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Laura Hallas: Covid-19 is a timely reminder we need to improve global diagnostic capacity
We need to think of diagnostic capacity beyond crises, says Laura Hallas […]
Awareness of human factors is a key part of healthcare regulation
Human factors are of pivotal importance to both patient safety and doctors’ wellbeing, say Peter Brennan and Tista Chakravarty-Gannon […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—20 February 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Should the first rule of medicine be not “Do no harm” but rather “Be kind”?
Wordsworth wrote in Tintern Abbey that the “best portion of a good man’s life” are “His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” I understood this thought better […]
David Rowland: The Paterson inquiry is a missed opportunity to tackle systemic patient safety risks in private healthcare
The report of the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by Paterson is yet another missed opportunity to tackle the systemic patient safety risks which lie at the heart of […]
We need a “single repository” of data, bringing together information on surgeons’ work across all sectors
The recent Paterson Inquiry report was a milestone in a long fight by patients. The inquiry laid bare both the horrific extent of this rogue surgeon’s criminal behaviour, and the […]
Face to face with covid-19 on Hong Kong’s dirty team
A doctor from Hong Kong describes what it is like to work in a hospital managing the coronavirus outbreak […]
Coronavirus: rolling out community testing for covid-19 in the NHS
Covid-19 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the ongoing global outbreak of acute respiratory disease and viral pneumonia. Covid-19 is classified in the UK as a high consequence infectious disease […]
Richard Smith: Whom to trust on old age—Matt Hancock or Cicero?
The Manifesto of the Conservative Party promised us all five more years of healthy life by 2035. At the launch of the strategy for healthier longer lives from the All […]