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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
2 April 2024
No-fault NHS compensation system: Equality but not equity
The recent Times Health Commission Report with ‘10 recommendations to save the NHS’ contains many sensible proposals, but the idea of introducing a no-blame compensation scheme for medical errors is misguided and would disbenefit as many as it helps.
26 March 2024
Ovarian cancer – A crisis of awareness
According to the charity Target Ovarian Cancer (‘Target’), the lack of understanding surrounding this devastating disease has led to ‘an awareness crisis’. This month the charity is redoubling its efforts to put ovarian cancer in the spotlight. It states that there are over 7,000 cases every year, and two thirds of these are diagnosed too late when the cancer has already spread. Target aims to address both a lack of understanding about early symptoms among women… as well as doctors.
20 March 2024
Closing the health inequality gap for patients with autism
Studies have shown that there is significant health inequality for patients with autism, leading to a lower health related quality of life and an increased risk of mortality.
6 March 2024
Martha’s Rule - it will be vital for patients to know about this new route to an emergency second opinion
It is great news that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and NHS England have both committed to implement Martha’s Rule in England, having already expressed my support for the move.
29 February 2024
Does doctor really know best? The New Dawn of Medical Paternalism
The harrowing experience of seeing a family member in pain and distress is something that no person wishes to experience. But the added complexity of knowing that this experience could have been avoided, further doubles the anguish that families experience when their loved one has been provided with negligent treatment or advice.