The true significance of the Bawa-Garba case lies in what it represents: a profession in crisis […]
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Jeeves Wijesuriya: Rota delays for junior doctors—an endemic problem that undervalues the workforce
It is unacceptable that there are doctors who are yet to receive their August rotas […]
Christine Roffe on Gary Ford: Transforming the treatment of stroke
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is highlighting seven research legends whose work has shaped the NHS, as part of its celebrations for the NHS’s 70th birthday and the […]
Anita Charlesworth: Do we want a sustainable NHS enough to agree to higher taxes?
Whatever constitutes essential reading for doctors, the last edition of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s fiscal sustainability report seems unlikely to make the shortlist. The OBR’s job is to speak […]
Tips for new doctors: advice for trainees starting in FY1
Advice on how to ease the transition from being a student to a doctor […]
Richard Smith: The shambles of the NHS two week urgent appointment system
I have a lesion on my chest that could be a skin cancer, one of the slow growing non-lethal ones. I’ve had it for about two years and thought little […]
Richard Smith: I’ve got cancer
I couldn’t resist the dramatic title, although, as I’ll disclose below, a less dramatic one would more accurately reflect the content of this piece. Normally a title like “I’ve got […]
Adam Wright: True picture of NHS provider finances shows a tough year ahead
Latest data from NHS Improvement and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sheds new light on the realities providers faced during the last financial year—and provides a warning […]
Co-payments in healthcare: politics masquerading as economics
It never ceases to amaze when policy options that have either failed or lack evidence reappear for public debate. They “may go into remission, but they never disappear.” [1] They […]
Andy Cowper: From Hunt to Hancock—a changing of the guard
Jeremy Hunt’s promotion to become the new Foreign Secretary (in the wake of the latest Brexit brouhaha) means that he joins the select club of Alan Johnson and Kenneth Clarke […]