I note with gratitude DC’s digging of the College of Medicine arising from Prince Charles’ Foundation for Integrated Health. The College website, if looked at superficially and uncritically, may seem like a good thing – caring! sharing information with patients! recognising that targets can interfere with good clinical care! – in fact, all the same kind […]
Continue Reading →Best new website
Well done to the people behind NNT.com – good information about Numbers Needed To Treat, all in one place. I will be using this in the day job, so thank you. I’d urge them though, next revision, to think about graphical illustrations which there is research suggesting is best understood by patients. Read the one […]
Continue Reading →Rate my doctor
The concept of doctor-rating websites seems to be gathering political momentum; in fact, it’s already a reality. The NHS is being offered this data, apparently to ensure that “patient choice” is offered and “patient experience” is good. I think it’s an unproven and potentially hazardous waste of money. There’s a piece that I wrote for the BMJ here; […]
Continue Reading →Interview: Prof David Colquhoun
Professor David Colquhoun is a professor of molecular pharmacology at University College London. Since starting his blog – now at http://dcscience.net/ – several years ago, to protest between the merger of Imperial College and UCL, he has gone on to blog about the perils of alternative medicine, the importance of science, and education. Aged 72, […]
Continue Reading →Taking a “Benylin day”. Or not.
Thank you to a correspondent for the link to this promotional website offering workers suffering from colds all manner of unnecessary things. There are suggested out-of-office email messages (“I’m taking a BENYLIN® day or two and will reply to your email as soon as I’ve recovered!”) , recommendations for DVDs (all fairly rubbish, in my opinion) for frittering […]
Continue Reading →Rate my doctor
Restaurants have toptable, teachers have ratemyteachers, and doctors are now to have views on them placed on the web at iwantgreatcare.org. This website has been designed to allow patients to rate their doctors for trust, listening and whether they would recommend them or not. When I first heard about it, I reckoned it was a silly idea likely […]
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