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free link to BMJ column   Last year Carmel Turner and I went to the Selling Sickness conference to present our case for making press releases better. We suggested that guidelines would be useful – and as I explain in the BMJ column, linked to above, guidelines have helped in the reporting of RCTs via the […]

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We’re talking about acute kidney injury (used to be known as acute renal failure) tonight on Radio 4 at 9pm. There has been a paper today resulting in headlines like ‘Thousands die of thirst and poor care in NHS’ ‘1,000 patients die each month from avoidable kidney problems” Today programme, at 1.22   Updated; full […]

This is the Saatchi Bill . This is the consultation document  . Here’s where you can respond  – until 25th April. Here’s my Response to Draft Legislation of Medical Innovation Bill. 1. I am  GP in Glasgow. I also write and broadcast for the medical and lay press. I have a strong interest in evidence based medicine […]

on video link consultations   https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-to-benefit-from-improved-gp-care Same-day hubs are a ‘national imperative’, claims under fire ICB Click to access JPHCOSPMorganJune2013.pdf http://jtt.sagepub.com/content/16/8/417.full.pdf+html?hwoaspck=true http://www.pifonline.org.uk/web-based-consultations-for-diabetes-using-skype-shows-early-promise/ http://www.afao.org.au/library/hiv-australia/volume-10/vol.-10-number-2/telehealth-in-general-practice-providing-alternative-access-options#.U0zyLvldU40 http://bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/news/2013/august/talking-telehealth-crossroads-for-consultations Click to access 2012telehealth_skype.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21735417 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.12323/full http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23782753   On telehealth  Links via http://margaretmccartney.com/2012/11/15/links-about-telehealth/   On health apps  http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1811?ijkey=Z0smOczk2xpb6Iz&keytype=ref

Free link to BMJ column about this company who believe this is how the NHS works. It doesn’t.   TREATMENT WITHOUT AS.ONE. TREATMENT WITH AS.ONE. Week1 CALL YOUR GP SURGERY TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. CALL OUR CONSULTANT TRIAGE TEAM. GET IN FRONT OF A SPECIALIST. Week2 MEET YOUR GP TO DISCUSS YOUR SYMPTOMS. DIAGNOSIS AND […]

The Guardian published this. The commissioning editor said “1) Examine.com refused to be paid for this article. They refuse to have advertising on their site. Their only source of income is through their supplement guide, which collates the findings on the site. 2) That supplement guide uses a team of scientists to analyse the latest […]

Oprah Winfrey, 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIGrRRGPpqU US experience http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/786066 Overview of medical evidence  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15459320 http://www.uptodate.com/contents/full-body-ct-scan-for-screening Useful background Click to access Self-Referred_Whole-Body_CT_Screening.pdf and from my wonderful friend Hilda Bastian http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/absolutely-maybe/2014/03/23/the-disease-prevention-illusion-a-tragedy-in-five-parts/ Legal issues COMARE http://www.comare.org.uk/12thReportPressRelease.htm “COMARE recommends that regulation of these commercial CT services should be reviewed. We also recommend that clients should be provided with comprehensive information regarding […]

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