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The NHS in London is currently in a bit of a pickle. It is aware that money will be tight in the future (with most of governmental spending these days seemingly necessary to save the Royal Bank of Scotland), so together with those friendly efficiency creaters from McKinsey it has started to look where it could [...] For the past 20 years people who ought to know better have been bashfully embracing one evidence free treatment after another, for fear that refusing to do so would make them seem reactionary old fuddy duddies. But hope is never dead. In this instance it springs from rather an unlikely source: the Royal College of Physicians. This [...] Hi all, I would like to warmly recommend a feature from today’s Gaurdian. Deborah Orr, the former ‘Independent’ columnist, has produced an excellent account of the daily reality for mental health professionals and the clients they are caring for in the community. Well informed, sympathetic to the subject and well researched, this is an excellent piece of [...] So the Department of Health released the second annual report of its Cancer Reform Strategy. Entitled ‘Achieving local implementation’, it highlights the stark variation in cancer detection and survival across England. Without fail, the GP bashing started immediately. The Sun quoted Katherine Murphy, director of the Patients’ Association: “Patients will sometimes tell us that they had been going [...] pic by rob the lomond on flickr I just spent 3 lovely days in Gasgow, Britain’s most wonderful urban space (yes, I know that can be argued about, but as this is MY blog I can sprout my opinion vigorously). I always enjoy visiting this compact, ever improving city and marvel at the quality of [...] This week I attended an interesting event: “A UK vision for ‘Patient-Centric’ Care”, organised by The Economist and electronics giant Phillips. This featured eminent academics, doctors, civil servants (and employees of Phillips) to discuss their views of what’s wrong with the NHS, what could be done to improve it and who to blame on its current [...] In a recent Times article Professor Ian Gilmore, eminent hepatologist and president of the College of Physicians admitted that he drinks alcohol. He gives his liver at least two days of rest a week and always stays under the 21 units deemed the maxiumum for men. I find that rather reassuring. What I find a bit disturbing though [...] Andy Burnham has a MA in English. Andy is also the Secretary of State for Health in HM Government. Before Andy became responsible for the health of the nation, Andy was “Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (January 2008 to June 2009); Chief Secretary to the Treasury (June 2007 to January 2008); Minister of State [...] |
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