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 […]
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NHS standards and performance: Is prioritisation the answer we’ve been looking for?
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, […]
Martin McKee: The Brexit negotiations have started, but are they going anywhere?
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 […]
Richard Smith: Jimmy Reid on alienation in 1972—a great speech
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 […]
Giles Maskell: The practice of radiology needs to change
Current working models and poorly designed working environments need to be improved […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—19 June 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Robert Thomas: Lithuania has a vision for exercise and lifestyle medicine
The Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition recently organised a series of lectures in the two largest University Hospitals located at Vilnius and Kaunas. Enthusiastic patients and medical staff were eager to […]
Ahmed Kazmi: A GP’s experience of the Grenfell Tower fire
I am a GP working in the west London area. My clinic is less than 800 metres from Grenfell Tower and several of our patients were residents there. Wednesday was […]
Adithya Pradyumna: Human health depends on planetary health
Food is deeply engrained as a basic human need, and also a source of great pleasure. It is central to the very notion of what it means to be […]
Helgi Johannsson: I am a better doctor for allowing myself to stop, reflect, and grieve
A consultant anaesthetist reflects on what he has learnt from treating patients from Grenfell Tower […]