The inadequacy of the UK's childhood obesity strategy
The UK government published its report Childhood Obesity: a Plan for Action, in August 2016. A new analysis article takes them to task for the inadequacy of that response to a growing problem. Neena Modi is a professor of neonatal medicine, at Imperial College London, and president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and joins... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

The inadequacy of the UK's childhood obesity strategy
The UK government published its report Childhood Obesity: a Plan for Action, in August 2016. A new analysis article takes them to task for the inadequacy of that response to a growing problem. Neena Modi is a professor of neonatal medicine, at Imperial College London, and president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and joins us to discuss what that report should have contained. Read the full analysis:http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j762 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

The inadequacy of the UK ’s childhood obesity strategy
The UK government published its report Childhood Obesity: a Plan for Action, in August 2016. A new analysis article takes them to task for the inadequacy of that response to a growing problem. Neena Modi is a professor of neonatal medicine, at Imperial College London, and president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and joins us to discuss what that report should have contained. Read the full analysis: http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j762 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

BMJ roundtable: How to fix out of hours care
The BMJ recently held a discussion between experts in the fields of general practice, emergency medicine, and paediatrics about the state of out of hours care in the UK, and crucially offered their vision for a better service. Are children a special case, can urgent care ‘hubs’ be a silver bullet, is NHS 111 up to the job of triaging patients, do there enough clinicians involved in out of hours care, and are other countries doing a better job? The state of out of hours care can best be described as ‘patchy,’ w ith some, even most, people receiving good and timely care although from a confusing plethora of diffe...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 27, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

BMJ roundtable: How to fix out of hours care
The BMJ recently held a discussion between experts in the fields of general practice, emergency medicine, and paediatrics about the state of out of hours care in the UK, and crucially offered their vision for a better service. Are children a special case, can urgent care ‘hubs’ be a silver bullet, is NHS 111 up to the job of triaging patients, do there enough clinicians involved in out of hours care, and are other countries doing a better job? The state of out of hours care can best be described as ‘patchy,’ with some, even most, people receiving good and timely care although from a confusing plethora of differ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 27, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

”It’s the workforce, stupid” - is the NHS workforce in crisis?
As the junior doctors in England strike, concerns for the workforce are foremost in the minds of those running the NHS. A summary is available here: http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1510 In The BMJ roundtable, recorded at the Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit on Friday 4 March 2016, we asked our participants if they think the NHS is in crisis, and what they think can be done to help those working across the system. The participants were Clifford Mann, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Samantha Barrell, chief executive at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Candace Imison, director of poli...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 9, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts