The independent investigation into the near collapse of the acute and paediatric dermatology service in Nottingham has called the process an “unmitigated disaster.” This collapse was foreseeable and avoidable, and in the aftermath of the report it is important that clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), trusts, and private providers nationally take on-board what went wrong to […]
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Susannah Baron: On national strikes and difficult dermatology
You probably have not heard about the Tanzanian health strike, which has had a major impact on healthcare in the country recently. The strike, as far as I could gather was about pay. It seems that the new interns had not been paid for their first 3 months work and the government were also wishing […]
Andrew Burd on Chinese medicine and Chinese trains
A few weeks ago I took the family on a trip to Wuhan. We went with another family and a family friend, so it was a jolly party that crossed the border and took a domestic flight from Shenzhen to Wuhan on the Friday evening. Wuhan is a fascinating city, positioned half way between Beijing […]
Peter Lapsley: Acne on the web
It is good to be able to report good news from time to time, and this week brought with it some very good news indeed – the launch in London on Tuesday 29 March of The Acne Academy, a web-based resource both for health professionals and for people with acne. That may sound inconsequential to […]
Peter Lapsley: Please tick the box!
Some things never seem to change. I spent much of the ten years during which I ran the Skin Care Campaign (SCC) explaining patiently to the government and to pharmacists that, where topical treatments for skin diseases are concerned, generic substitution can present serious problems. That was not only the view of the 35 patient […]