A report on remuneration by The Doctors’ and Dentists’ review body (DDRB) discussed the changing needs of the younger workforce, often referred to as “Generation Y.” These are trainees and junior consultants aged between about 23-37 years. The DDRB discusses some of the supposed characteristics of “Generation Y” which are taken from a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. The report says […]
It is not clear what we mean by resuscitation, says Martin Brunet. […]
Impact is not an old word, unlike its close relative effect. The OED credits Chaucer with the first use of effect, at the end of the 14th century. Impact is four centuries later, and is a particular type of effect: a physical one. The first uses of impact were in the field of dynamics, in […]
Temperatures in the UK have soared to 34°C this week, and the UK Met Office has issued its second highest heatwave alert. A number of European countries, including Spain, Portugal, and France, have all triggered alerts following record highs of over 40°C last weekend. If the health effects of heatwaves on patients, especially the most vulnerable, […]
With thousands of newly minted physicians around the United States and internationally about to start their medical internships, teaching hospitals, residents, and attending physicians are gearing up for what has been known to be the rocky month of July. The “July Effect,” a phenomenon in which the mortality risk of patients and the number of […]
The King’s Fund’s June 2017 quarterly monitoring report (QMR) showed that NHS performance on key access targets over the financial year 2016/17 continued to deteriorate. For the ambulance response time, A&E four hour waiting time, and 62 day cancer treatment targets, 2016/17 was the third year in a row that performance was below the standard; […]
Regardless of what happens with Brexit negotiations, there are now three fundamental threats to the NHS and health policy in the UK, says Martin McKee […]
When I read the paragraph that follows I thought how it accurately sums up how many people feel in 2017 and explains the political upheavals of 2016. But it was said in 1972 when Jimmy Reid, a leader of Clydeside shipworkers, was elected rector of Glasgow University. Some, with understandable excess, have called it the […]
Current working models and poorly designed working environments need to be improved […]
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]