“What a moment to join the party”

A selection of material on Professor Guy Goodwin, a career-long paid opinion leader. Please click on each image for context [please note this is not a chronological timeline]: BBC Panorama: … Continue reading “What a moment to join the party”

A decade of BAP Summer Meetings

What follows is material selected from medical education provided by the British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP] at their Summer Meetings [2010-2019]. The material identified [highlighted in yellow] identifies the involvement … Continue reading A decade of BAP Summer Meetings

BAP relationship with industry

The British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP] provides this policy on relations with industry and other organisations. BAP confirms that this policy was agreed by BAP Council in July 2019 and … Continue reading BAP relationship with industry

New ADHD resource [missing information]

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has released a new information resource for people who have, or suspect they might have, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Unfortunately the College has missed out information … Continue reading New ADHD resource [missing information]

all that jingle-jangle of coins

The following payments were made by the pharmaceutical industry directly to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London. For the year 2019 payments totaled £64,250 [source: ABPI Disclosure … Continue reading all that jingle-jangle of coins

‘Trusted Information Creator’

The Patient Information Forum [PIF] is celebrating ’25 years of healthcare information’: You can read this timeline of PIF here. It begins as follows: In the first year of existence, … Continue reading ‘Trusted Information Creator’

Medicine remains as conflicted as ever

This opinion piece by Dr Margaret McCartney was published in the BMJ on 27 May 2022. It can be accessed in full here. Medicine remains as conflicted as ever—we need … Continue reading Medicine remains as conflicted as ever