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As published in the Herald, 24 June 2024 : Nearly six years ago the following Report was published by the Scottish Parliament: This report was published in July 2018. At the … Continue reading “More doctors will not blow the whistle for fear of retribution”
The above quote is by Dr Mark Horowitz, co-author of: My wife recently had this review of the above guidelines published in the British Journal of General Practice. The review … Continue reading Turn of events
I have been fixing my auld Land Rover: fitting a new door and ‘anti-burst’ locks. In doing so I required a range of spanner sizes in both metric and imperial … Continue reading an accidental find
This report by Beyond Pills All-Party Parliamentary Group has just been published and can be read in full here. What follows are the opening pages including a list of contents … Continue reading ‘A Call for an Overhaul of the Mental Health System’
As published in The Independent on 11th May 2024: Exclusive: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is to look at the effectiveness of side-effect warnings in relation to the … Continue reading Prescribed drugs: ‘to be probed over link to suicide and self-harm’
This Research was published in the BMJ on the 17 April 2024 and has been made open access. The paper begins with this summary box: A decade has passed since … Continue reading Multiple adverse outcomes
As published in the BMJ, 22 March 2024:
It was good to see this advert in last Sunday’s Scottish papers. It has taken a while to get to this stage. I do hope that the successful applicant will … Continue reading Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland