The future funding of our health and care system requires a national debate, says Niall Dickson. […]
Niall Dickson: How will the UK fund a health and care system under unprecedented demand?
Richard Lehman’s journal review—22 May 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Diffusion
Diffusion and dissemination are important aspects of translational research. They are the processes whereby the products of such research—knowledge, skills, understanding, innovations—spread, encouraging implementation. Diffusion is a passive process, like the transmembrane movements of sodium and potassium down their concentration gradients, while dissemination is active, like active transport of sodium and potassium against the concentration […]
David Nabarro: The WHO must change, and I am the right person to deliver that change
Next Tuesday, health leaders from across the world will elect the new leader of the World Health Organization (WHO). With variable climates, war, and changing lifestyles putting pressure on health, this election could not come at a more critical time. The WHO must be there to help with these challenges, but to do it effectively, it […]
Sania Nishtar: Delivering the WHO that we need
Extraordinary situations warrant extraordinary responses. The election of a new Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) next week is one such setting because it involves installing leadership of an agency, which has the mandate of protecting humanity from a global pandemic which could wipe out the development gains of the past century. A Spanish […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Let’s prove the impossible is possible
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected the new Director General of the World Health Organization. Read his vision of what he hopes to achieve […]
Abraar Karan: What we say to our patients matters, but how we say it matters more
The way we frame benefit and risk to our patients can have a huge impact on their health and lifestyle choices, argues Abraar Karan […]
Harvey Marcovitch: Retired doctors and revalidation
Late last year, retired consultant surgeon David Baxter-Smith faced General Medical Council allegations of impaired fitness to practice due to misconduct, a heavy blow for someone at the end of an acknowledged, unblemished, and highly regarded career. While misconduct in the professional sense has not been precisely defined, senior judges have used words such as […]
Jennifer Dixon: Is the snap election just a distraction?
For busy clinicians the general election may seem a superficial distraction. But is it? While not all political parties have published their manifestos yet, we’ve had clues from speeches and leaks. How might the main parties address the three biggest challenges: funding; staffing; and improving the quality of care? On funding growth, the decade to […]
Chris Simms: We need to prioritise cyber security in this age of global risks
Earlier this year when the World Economic Forum launched its annual 2017 Global Risks Report, an obvious question was whether the global community had learnt from the previous 2016 Global Risks Report. The evidence suggested that it had not, or at least not enough to have prioritised and taken effective steps to mediate risk and […]