Pharma companies on trial for widespread overcharging for drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have always had a profitable business for a combination of reasons – people need their drugs, the money
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Surgery ban for the obese and smokers: taking responsibility for your health?
In Hertfordshire plans have been drawn up by the NHS Trust to prevent those who smoke or who are obese
Read moreYour weekly BMJ digest – 6/1/18
And we’re back! Here at medicine.co.uk we wish you all a happy new year, despite the champagne and fireworks being
Read moreArtificial Intelligence and Doctors
A single 10 minute consultation with your local GP costs the NHS £39. If you visit the nurse it will
Read moreMedical wishlist for 2018 – top ten changes for better health
For 2018 doctors and those concerned for the NHS will have a wishlist for the repair and improvement of UK
Read moreSustainability in Healthcare – why is it important?
Sustainability is defined as “The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level … [and] avoidance of the
Read moreWinter pressures: 3 before GP
Winter pressures on the NHS is a frequent headline story and huge problem. There is a massive bed shortage nationally:
Read moreCareBnB: A solution or a problem?
Every year in the UK, an estimated 8,000 people lose their lives due to a lack of beds available on
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Demoralising ‘junior’ and ‘trainee’ doctor job title should be abolished
The chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies and a group of Oxford academics are calling on the NHS to abolish
Read moreYour weekly BMJ digest – 30/9/17
Did you miss me? I know, I know – I never called, I never wrote. Were you feeling bereft without
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