Academy of Royal Medical Colleges: 4 years on and where is the response to the Cumberlege Review?

This article features in the latest BMJ. It has been made open access and is copied in full below. I campaigned for Scotland to introduce Sunshine legislation. I did so … Continue reading Academy of Royal Medical Colleges: 4 years on and where is the response to the Cumberlege Review?

Chaired the expert committee which recommended . . .

Chaired the Expert committee which “recommended that the use of depression symptom questionnaires be financially incentivised” The title image is based on declarations made by Professor Tony Kendrick in his … Continue reading Chaired the expert committee which recommended . . .

A psychiatrist and paid opinion leader says:

This paid opinion leader, like all paid opinion leaders, has chosen to ignore repeated research which has established that  commercial interests are one of the major determinants of BIAS in … Continue reading A psychiatrist and paid opinion leader says:

UK Government reply

It took more than 4 months to receive this reply from the UK Government: This was the original letter sent to the UK Government: The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, … Continue reading UK Government reply

Acting as first line of defence for the pharmaceutical industry

I was recently shared a letter sent to  Dr Jane Raine, CEO of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency [MHRA] in relation to her impending  intention to ‘step-down’. The … Continue reading Acting as first line of defence for the pharmaceutical industry

MONEY TALK

Professor David Nutt is a career-long Paid Opinion Leader in psychiatry. He is widely known and  continues to be extremely influential in relation to the prescribing ‘habits’ of British psychiatrists.  … Continue reading MONEY TALK

“No competing interests”

I have been interested in the responses to this recent BMJ letter: Reversing the rate of antidepressant prescribing . One of the responses was by Dr Torbjörn Waerner. In this … Continue reading “No competing interests”