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Nick Hopkinson: The lungs in winter—helping the NHS to cope better with respiratory disease
Winter is here and with it the annual NHS winter crisis. Lung disease makes a substantial contribution to this, particularly in children and older people. Many respiratory illnesses are seasonal; […]
Robin Baddeley: An uncomfortable mismatch between control and responsibility
This mismatch is the elephant in the room, and the key to understanding the medical profession’s response to the Bawa-Garba case […]
Stephen Bradley: The NHS workforce—fix the leaky bucket before turning on the tap
Increased staffing is welcome, but only addressing the crisis in morale can stem the attrition crippling our medical workforce. Many improvements can be made without additional spending […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Alcohol
At this time of year, well at any time of year really, a look at alcohol may not go amiss. Alcohol was originally what you put on your eyes, powder […]
Sian Griffiths: We need to take decisive action to address the harms of problem gambling
Lack of evidence should not be an excuse for inaction […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: Tsunami
Metaphor Watch kicked off (a metaphor for started) with epidemic, used ubiquitously and inappropriately for the non-communicable diseases of industrialized nations. I rounded off (a metaphor for finished) with a […]
Theodore Dalrymple: Form filling for suicides in prison
Theodore Dalrymple describes in his new book The Knife Went In the Britain he witnessed as a prison and NHS doctor, psychiatrist, and expert witness in criminal cases around Britain. […]
Martin McKee: The Brexit agreement—a work in progress, but much is still uncertain
Although it was touch and go up to the very end, the negotiators from the European Union and the United Kingdom government have agreed that “sufficient progress” has been made […]
Hadiza Bawa-Garba could have been any member of frontline staff working in today’s overstretched NHS
The only way to improve patient safety is to talk openly about everything that contributes to patient harm, says Rachel Clarke […]