The Never-Ending Patient Journey
How some patients remind us of medicine’s persistent attempts to fix the unfixable
How Power Impacts Clinical Decision-Making
Why certainty and authority can be seductive (but dangerous) when it comes to clinical care.
What Can We Learn from England’s Top-Rated Trust
Northumbria proves that slashing waiting times isn’t just political lip service
The End of the 8am Phone Call Roulette?
Replacing the broken phone system is overdue — but are GPs ready for the tidal wave of demand that could follow?
Competition Time: What to Make of the New Speciality Training Ratios
Some On-Call thoughts on the new speciality training application data
Handicaps, Relegation, and the NHS League Table
Is the government’s new ranking system a useful and fair representation of NHS trusts?
Is the PLAB Exam Any Good, or Just Good for Business?
The GMC is stalling on replacing the PLAB exam with the UKMLA, why?
How Much of Long COVID Is in the Mind?
What should doctors do when symptoms are real, but the science doesn’t have the answers…
The Five O’Clock Scalpel Drop
Are today’s doctors practicing a vocation or just shift-workers?
Training Posts Today, No Consultant Jobs Tomorrow
Why fixing the bottleneck in specialty training is only half the solution
A Two-Tier NHS?
Could charging high earners save the NHS or create a two-tier system?