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Samir Dawlatly: What are the costs of the public sector’s tickbox culture?
One of the responses of the Department for Education to the problem of radicalisation of pupils in schools has been to increase the number of Ofsted inspectors. The issue of […]
Gavin Yamey: Can Japan rouse the G7 nations to action on universal health coverage?
In Tokyo last week, at a workshop to prepare for the May 2016 G7 summit in Ise Shima, I arrived early at the hotel’s conference room; I was giving a […]
Jessamy Bagenal and Rebecca Kenny: Turning up on the doorstep
Poor Jeremy Hunt he can’t catch a break. As health secretary, one of the few things you could rely on was that your employees, sorry “colleagues” (the term Mr Hunt […]
David Wrigley on Steve Field’s criticism of GPs—a step too far
When I read it I was so shocked. In fact I had to go back and read it again to make sure I was actually right in what I had […]
Richard Smith: Why are we doing so badly with hypertension?
Forty years ago at medical school I learnt the “rule of halves” that states that among those with a chronic disease, like hypertension, half are diagnosed, half of those diagnosed […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—21 December 2015
NEJM 17 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Chilling brain trauma 2403 Traumatic brain injury is the commonest cause of permanent disability in Europeans under the age of 40, and its incidence […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Magazines
Magazines have a long and distinguished history. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a magazine as “a periodical publication containing articles by various writers; esp. one with stories, articles on general […]
Samir Dawlatly: Junior doctor contract crisis—conspiracy or incompetence?
I fully supported the right of junior doctors to be balloted for industrial action and to take it, if required. I was right behind them using the strongest bargaining chip […]
Neel Sharma: Doctors need standardised training in non technical skills
Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) forms the backbone of the teaching and assessment of students and doctors in training. However, limitations have been described including the fact that there are […]