Wimbledon is over (well done Andy Murray), but London still has a wealth of other treats to offer. A trip to the Science Museum, for example, where the Beyond the […]
Patient and public perspectives
Angela Coulter: At last some better news on shared decision making
Shared decision making has now entered common parlance. Everyone seems to be talking about it and the term pops up frequently in report after report. But we can’t assume it’s […]
Matthias Wienold: How an online patient group proved its value to me
Around the world patient groups in social networks are growing and even becoming of interest to researchers. So, when I got diagnosed with cluster headache (CH) syndrome I gave it […]
Edward Wernick and Steve Manley: Meaningful patient collaboration—the end of the beginning . . .
The delay between this blog and the last one in November on the new King’s Fund Collaborative Pairs Programme reflects the level of work that we have been dealing with over the […]
Julie Wood: Yoga and asthma
I am not at all surprised that new Cochrane evidence showed yoga may be beneficial to those with asthma. I am a devoted yogi who has practised a combination of […]
Matthias Wienold: Drug regulation—a patient’s view
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) guards access of new drugs to the health markets of the EU member states. It was founded over 20 years ago to combine the best […]
Joseph O’Keeffe: The junior doctors’ strike—voices from the ward
Junior doctors are arguing that the contract changes compromise patient safety. I agree. But do those we treat? It’s hard to tell. Social media appears dominated by the junior doctors, […]
Paul Hodgkin: The dogs that don’t bark are the most difficult to hear
For at least the last 70 years patients have been regularly gathered in crowded outpatient clinics and left to sit in silence. Decade after decade, country after country, health systems […]
Suzanne Gordon on the difficult patient
Today it’s hard to find a healthcare professional who doesn’t want to “put the patient first,” practise “patient centered care,” or make the patient “part” or even “the centre” of the […]
Andrew Guest: Pots from pills
I began making ceramics just over ten years ago, as a counterpart to my main career promoting and creating opportunities for artists and architects. I quickly discovered the allure of […]