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Ten easy cuts to save the NHS Subscription
Want to save the NHS money? Sack pharmacists, re-use second-hand drugs and locate NICE back on planet Earth. Job done, says Copperfield
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The problem with marlin Subscription
There's something fishy about the NICE draft guidance on statins, Copperfield discovers
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A giant therapy session Subscription
The first day of Pulse Live has been dominated by the workload crisis in general practice, writes Pulse editor Nigel Praities
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Planes, trains and general practice Subscription
Last year‘s Pulse Live was so good that Copperfield swore he’d walk ten miles barefoot over broken glass to get to the next one. And thanks to the tube strike, that’s what he's done
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Drug prices: a bitter pill Subscription
‘It can only be a good thing for NICE to be more involved,’ says Dr Brunet - but he does have some suggestions as to how NICE can improve. Starting with consistent drug prices
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The enemy within Subscription
Copperfield is stunned to find himself part of a happy, clappy, patient-focused NHS team – or is he really?
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I never say no to patients – and more fool them Subscription
Never one to waste time explaining why a patient can’t have antibiotics, Dr Copperfield is happy to fall back on vengeful prescriptions in the event a patient’s pressed for time
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Whisper it: UK cancer care is better than we think Subscription
The public health campaign about the stiff upper lip overlooks the fact that UK cancer care is already streets ahead of international neighbours, writes Dr Martin Brunet
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Checking more urinalyses, expanding IVF provision and Making Every Contact Count: we would if we could Subscription
Three new recommendations in three days? We need more time, more funds and more energy if we’re going to start doing some of the things asked of us lately, writes Copperfield
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'We don't have any more time, there is no time left, it's all gone...' Subscription
My consultations are so pressurised that they make my brain implode, and my average day already stretches beyond the event horizon.
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Are you a NICE doctor, or a fan of the alternative? Subscription
Recently I had a minor tiff with my fiancée, who is not a medic, about reflexology. My opinion of the "therapy" is that it was total bunkum, and as there is no proven evidence base for it. Of course, as expected, this statement did not help matters.
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Headache guidance? NICE try Subscription
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to have your ribs tickled. Because here are the top lines of NICE’s spoof headache guidance...
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Medicine by numbers Subscription
You can paint the Mona Lisa, The Girl with the Pearl Earring or Guernica: all you need is a ‘Painting by Numbers’ kit. However, a masterpiece cannot be replicated, and efforts by amateurs merely emphasise the excellence of the original. Now medicine is becoming increasingly governed by the same processes used in these kits.
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NICE DVT guidance is clot rot Subscription
Yeah, sure, I know you don’t come here expecting clinical education and debate. No – you come here anticipating reactionary views, cynicism, bile and swearing. Lots of swearing.
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QOF points on erectile dysfunction? Life's too short Subscription
Apparently, the proposed HS2 rail-link could lead to the RCGP being evicted from its new HQ.
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Big shout out to NICE Subscription
DEAR NICE, I’M WRITING IN CAPITALS BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT AT YOU.