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Jan Filochowski: Will the NHS long term plan address the crisis currently facing the NHS?
This key question is left unanswered, argues Jan Filochowski […]
Maria Irene Bellini: Women in surgery—if you can see it, you can be it
If we want more senior female surgeons, we need to boost the visibility of female role models […]
Safe surgeries: how Doctors of the World are helping migrants access healthcare
A GP and volunteer for Doctors of the World discusses how the Safe Surgeries initiative supports general practices to provide care to patients, like refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, and […]
Hilda Bastian: Evidence and choice—what does one mean without the other?
The evolution of cataract surgery is a lesson in the pathologies that hold back medical science […]
David Leese: We need to loosen the grip of poverty on the nation’s health
There was news this week that the roll out of the government’s universal credit welfare programme will be delayed amid criticism of its impact on vulnerable people. It is not […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 January 2019
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Surgeons should know when not to operate
Yassine Ochen, Marilyn Heng, Rolf H.H. Groenwold, R. Marijn Houwert A BMJ editorial from 1999 stated: “Good surgeons know how to operate, better ones when to operate, and the best […]
Richard Smith: Matlab, a centre in Bangladesh that has conducted trials that have changed the world
Matlab, a subdistrict 57 km from Dhaka in Bangladesh, is the site of the oldest demographic surveillance site in a low and middle income country. It’s famous for the world-changing […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2019
As last year, my list of medical anniversaries in 2019 is restricted to those that are multiples of 50 years. Thus, I have not included, for example, the 10th anniversary […]