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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 19, 2019February 19, 2023

Outside Number 10

The above image is of Larry the cat taken recently outside Number 10 Downing Street. The words come from ‘A Far Cry from Kensington’ by Muriel Spark. This was one … Continue reading Outside Number 10

Categories: Philosophy, Politics, This is Not yesterdayTags: 'Commercial life cannot be carried on unless people are honest'. But no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest, 16 June 2019, A Far Cry from Kensington, Antiquary, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, Commercial life, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Dr Peter Gordon, Hole Ousia, In terms of politics - I am with Larry!, Jeremy Hunt, kindness, Larry, Larry the cat, Larry the cat taken recently outside Number 10 Downing Street, Leadership contest, London, Micheal Gove, Muriel Spark, Nation's fate in the hands of right-wing die-hards, No Brexit, No Deal, one of the headlines from last Sunday's newspapers, Outside Number 10, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, Prime Minister, rebel antiquary, Rory Stewart, Sajid Javid, Scotland on Sunday, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Theresa May, words come from 'A Far Cry from Kensington' by Muriel Spark

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 8, 2018February 3, 2023

NHS warker urgin Scottish Government tae introduce Sunshine Act

Rab Wilson, Scots poet, has this to say about my activism for a Sunshine Act for Scotland (the National, 8 March 2018): OAN Thursday, March 22, 2018, a lane figure … Continue reading NHS warker urgin Scottish Government tae introduce Sunshine Act

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Medical Education, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Politics, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Scotland, Sunshine Act for Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 19 March 2018: response from the Scottish Government on Sunshine legislation, 2018, 22 March 2018, A L Kennedy, A one-man peaceful protest outside the Scottish Parliament, A poem by Rab Wilson aboot Peter Gordon, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, a conflation between marketing and education, Abi Rimmer, ABPI, antidepressants, antipsychotics, Antiquary, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, “We can find no record of concerns having been raised with the Scottish Executive or Scottish Government about this issue before contact from Dr Gordon, Bauld Fergusson tho lang syne deid, Belle and Sebastian, Big Pharma, BMJ, BMJ 2018;360:k1380, Brave Peter’s placard, Bring me a sunshine act, bring me sunshine, Bring me sunshine. Peter Gordon, British Psychiatry: Marketing as 'Education', Britton Review, But what is a "Sunshine Act"? And what is the story behind it?, Calton Hill, Canongate, Chief Executive, Chief Executives of statutory regulators of health and care professionals, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer Directorate, competing interests, Continuing Medical Education, courage to care, Crichton's Close, Crichton's Close (Revisited), Department of Health, DGHSC, Director General, Disclosure UK, Doctors' Register of Interests, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Peter J Gordon, duty of candour, Edinburgh, first do no harm, five minutes with Peter Gordon, Freedom to speak up, Fugitive Colours, fully informed consent, Gabriel García Márquez, GMC, Haud forrit Peter Gordon!, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HIS, Hole Ousia, How many more inquiries, IHI, Interview, kept in the dark, Key Opinion Leaders, law of the few, Let us aa howp that 2018 will see a bit sunshine brak throu the cloods an shed some much needit licht, Let us hope that 2018 will see our Government ensure that realistic medicine brings us sunshine, Listen let the people petition and be heard, Liz Lochhead, mandatory, marginalisation, marketing has no place in education, Martyrs Monument, mass prescribing, Medicines Policy, meet you at the statue in an hour, MESH scandal, Mesh survivors, Mind the Gap, mischaracterisation, NHS Scotland, NHS warker urgin Scottish Government tae introduce Sunshine Act, Nicola Sturgeon, no longer feel safe, Omphalos, Omphalos films, openness, paid opinion leaders, paid opinion leaders are a blot on medicine’s integrity and we should make them a thing of the past, PE1493, PE1493 by Peter John Gordon on a Sunshine Act for Scotland. To close the petition, PE1517 Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices, PE1651, peaceful protest, Perhaps inferring that I was being unrealistic, Peter Gordon, Petitions Committee, Pharmacy and Medicines Division, poet, Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, primum non nocere, Protest, Psychiatry, Public Consultation, Rab Wilson, Rab Wilson - Scots poet - has this to say about my activism, Rab wilson wtites a poem for Peter Gordon, RCPsych on Sunshine legilsalation, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, Register of Interest, Register of Interests, Robert Fergusson, Sceptical Scot, Scots, Scots poet, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Council, Scottish Parliament, Serious Sweet, Show me the sun, Social maverick, Submission on PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Sunshine Act, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, The Antiquary, The charmed inner circle of Official Scotland, The following images are from my day in Edinburgh, The friends of liberty, The mesh of relationships between doctors and industry, The minority is ayewis richt, The National, the petitioner.”, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Royal College of Psychiatrists on sunshine legislation, The Royal Colleges and Sunshine Legislation, The Scottish Government had an opportunity to lead the way., The Scottish Government has chosen not to listen to the Scottish people, The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity, The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a sunshine act, The Scottish Government ought to explain to the people and the parliament of Scotland why it has taken two years to effectively change nothing, The Scottish Government [Prescribed harm], there is a problem with the E in CME, there seems to be a missed opportunity to consider this issue as part of the Chief Medical Officer's Realistic Medicine initiative, This is a matter for the Government to decide, Too much Medicine, Transparency, Unrealistic Medicine, Vanessa Cameron, Walter Humes, We cannot be in the pockets of the Pharma companies, We have an appropriately puritanical relationship with Pharma, Whiles MSP’s aa turnt their heids, whistleblowing, yer ither national language

By Hole Ousia Posted on January 13, 2018February 2, 2023

“Nothing but waffle”

On the 9th January 2018, Brian Whittle, MSP, began his questioning of those giving evidence on Targets and Indicators with this statement:

Categories: NHS Scotland, PoliticsTags: #followthefellows, 'Jason Leitch's written evidence seemed to contradict his oral evidence", 9 January 2018, evidence, harms related to incentivised target-based medicine, Health and Social Care Targets and Indicators Review, Health and Sport Committee, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HIS, his written evidence seemed to contradict his oral evidence, IHI, IHI Fellows, incentivised target for the early diagnosis of dementia, Indicators, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Scotland, Nothing but waffle, Professor Jason Leitch, review of targets and indicators, SAER, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Significant Adverse Events, Sir Harry Burns, target-based, target-driven, target-driven activities, target-driven medicine, targets, Targets and Indicators, Transparency

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 24, 2017February 1, 2023

General practice is the best job in the world

In a previous post of earlier this summer I explained why I share Dr Margaret McCartney’s view that “General practice is the best job in the world”. It is sad … Continue reading General practice is the best job in the world

Categories: Medical writings, NHS Scotland, Politics, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1 in 4, 24th September 2017, A S Byatt, Antiquary, BMJ, DGHSC, Dr Miles Mack, Dr Peter Gordon, General Practice, General practice is the best job in the world, generalists, GP, GP closures, GP Crisis, GPs, Hole Ousia, July 2017: 1 in 4 GP practices have a vacancy in Scotland, Kenneth Calman, Makars and Mediciners, never a good sign when your wording tries that hard to fight reality, NHS Scotland, Paul Gray, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, renaissance of generalists, Renaissance of polymaths, Royal College of general Practitioners, Scottish Government, Scottish Government spokesperson, Serious Sweet, Social maverick, The Antiquary, the history of reductionism versus holistic approaches to scientific research, the medical profession has moved from a profession of generalists to one of specialists, The Rebel Antiquary, the Scottish Government has failed to acknowledge how serious this matter is, The state of our GP service is the worst it's been for a generation

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