Wednesday 10 April 2013

BMA GP contract survival guide

BMA GP contract survival guide: This guide focuses on funding and finance.

Long shadow cast by MMR scare

Long shadow cast by MMR scare: The long shadow cast by the MMR scare. BBC News

Why death rates aren't an exact science

Why death rates aren't an exact science: Why mortality data acts as the NHS's smoke alarm. BBC News

How Prozac entered the lexicon

How Prozac entered the lexicon: How Prozac changed the way people think BBC News

Children's heart surgery suspended over inaccurate data

Children's heart surgery suspended over inaccurate data: But despite data turning out to be 'very poor', the decision to suspend surgery was the right decision, insists Sir Bruce Keogh. Public Service

Ethics tool kit for students

Ethics tool kit for students: This tool kit aims to provide a general introduction to common ethical problems and practical ways of thinking about these problems to help solve issues which arise. It is structured around a number of cards providing advice on issues including medical electives, working with senior colleagues, consent, and confidentiality, referring to any relevant legal provisions involved.

Delivering high quality care for patients: the accountability framework for NHS Trust Boards

Delivering high quality care for patients: the accountability framework for NHS Trust Boards: This framework sets out how the NHS Trust Development Authority will work with NHS Trusts on a day-to-day basis, how it will assess the progress NHS Trusts are making, and how it will provide the development support each organisation needs to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

How conflicts of interest in CCGs will be regulated

How conflicts of interest in CCGs will be regulated: Reconciling GPs’ commercial interests with the responsibilities of CCGs. Health Service Journal

Well Happy app aims to revolutionise healthcare

Well Happy app aims to revolutionise healthcare:
Well Happy presents information about mental and sexual health and substance abuse in a readily accessible format.

Homeopathy on the NHS is 'mad' says outgoing scientific adviser

Homeopathy on the NHS is 'mad' says outgoing scientific adviser: Former government scientific adviser describes use of homoeopathy by NHS described as 'mad'. The Daily Telegraph

British children facing bleaker future than rest of Europe, warns Unicef

British children facing bleaker future than rest of Europe, warns Unicef: Children's prospects in Britain are poorer than those in much of the rest of Europe because of the high rate of youth unemployment, teenage pregnancy and under-age drinking, Unicef warns today. The Daily Telegraph

The Cuban diet: eat less, exercise more - and preventable deaths are halved

The Cuban diet: eat less, exercise more - and preventable deaths are halved:
A country whose citizens collectively succeeded in losing weight and increasing their level of physical activity saw their health improve and death rates plunge. The Independent