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Problematic Polypharmacy: ‘The drugs don’t work, they just make you worse…’
Drug Policy is based on a fine balance between future benefit and harm. However, over-prescription is a growing problem: 6.5% of all hospital admissions...
The NHS Goes Back to the Future in 2015
On 23rd October 2014, NHS England published its Five Year Forward View, which began with the statement (1,2):
‘the NHS is at a crossroads and...
The Carter Review. Procurement in the NHS
The NHS is the fifth largest employer in the world. In the UK, the public healthcare industry spends nearly £40 billion per year on commissioning its health services for local people. This year, the procurement of NHS goods and services have been reviewed and concerns have been raised.
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For centuries, the medical profession and nursing profession have used humour as a way to communicate with patients, with each other, and as a...
