The short life of Charlie Gard
The short life of Charlie Gard seems now to be coming to an end. His parents have conceded that their…
NHS
NHS doctor shortages – Obs & Gynae
This week, figures released showed that the NHS faces an 'unprecedented workforce crisis' with NHS doctor shortages, as vacancies rise…
RSM Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship 2016 – an update
Neurology trainee Dr Smriti Agarwal, awarded an Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship in December 2016, has recently…
Royal Society of Medicine prizes
Winning medical prizes, bursaries or awards can bring great benefits to doctors starting out on their careers. As well achieving…
Acupuncture for advanced cancer patients
Up to 70 per cent of patients with advanced stage cancer suffer from pain for which they receive inadequate pain…
Keeping nurses interested
New figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have revealed that more nurses and midwives are leaving the profession…
The truth behind health tourism
“Doctors are not border patrol,” Dr Paquita de Zulueta stresses, “nor are we the Home Office." Such distinctions - no matter…
Then and now – your bones
Today three million woman in the UK are diagnosed with so-called brittle bone disease, but back in the 1960s, it…
What killed the residents of the Grenfell Tower?
What killed so many of the residents of the Grenfell Tower? In the weeks after the tragedy in London, it’s becoming…
Boosting empathy-based medicine
Technology should be used to boost empathy-based medicine, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Royal…