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James Raftery: The NHS top-up policy for drugs not recommended by NICE – challenging the limits?
A recent breakfast meeting at the Kings Fund discussed the issue of an NHS top-up policy in relation to multifocal lenses in cataract surgery. My contribution from the commissioner perspective […]
Richard Smith: In the goldfish bowl with GPs
Two weeks ago I spent 90 minutes in a goldfish bowl with about 30 GPs. The goldfish bowl is a process to encourage reflection, and it certainly caused me to […]
Sarah Walpole, Jerome Baddley, and Rachel Stancliffe: Lost in transition
Much has been hypothesised, debated, and advocated about NHS reform. Specialists in a range of areas have looked at the impacts on their particular area of work, yet little has […]
Jonny Martell: compassion fatigue
The medical school sausage factory is fattening me up and rolling me into shape. Another year has passed. I am gaining knowledge and growing in experience. And losing my empathy. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 18 July 2011
JAMA 13 July 2011 Vol 306 Unusually, I couldn’t find anything to report on from JAMA this week. Last week, its new editor, Howard Bauchner, promised us a new vision […]
Research highlights – 15 July 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]
Tiago Villanueva: My early thoughts on professional development after vocational training
One of the purposes of vocational training is to develop good professional development habits and skills that will hopefully be sustained and honed throughout the rest of a doctor’s professional […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Public health summer school
Does your research really matter? Most VIP introductions are bland and unchallenging. Not this time. When (Professor Sir) Peter Gregson, vice chancellor at Queen’s University Belfast, introduced the joint summer […]
Philipp du Cros: The personal experiences of patients living with MDR-TB
What goes through a person’s mind when they are told they have multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and face at least eight months of injections and nearly two years of medication? […]