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Nudge nudge, wink wink
‘Medics’ will be gathering in Scotland this week for a 5-day meeting at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh to discuss the medical breakthroughs that have done most to shape and indeed saved...
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The Public health white paper – a new school of thought
‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People,’ the White Paper on public health has been published and is available on the Department of Health website. The news release sets out the Secretary of State’s ‘ladder of...
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‘Caldicott 2′ Evidence gathering session on research –‘patients and the...
‘Caldicott 2′ is the health and social care information governance review being conducted by Dame Fiona Caldicott with a due date for completion this autumn. The title of the review is ‘Information:...
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The NHS Commissioning Board Draft Mandate and patients in health research
The Shard went up (officially). And the NHS Commissioning Board Draft Mandate came down from on high. All on the same day. Add the odd torrential downpour with its associated misery and these could...
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Is it an industry or a movement we are creating?
In his Guardian blog yesterday, Dick Vinegar, asks a genuinely good question: ‘Who is fighting the patient’s corner?’ He writes about his recent attendance at a Westminster Health Forum conference...
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Patients need apply – European Medicines Agency (EMA) next steps on clinical...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published the note of the conference held in London a few weeks ago, about its plans for proactive publication of clinical trial data. It is now setting up five...
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A commercial break of sorts: (Dr Ann-Gel) Palermo comes to Bristol 25th Sept:...
Community-based Participatory Research: Unlocking the potential – 25th September in Bristol, 14.30-16.00. Dr Ann-Gel Palermo is an experienced community activist researcher, involved with numerous...
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Should we be stopping people in the street about their health? But not in our...
I live in Tunbridge Wells. I would be happiest in Chester. I should avoid Wealden. But if I couldn’t make the journey then Sevenoaks is my best bet. That’s what I learnt from the interactive test...
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The best thing since sliced bread? Mobile phone technology and public health.
A curious story caught my eye in the Sunday Telegraph. It told how High Street retailers are sending adverts and money-off coupons to the mobile phones of passers-by. Soon, they hope to be able to...
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