The response of the government to the House of Common’s health committee’s report on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has provided clarification both on value based […]
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Readers’ editor: What is a “BMJ man (or woman)?”
In the early 1990s I spent the weekend at the home of a friend’s parents, both of them GPs. I’d recently started work as a political news reporter on the […]
Richard Smith: Is email work?
“Email is not work. It’s a distraction.” So said a fierce, bearded lecturer at a talk I attended recently. Is he right? I have every reason to think him wrong […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—8 April 2013
JAMA 3 Apr 2013 Vol 309 1355 With the runaway success of the Alltrials petition, it may seem as if everyone in the world has now agreed on the need […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Recognising good medical teachers
What is a good clinical teacher? Asked to host an awards ceremony, I have been thinking about it. At the BMJ we focus on “Helping doctors make better decisions” and […]
Liz Wager: What is the UK’s framework for research integrity?
An item in The Lancet last week (Godecharle et al. Lancet 2013;381:10097-8) bemoans the lack of a regulatory framework for research integrity in Europe. The confusion is neatly illustrated by […]
David Lock: “Privatisation regulations” mean big change
It is not every day that the Department of Health produces a formal response to two of my dry (and I accept potentially fairly boring) legal opinions. 23 March was a red […]
Kailash Chand: Withdraw section 75 regulations
Last month the UK government released its amended regulations on NHS procurement after considerable outrage from health organisations, trade unions, and parliamentarians, over what appeared to be clear breaches of agreements. […]
Saurabh Gupta: Are doctors perpetual soft targets?
I recently read an article about a study in the US journal Demography on skewed sex ratios prevalent in India among the children of doctors. It mentioned that out of a sample […]
Desmond O’Neill: Fresh approaches to long term care medicine in Washington, DC
Washington in spring is a visual treat, the spectacular arrays of cherry trees in bloom adding a frothy filigree to the sober magnificence of the iconic National Mall. Throw in […]