Welcome to a series of blogs on sustainable healthcare that will look at health, sustainability, and the interplay between the two. The blog will share ideas from experts across the healthcare field, some of whom are speaking at a major European conference looking at Pathways to Sustainable Healthcare in September 2013. More about the conference […]
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Richard Lehman on the 7th International Shared Decision Making conference
The seventh International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) conference, sponsored by the BMJ, took place in Lima, Peru, over the last three days. It was organised by Victor Montori, a charismatic global proponent of patient centred care, who is a native of Lima and professor at the Mayo Clinic. The motto he chose was “pacientes @ […]
Georgios Lyratzopoulos on the NAEDI and the Ca-PRI conferences, 2013
In retrospect, 1999 could be seen as the low point for cancer control policy in the UK. In that year, the Eurocare 2 study showed that the survival of patients with cancer was lower in the UK than several other European countries with similar healthcare systems. This finding has since been replicated by much further […]
Andrew Burd: Chaperones, sex, and lies
I suspect that like many others of my generation the concept of a chaperone was introduced through school era reading of the classic works of Jane Austin. The necessity to protect the virtue of the young unmarried lady (of any significant social standing) required the presence of an older companion if any social intercourse with […]
Tony Waterston: Children’s rights in England–a long way to go
Five strong women addressed the packed chamber at the Palace of Westminster, perhaps illustrating the predominance of women in the children’ sector. The subject was the launch of the 2012 state of children’s rights in England by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE). The report is a scorching condemnation of the government’s lack of […]
Sharon Davies: Why we’re reluctant to remove rapid responses from bmj.com
We are reluctant to remove rapid responses from bmj.com because they are part of the BMJ’s record—and hence science’s record. We believe that there are few good grounds for tampering with it. To date, over 88 500 rapid responses have been posted on our website since 1998, each with its own URL and each retrievable […]
Andrew Burd: Are data real?
I have just turned 60 and am due to retire at the end of this academic year. In anticipation of this rather sad situation I enrolled, two years ago, in a part time PhD in epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is a research based degree […]
Tony Waterston: Children seeking asylum in the UK
She was a mature 16 and could be taken for an adult. Indeed it was with the words of an adult that she expressed the fears, anxiety, and stress she felt when she came to UK at the age of 11 as an asylum seeker from Pakistan. Fears, as she was not treated with consideration; […]
David Pencheon: The future of sustainable practices
When will this tale be possible? Towards the end of the working day, I jump on a train that takes me smoothly well in excess of 100 mph to another large town in England in less than 45 minutes (It took 90 minutes before 2009). I get picked up by a GP in an electric […]
Hugh Morris on City Health 2012
City Health 2012 is undoubtedly the most ambitious—and in many ways the most important event—the London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum has hosted in the twenty years of its existence. We have hosted many events in that time on issues ranging from the needs of young people in terms of drug services, to helping improve […]