Curing the NHS
Campaigner Julie Bailey talks about her fight to improve NHS care.
Together for better or worse
Michael Royden of Thorntons Law offers some advice on dental partnership disputes – avoid them where you can, resolve them where you can’t
Vignette: paediatrician and researcher Richard Worthington Smithells
Paediatrician and researcher Richard Worthington Smithells
Lessons from across the North Sea
What can Danish TV drama Borgen teach us about ethics?
A good death
In the first of a two-part series Euan Paterson, a Macmillan GP facilitator, discusses the challenges of providing high-quality palliative care in the community
Policing migrant patients
The recent Queen's Speech once again raised the issue of healthcare and immigration status. So what are the obligations in primary care?
Breaking the silence
The big winner at this year’s BMJ Group Awards was the Britain Nepal Otology Service or BRINOS. Here ENT surgeon Mr Neil Weir describes how a holiday encounter led to the founding of this innovative charity
Clinical academic numbers increase
THE number of clinical academics in UK medical schools has risen by almost five per cent in the past five years.
Dentists must encourage staff to raise concerns, new guidance says
DENTAL teams must be encouraged to raise concerns about patient safety, according to new guidance from the General Dental Council.
Medication errors common in inpatient diabetes care
OVER a third of hospital inpatients with diabetes experienced a medication error during five-day audit conducted by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.