In autumn 2016, I stepped out of my clinical training to become a leadership and management fellow at Health Education England (HEE), with the aim of gaining a different view on healthcare. In already-crowded curricula, there is limited time to expose junior doctors to leadership and management, despite its notable presence in the job descriptions […]
We as clinicians need to get playing that game […]
“Universal health coverage is a human right.” This was a welcome statement from the new Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [1] Europe, as one of the most affluent parts of the world with an admirable history of social protection and welfare states, should be leading the way in ensuring […]
A mixed public-private healthcare system reduces the effectiveness of healthcare for everyone […]
The CQC’s annual State of Care report for 2017 says future NHS quality is precarious—but is anyone listening? […]
The ultimate goal must be to remove any difference between indemnity fees paid by doctors in hospital and those who work in general practice […]
Harnessing the insights from behavioural science could yield major gains […]
In the UK, electronic health records (EHR) have been almost universal in general practice since the 1990s, and were deployed across hospitals in the early 2000s. The Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB) was set up in 2013 “to develop high quality, consistent care records and promote their use.” As I sat in the third annual […]
Recognising general practice as a specialty would raise its profile and acknowledge the expertise it requires […]
“The NHS is not fit for the 21st century,” was the headline in the Daily Telegraph this weekend, reporting on an interview with Professor Ted Baker, the new chief inspector of hospitals. It seems like only yesterday that another Professor—Stephen Hawking—felt compelled to raise concerns in the press about the current state of the NHS. […]