professionally gangly and ill at ease with their surroundings […]
Andrew Furber: What is the role of public health in a modern democracy?
According to Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” For good or ill we elect our representatives, they have the democratic mandate to […]