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Agnes Arnold-Forster: Sexism in surgery— little has changed
Survey data recently published in BMJ Open suggest that surgery continues to be a male-dominated field where most women working in the profession have experienced sexism. As a historian of […]
Planning for multimorbidity—did the NHS long term plan go far enough?
The long term plan for the NHS in England aims to “future proof” the NHS for the next 10 years—but doesn’t prescribe an explicit national strategy to address one of […]
Rammya Mathew: Is partnership what the next generation of GPs want?
I didn’t go into medicine with the aspiration of becoming a business owner. Managing premises, keeping an eye on income flow and trying to balance the books are all things […]
Richard Smith: Bed management in hospitals—horrible and badly in need of reform
The British public is used to operations being cancelled and to whole hospitals being unable to admit more patients because no beds are available. A recent television programme showed how […]
Nick Scriven: Ongoing winter pressure in the NHS
There have been numerous descriptions of the winter of 2017/18 in both the medical and national press. It was acknowledged by all that it was probably the worst in terms […]
Caution needed over ambitions for new primary care networks
It is critical that PCNs are not set up to fail by taking on too many tasks too quickly […]
Jenny Vaughan: How can a “just culture” truly develop in healthcare?
Focus must be on the promotion of a just culture so that healthcare professionals can truly learn from their mistakes and are encouraged to admit them […]
The NHS long term plan: the road from plan to improvements for patients
The long term plan for the NHS in England is not short of proposals. [1] Its 50,000 words harbour a multiplicity of initiatives to enhance primary and community care, strengthen […]
Why is Matt Hancock actively ruling out minimum unit pricing for alcohol?
Research shows that MUP does not “punish” moderate drinkers and is an effective measure to discourage excessive drinking […]