A piece of improvement work I’ve been involved in has thrown up some questions for me around anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation (AF). Quality and Outcomes Framework data indicates that we […]
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Jane Morris: Rising admissions for eating disorders—we need to close the revolving door of treatment and relapse
Clinicians in the UK are unable to offer their best service as a result of overwhelming demand and reduced staffing […]
Irial Eno: The case of Albert Thompson is abhorrent, but not exceptional
Seventy years ago, the NHS was created with bold principles at its core, two of which are particularly relevant at this time: that it be free at the point of […]
Chris Simms: The British and Canadian health systems at 70 and 60
As both healthcare systems celebrate landmark years, they also share similar threats to their continued survival […]
Neena Modi: Supporting child health research is in everyone’s best interests
Progress in child health depends on research—an important message to remember as we face the imminent departure of the UK from the EU […]
Rob Hendry: Gross negligence manslaughter does not exist in Scotland—is it time to move English law towards the Scottish position?
Recent high profile cases against doctors have brought the offence of gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) into sharp focus and created an unprecedented level of debate and fear across the profession. […]
Richard Smith: Celebrating progress with creating a sustainable NHS
One of the successes of health workers concerned with climate change has been to get climate change framed as a health issue as well as an environmental issue […]
Rebecca Rosen: What value should be attributed to professional judgement when it is pitted against customer expectations?
We need to find a way to deal with the touch-point between professional judgement and consumer sovereignty […]
Samar Betmouni: Time for a new digital pathology strategy and re-imagined diagnostic service in the UK
An evaluation of the UK’s pathology capacity by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has identified that over the next 5-10 years “there is likely to be a severe crisis.” The report […]
Richard Smith: Spreading innovation in the NHS through social franchising
It is comparatively easy to find funding for the randomised trials that may or may not show the effectiveness of innovations, but much harder to fund scale-up […]