Categories for Healthcare and Treatment
NHS Crisis: Doctor Numbers Up 37% and Support Staff Up 45% in 10 Years – How Does the NHS Do So Little With So Much?
The NHS seems to be in permanent crisis. Yet the number of doctors is up 37% and non-medical support staff up 45% in 10 years. How does a health service do so little with so much?
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How Modern Medicine Dehumanises Us
Modern medicine is supposed to represent progress. Why then does it so often dehumanise us, asks Dr. David Bell, as he recalls the sad story of a dying friend sedated with midazolam to stop him complaining.
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Controversial French ‘Pfizer Law’ is in Fact an ‘Anti-Raoult Law’
The French politician pushing the 'anti-Raoult' law (which many wrongly call the 'Pfizer law') was treated by the famed physician in March 2020 and credited Dr Raoult's hydroxychloroquine with curing her Covid.
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Government Wasted £1.2 Billion on Unused Covid Antivirals With No Evidence They Work
The U.K. lost £1.2 billion on stockpiling unused antivirals for Covid, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. But where's the evidence these drugs do anything except line the pockets of pharma and the 'pandemic' industry?
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The Weight Loss Balloon: A Device Too Far?
Obese NHS patients are now being given a gastric weight loss balloon. But will this new device be any safer than others that have proven deadly? It may be all too predictable, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
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The Liberating Power of Prostate Surgery
As King Charles undergoes surgery, many older men know how an enlarged prostate can greatly narrow the horizons of one's life, says Drew Clode. But an operation like a TURP can be life-changing.
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Up to 98% of Adverse Effects Go Unreported: Why the Yellow Card Scheme is Not Fit for Purpose
With underreporting of up to 98%, the Yellow Card Scheme for adverse effects is not fit for purpose, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. What's more, drug side-effects are responsible for 6.5% of all hospital admissions.
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Reduce the Burden of Disease or the NHS Will Fail
The pressure on the NHS is reaching breaking point as the burden of disease continues to increase. But why are those born after the 1960s so much less healthy than the previous generation? Dr James Morris has an insight.
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Striking Junior Doctors Are Failing to Face Up to the NHS’s Real Problems
The junior doctors continue to strike during the winter permacrisis. But a 35% pay rise is not going to stop the NHS's march towards ever greater levels of inefficiency, which is tied to the growth in part-time medics.
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Why Does the NHS Become Less Productive Every Year?
Why does the NHS become less productive every year, despite growing numbers of doctors and huge splurges of cash? A new report actually gets the answer right, for once.
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