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Richard Smith: what use are memory clinics?
The government’s dementia strategy, which promises a memory clinic on every corner rather than a chicken in every pot, is not working. That’s not surprising as it’s the easiest thing […]
Hugh Ip: Reverse culture shock
I got out of the lift on the sixth floor of S block. I asked a nurse in Cantonese, “is this the respiratory medicine clinic?” “That’s right; you’re an overseas […]
Emily Spry: Free healthcare for Under 5s in Sierra Leone
It’s a new year at the Children’s Hospital and everyone is cheerful. The figures from the last months of 2009 suggest that inpatient mortality has decreased substantially, compared to the […]
Muza Gondwe: It was not easy to identify them
It was not easy identifying them; I had to rely a lot on nomination from peers. The information in biographical dictionaries of “leading” scientists was scant and searches on the […]
Domhnall MacAuley: Achievements of academic primary care in the last decade
What do you think were the achievements of academic primary care/ general practice in the last decade? We discussed this recently by email in a BMJ advisory group of primary […]
Stephen Ginn on energy use in hospitals
According to a recent article in the Guardian newspaper I’ve worked in the two most polluting buildings in the UK. Over the course of one year the Royal London Hospital […]
Joe Collier on big pharma vs the mobile phone: let battle commence
I strongly believe we are heading for one almighty battle. Millions and millions of pounds have been spent by the drugs industry in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Much more […]
Richard Smith: What’s bothering doctors?
The fantasy that doctors are primarily concerned with patients and not much at all with money goes deep and is highly reassuring. Everybody was upset by two health ministers – […]
Julian Sheather: The girl who said no to a heart
When she was five, Hannah Jones was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Although successfully treated, the drugs weakened her heart and by the time she was twelve it was clear that without […]