27 Jun, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
The joint BMJ-King’s Fund debate to mark the NHS’s 60th anniversary was held on 25 June 2008 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the motion - “The founding principles of the NHS (services funded only by taxation and available to all regardless of ability to pay) are no longer relevant in 21st century Britain” - was defeated Respond to this podcast or read the full transcript.
19 Jun, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
Chris Ham, professor of health policy and management at Birmingham University, gave the first BMJ lecture. He looked at what doctors could expect from the final report of Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS, and warned that the NHS might have to attract more private money if it was ever to become a world class service.
18 June 2008
18 Jun, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
Health chief Tom Frieden speaks to Karen McColl about his tobacco control programme in New York.
13 Jun, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
Olivier De Schutter, the UN’s new special rapporteur on the right to food, speaks to Karen McColl about the current food crisis and what should be done about it.
22 May, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
BMJ features editor Deborah Cohen talks to conference guest James P Bagian, VHA Chief Patient Safety Officer, Director VA National Center for Patient Safety, former NASA astronaut, at the “Risky Business” conference on patient safety on 16 May at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.
22 May, 08 | by Birte Twisselmann
BMJ features editor Deborah Cohen visits the “Risky Business” international patient safty conference and talks to Dr Allan Goldman, to the lead for cardiac intensive care at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
16 May, 08 | by BMJ Group
BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee interviews health minister Lord Ara Darzi about polyclinics and his review of the NHS.
28 Feb, 08 | by BMJ Group
On February 29 the UK government is introducing an Australian-style points based immigration system for highly skilled workers. The BMJ’s Deborah Cohen has put your questions about these changes to Edwin Borman, former chair of the BMA’s International Committee, Graham Winyard, former postgraduate dean and former deputy chief medical officer, and Ramesh Mehta, president of BAPIO (the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin). Topics covered in the debate include:
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31 Jan, 08 | by BMJ Group
Do you want to know what’s in store for junior doctors’ training? Or are you wondering why MTAS seemed to go horribly wrong? BMJ features editor Deborah Cohen put your questions to Ram Moorthy, the chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee and Matt Jameson Evans, cofounder of and spokesman for Remedy UK. Topics covered in the interview include:
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13 Dec, 07 | by BMJ Group
Professor Sir John Tooke is dean of the Peninsula Medical School. He led the successful bid for the creation of the Peninsula Dental School, awarded in 2006 and is the inaugural executive dean of the new, integrated Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. He graduated from Oxford in 1974, and his clinical and research interests in diabetes and vascular medicine continue.
In April 2007, Professor Tooke was asked by the government to investigate the failed implementation of the government’s Modernising Medical Careers programme.
Tony Delamothe is deputy editor of the BMJ and editor in chief of bmj.com.
Read recent BMJ articles on the Tooke report:
What do you think: Should the Tooke report on postgraduate medical education and training be implemented in full? Take part in our reader’s poll.
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