Hospital Dr News

Welfare changes failing our most vulnerable children, report claims

By Mike Broad - 16th May 2013

Poverty is one of the main reasons that the UK continues to underperform on child wellbeing, a BMA report claims. Growing up in t ...

• Emergency units "in danger of collapsing"
• Nuffield Health shows healthy hospital growth
• Pledge to integrate health and social care
• Split over role of online medical records
• Juniors ill-informed about healthcare reform

Dr Blogs

Do cycle helmet laws reduce head injuries? No...

Dr Blogs - 17th May 2013

Every few years a piece of research comes out on cycling helmets ... and all hell breaks loose. The ...

GPs must work harder - really, says who?

Bob Bury - 16th May 2013

I've been quietly seething all day about an article of incomparable daftness that I read in The Time ...

Surgeons no longer ignore patients' medical needs

Dr Blogs - 15th May 2013

I am a first year core surgical trainee (CST) working in South West London. I recently attended a 'L ...

Pros and cons of screening for diabetes nationally

Dr Blogs - 13th May 2013

What makes a good screening programme? First, the condition being screened for needs to be an imp ...

Tackling the crisis in emergency care

Dr Blogs - 10th May 2013

The chair of the CQC, David Prior, says what every hospital doctor has known for years - namely that ...