Two sets of recent asthma guidelines are markedly different, which is confusing for patients, doctors, managers, and funders, argue Dominick Shaw and colleagues. […]
Guest writers
Helen Morant: Hierarchy makes communication harder
Patients and their voices are starting to be heard in the world of medicine. From a low starting point, admittedly, but it is happening. Recently I was asked to take […]
Jane Fisher: Decriminalisation would have to work for all women seeking abortion care
The Abortion Act prompts doctors to discuss abortion with women who have fetal anomaly, writes Jane Fisher. […]
Jane Morris: Do school children need happiness lessons?
When I’ve discharged patients, they’ve told me how “if only they taught DBT skills at school, I would never have needed to come into hospital.” We’re very proud of our dialectical […]
Nir Eyal: Risky yet socially important clinical trials—the case of HIV-cure related research
Many early-phase studies towards an HIV cure or controlled remission involve substantial risks for study participants, but a host of ethical solutions are conceivable. […]
John Ashton: Brexit, Trump, and public health
This speech was delivered as a TED Talk for University of Liverpool. Finsbury Square, London. 29th March 2017. This has not been an easy time for me. My 13 year […]
Lillie Wenzel: The impact of NHS financial pressures—a mixed picture
Recent figures revealed that NHS providers have a deficit of nearly £900 million for the first three quarters of 2016/17—a clear sign that NHS organisations are struggling in the face […]
Anita Charlesworth: National policy can create barriers which undermine consultant productivity
“Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long-run it is almost everything.” So said Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning economist, and not many economists would disagree. Productivity powers economic growth […]
Mary Neal: Abortion decriminalisation and statutory rights of conscience
On 13 March 2017, the House of Commons voted by 172 to 142 in favour of a second reading for the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill. The bill, introduced by […]
Ingeborg Welters: Brexit is making EU doctors question their future in the NHS
Ingeborg Welters discusses why many EU doctors are considering leaving the NHS as a result of Brexit […]