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Campbell cracks, if only the inquiry had some balls
Unfortunately I have been too busy to catch most of the Chilcot 'inquiry', if one can call it that, from the bits I have caught it does appear a completely limp and toothless sham. Most of the interviews I have heard have consisted of vague nothingy...
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Polysystems, NICE killing, Mike \'O\'Brien et al
There is just so much moronic drivel spewing forth from the government and its cronies that it's hard to know where to start. I shall start by the drive in London to decimate primary care there. The government is trying to make primary care cheaper a...
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European Law the problem
The coroner has ruled that a patient's death was unlawful after an incompetent German doctor who couldn't speak English properly gave him a fatal overdose of diamorphine. The case of David Gray has been well known and shows just how lethal the free l...
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\'Personal health budgets\'
The government's current idea of introducing 'personal health budgets' for patients is one of the barmiest and most stupid that I have ever heard. It can initially sound like a good idea to those who are unaware of the actual implications of such a p...
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Inquest shows grave flaws in system
The inquest into the very preventable death of a 70 year old gentleman who was given as massive opiate overdose by a 'dithering' German locum GP is underway. From what I know of the systems that are in place for the registration of EU doctors in the...
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BMJ - the rapid responses
As a result of its large readership the British Medical Journal remains a very important publication. Although one can argue that it may publish some rather politically motivated dross at times, the BMJ still does a pretty decent job at exposing some...
