This April marked five years since public health transitioned from the NHS to local authorities in England. A recent Association of Directors of Public Health survey found 67% of respondents strongly or somewhat agreed that the move had weakened the relationship between public health and the NHS. However, a recognised feature of the transfer has […]
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklRichard Lehman’s journal review—16 April 2018
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklJane Morris: Rising admissions for eating disorders—we need to close the revolving door of treatment and relapse
Clinicians in the UK are unable to offer their best service as a result of overwhelming demand and reduced staffing […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklIrial Eno: The case of Albert Thompson is abhorrent, but not exceptional
Seventy years ago, the NHS was created with bold principles at its core, two of which are particularly relevant at this time: that it be free at the point of delivery, and that it be based on clinical need, not ability to pay. The creeping introduction and now extension of healthcare charging is a direct […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklChris Simms: The British and Canadian health systems at 70 and 60
As both healthcare systems celebrate landmark years, they also share similar threats to their continued survival […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklElizabeth Loder: Gun violence in the US—the kids (and Miss America) will fix it for us
Will the Parkland students and the #NeverAgain movement be able to keep up the momentum? […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklRichard Smith: “This house needs new drugs”—no it doesn’t
Last week I took part in a debate at the Cambridge Union on the motion “This house needs new drugs.” The motion was proposed by the chief executive of AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company that is moving its global headquarters to Cambridge and emphasising science over marketing. The Cambridge Union is designed in part to […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklPatricia Cantley: We must remember how scary hospitals can be for our patients
We need to do everything we can to redress the imbalance between patients in hospital and healthcare professionals […]
djfhdkfdkjfhakdjfhkadsfhldksjfajdfkdajfhkdlsfhkdlsfhkdsfhskldfhdkfhdsklMatt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Medicine in the “Age of Anger”
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley encourage us to take a deep breath […]
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