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Peter Brukner: The challenges for team doctors in professional sport
A recent incident in the English Premier League has highlighted the conflict of interest for doctors in professional sporting teams. In the final few minutes of a match between Chelsea […]
Joe Knight: Extreme weather and food supply shortages
It’s a given that Obama will never agree with Putin on Ukraine nor Ahmadinejad on nuclear proliferation. There are however, some common enemies that are supposed to draw the warring […]
The BMJ Today: Doctors’ salaries, football, and fossil fuels
• David Oliver: What should senior doctors be paid? In a column David Oliver hits out at politicians trying to “whip up outrage” at the pay of senior doctors, arguing that […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Backronyms
A backronym is not an acronym written backwards but one that is formed retrospectively. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gives two definitions: 1. An acronym formed from a phrase whose […]
The BMJ Today: The changing roles and responsibilities of UK general practice
The past few days have seen a number of proposed changes to the regulation, roles, and responsibilities of general practice within the UK, as well as a stark reminder of […]
Dominic Patterson: Why general practice
General practice is in crisis. Those are the first words on my site whygp.uk—launched in July along with the hashtag #whyGP—which aims to be a space for positive messages about […]
Samir Dawlatly: There is no dementia wonder cure
The daughter of one of my patients booked an appointment to see me*. She often came to see me about her father who had lived alone ever since his wife […]
The BMJ Today: A digital day for The BMJ
• Should all NHS premises provide free access to wi-fi? Yes, argues Victoria Betton in a head to head article published today. Betton, mHabitat programme director at Leeds and York Partnership […]
Neal Maskrey: What will replace QOF?
The 2004 UK GP contract contained the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), the boldest pay for performance scheme in healthcare ever attempted anywhere in the world. Eleven years on and […]