Under great political pressure and caught up in the razzmatazz surrounding the NHS’s 70th birthday, the government has promised another £20 billion to the NHS. What should be done with […]
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Paul Burstow: Mental health—time to stop chasing demand and start tackling the causes
“The future health of millions of children, the sustainability of the NHS, and the economic prosperity of Britain all now depend on a radical upgrade in prevention and public health.” […]
The NHS heart age test will overload GPs who are already under huge pressure
Providing tools that don’t acknowledge uncertainty will erode the public’s trust in the health service […]
Ferelith Gaze: Five tests for the new NHS long term plan
The £20 billion NHS funding uplift announced in June, and the accompanying long-term plan, could mark a key point in the history of the NHS. The plan, and accompanying government […]
Andy Whittamore: People with severe asthma are slipping through the net
An estimated 200,000 people in the UK may have severe asthma and not even know it, according to a new report by Asthma UK. The effectiveness of reliever inhalers and […]
Lucy Selman: Reducing preventable stillbirth rates in the UK
More must be done—Nine babies every day is just too many […]
Samir Dawlatly: UK life expectancy figures mask growing health problems
While the average life expectancy continues to rise in the UK, there are worrying trends within the statistics. I do not think it possible for life expectancy to keep rising […]
James S Thambyrajah: Providing prison healthcare is a unique experience
As a GP who works in prison healthcare, I was saddened and shocked to hear what occurred at HMP Birmingham recently. The government had to take over control from a […]
Danny Keenan and Kieran Mullan: Making quality improvement easier
If we want clinical leaders to act on data for quality improvement, we need to make easy access a priority […]
Victoria Crowe: Error in radiology and the danger of “20/20 vision in hindsight”
During the early stages of training in radiology there is limited independent practice and much of your work is supervised or signed off by a senior colleague prior to a […]