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[Editorial] The continuing haemorrhage of UK general practice
Last week was no doubt a sad one for Clare Gerada, who gave her last Chairwoman's speech before stepping down from leading the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) after 3 years. She has been the most visible and successful head of the College in recent memory. Unlike previous Chairs, Gerada has not been afraid to challenge the Government on a wide range of issues. She has led doctors with more confidence, passion, positive vision, and success than the British Medical Association has ever been able to do. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - October 12, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Quality improvement project: detecting, instigating and assessing effective handover techniques
Safe handover is integral to patient safety. Since the implementation of the European Working Time Regulations, doctors' working patterns have largely moved to a full shift system. Consequently, there is now greater need for numerous thorough handovers between medical teams. According to the Royal College of Physicians report, poor handover between doctors is a common cause of error in hospitals, and is a major preventable cause of patient harm. Therefore, a number of initiatives have been devised by the Royal College of Physicians and British Medical Association over the last two years in an attempt to standardise the sys...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Warrell, C., Doshi, A., Mayhew, J., Thacker, E., McColgan, P., Yates, T., Rohrer, J., Ingle, G. Tags: Association of British Neurologists (ABN) joint meeting with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London, 23-24 October 2013 Source Type: research

Drugs of Dependence: The Role of Medical Professionals BMA Board of Science London, British Medical Association, 2013, 310 pp, ISBN‐13: 978‐1‐905545‐67‐4.
(Source: Addiction)
Source: Addiction - July 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Paul Haber Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: research

Drugs of Dependence: The Role of Medical Professionals. BMA Board of Science London, British Medical Association, 2013, 310 pp, ISBN‐13: 978‐1‐905545‐67‐4.
(Source: Addiction)
Source: Addiction - July 17, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Paul Haber Tags: Book Review Source Type: research

David Haslam
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 12, 500 (2013). doi:10.1038/nrd4053 Author: Mullard Asher When the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) was launched on April Fools' Day in 1999, some of its architects had doubts it would survive. Fourteen years on NICE is going strong, providing treatment guidance and drug cost–benefit analyses. Because many markets use UK drug pricing as a reference point, NICE's decisions also have a footprint far beyond the country. Now, the rebranded National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has its first new Chairman. David Haslam, a family doctor who was p...
Source: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - June 14, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: MullardAsher Tags: News and Analysis Source Type: research

[Comment] Offline: Falling out with pharma
I am grateful to Tom Yates, from University College London, for alerting me to a campaign that deserves our support. His target is a document, whose creation was led by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), entitled “Guidance on collaboration between healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry”. It is signed by some great and good institutions: the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists, and General Practitioners, the British Pharmacological Society, Department of Health, the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and even the British Medical Association. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - February 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Richard Horton Tags: Comment Source Type: research

BMA and NICE guidance on organ retrieval: neither misguided nor presumptuous.
Abstract Organ donation from deceased donors should occur whenever appropriate: that is, when there is evidence, belief or understanding that donation was the stated wish of the potential donor or would be in accordance with their wishes, is lawful and in line with current guidelines and will not add further distress to the family. This is the underlying assumption of the British Medical Association (BMA) report, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guideline and Welsh Government Assembly Report. For potential donors after circulatory death, it might be necessary to support the pote...
Source: Clinical Medicine - December 1, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Neuberger J Tags: Clin Med Source Type: research

Misguided presumptions: British Medical Association (BMA) and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on organ retrieval and 'opt out' or 'presumed consent'.
Abstract Three documents have been produced in an attempt to increase the number of organs available for transplant: a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline, a British Medical Association (BMA) report and a Welsh Government white paper. All three are ethically flawed: NICE and the BMA recommend that whenever there is intention to withdraw life-sustaining treatment and death is expected, patients should instead be stabilised to assess for donation. This is contrary to patients' best interests, the principles of mental capacity legislation and current criteria for ac...
Source: Clinical Medicine - December 1, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Randall F, Downie R Tags: Clin Med Source Type: research