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 ...
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 ...
Clinical
- Geriatrics: Pain in older people is under-recognised and under-treated
- Ophthalmology: Vision group warns CCGs must invest in eye care to prevent sight loss
- Psychiatry: Study finds late-life depression associated with increased risk for dementia
- Rheumatology: New osteoporosis drug combination outperforms current alternatives
- Haematology: Advice from NICE on improved commissioning for anticoagulation
