Sink or swim: the future for pharmacy
A few years ago, improbably, I ended up presenting a BBC2 series, The Victorian Pharmacy. The unlikely storyline was that myself and two historians, gussied up in period clothes, were developing a hig...
A few years ago, improbably, I ended up presenting a BBC2 series, The Victorian Pharmacy. The unlikely storyline was that myself and two historians, gussied up in period clothes, were developing a hig...
Today, the government published Hard Truths, its response to the recommendations of Sir Robert Francis, following his inquiry into the failures of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. It’s ...
Like most parents, I want my children to become good, honest, responsible adults. But which parenting techniques will turn my hope into reality? How do I get my daughters (currently aged two and four)...
We often lament how off the pace the NHS is in harnessing the power of the internet. The rest of our lives have been transformed by the ability to access information, book flights and buy anything fro...
The recent publication of the report from the Commission on Generalism, established by the Health Foundation in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners, stirred some considerable i...
How do you explain the actions of someone who ignores the plight of an older patient in a soiled bed? Or who fails to respond when a patient cannot reach a glass of water and has not eaten her meal? ...
One evening last year, I was sitting with James discussing the NHS and our roles within it over a pint of Guinness. He was one of the hospital managers of the trust I was working at and, before long, ...
Like the curate’s egg, the Prime Minister’s announcement on improving the quality of nursing care on acute wards is good in parts. Given The King’s Fund’s and Health Foundation’s work on nursing round...
The health service is faced with a £20bn funding shortfall by 2015 and an increasing demand for services. The key challenges for the sustainable health service of the future are to save money without ...
If you are using readmission rates to measure hospital performance the answer is 'maybe'... A recent news headline caught my eye: ‘Scandal of NHS 'production line' as readmissions soar’. The articl...