The government's current idea of introducing 'personal health budgets' for patients is one of the barmiest and most stupid that...

The inquest into the very preventable death of a 70 year old gentleman who was given as massive opiate overdose by a 'dithering' Ger...

As a result of its large readership the British Medical Journal remains a very important publication. Although one can argue that it may pu...

Apparently the NHS is to be central in the Conservative Party's Manifesto . David Cameron wants to meet 'mothers' needs' a...

As always the names included in the honours list resemble much more a government ball lickers convention that anyone who actually gives a f...

The BBC and mainstream media seems pretty interested in the government's talk of making parking fees fairer at UK hospitals. In my op...

As I slowly recover from recent purulent events it appears that the NHS does not stay far away from the headlines at any time of year. The...

As a doctor it is certainly true that one's experiences as a patient can really open one's eyes, not that one is keen to have too ma...

I always suspected that the 'swine flu' hype would turn out to be nonsense, the weak government and its stooges like the CMO , Liam ...

If a doctor or nurse acts negligently then there are well trodden paths for their punishment, there is the GMC for doctors and the NMC for...

Personally I have no confidence in either the Care Quality Commission or Dr Foster. One is a quango run by government appointed stooges and...

It turns out that Lord Darzi of Denham's great idea, the nurse-run Walk in Centre ( WIC ) been an expensive disaster. Not only have th...

This recent story is just the tip of the ISTC iceberg. Recently another private firm's dangerous practice had led directly to at lea...

It seems that the Australians have more balls than the British, down under the Australian government is trying to force through various dest...

According to this 'consultation' document from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills the rights of junior doctors are t...

Much talk has taken place in recent days on plans for all nurses to be trained to degree level from 2013 . I think a lot of the chatter and ...

The BBC has reported on a government report which claims that around 2,000 people's deaths each year are contributed to by the innapprop...

I read this story in the newspaper that demonstrates how completely stupid those in charge of alot of the NHS ' cash are, the Mail cover...

The Prof Nutt saga is not going away unfortunately for the incompetent duo of Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson. The disgraceful sacking of t...

Professor Nutt has been told to resign as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse Drugs ( ACMD ) after a series of controversial out...