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There are a lot of elephants in a lot of rooms these days. The popularity of an elephant in the room in general English has increased ten-fold since the early […]
Jane Fisher: Decriminalisation would have to work for all women seeking abortion care
The Abortion Act prompts doctors to discuss abortion with women who have fetal anomaly, writes Jane Fisher. […]
Daoxin Yin: Can high-tech shared bikes put China back on two wheels?
China used to be “a kingdom of bicycles,” but their popularity has waned in recent years. Daoxin Yin looks at what it would take to bring bikes back […]
Reena Aggarwal: What does the failure of AHCA mean for women’s healthcare?
Despite the AHCA failing, plans to defund Planned Parenthood in the US will damage women’s healthcare choices, says Reena Aggarwal […]
Richard Smith: Quality in the NHS in 2017
Britons invented the first antibiotic, the MRI scanner, in vitro fertilisation, and much more, and Britain punches way above its weight in science, said Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s medical […]
Jane Morris: Do school children need happiness lessons?
When I’ve discharged patients, they’ve told me how “if only they taught DBT skills at school, I would never have needed to come into hospital.” We’re very proud of our dialectical […]
Nir Eyal: Risky yet socially important clinical trials—the case of HIV-cure related research
Many early-phase studies towards an HIV cure or controlled remission involve substantial risks for study participants, but a host of ethical solutions are conceivable. […]
Nick Hopkinson: What is breathing worth? The economic cost of lung disease
It is no secret that the UK healthcare system is under strain. The percentage of GDP spent on healthcare is projected to fall to 6.6% by 2020/21, back to the same […]
Jennifer Dixon: The NHS Five Year Forward View—the task now is delivery
As the good book notes “Without a vision the people perish.” While not on a biblical scale, the Five Year Forward View published in 2014 set out what was a broad […]