“The NHS is not fit for the 21st century,” was the headline in the Daily Telegraph this weekend, reporting on an interview with Professor Ted Baker, the new chief inspector […]
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Partnership between the BMJ and Pfizer: Learn and change to improve the evidence
People do health research for many different reasons. Most, we hope, try to answer questions that are important to patient care or policy, with a chance of informing service development […]
Ilona Kickbusch: Health is a political choice—but health for whom?
As health gets more political, the work of the WHO becomes more important […]
Stephanie Moore and Martin Billington: Why everyone needs tea and cake
Tea breaks are an opportunity to enjoy a piece of cake and catch up with colleagues. We decided to make the most of ours and take turns to share and […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—2 October 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Richard Smith: Surely time to let the private sector take over dental care completely
The NHS is primarily concerned with fending off death. It may be crazy, but it’s so. No expense is spared: heroic surgery, prolonged chemotherapy, absurdly expensive drugs, intensive care, experimental […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Language that counts
Last week I referred to “‘competence’ and the more recent ‘competency’”. But both of these words first appeared in English, as cited in the OED, in 1594. So in what […]
Robin Baddeley: Should UK training programmes have doctors based on one site for two years?
A “residency model” may help rebuild bonds between doctors and their employers […]
Hannah Wilson: First patient, last breathe
I can pinpoint the exact moment that I truly understood what it meant to be a doctor. It was 7:45 am on a Saturday morning and I had just arrived […]
Darren A Kilroy: NHS hospital beds: then, now, next?
The most important point in the bed narrative is that beds need staff […]