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By Snow-Leavis Posted on Feb 21, 2019February 22, 2019

‘TOOL Library’

As I entered Stirling Central Library last night, I was invited to become a member of a “TOOL Library” My considerations of the increasingly mechanical approach to healthcare in NHS … Continue reading ‘TOOL Library’

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Ben Borland, Boston, Brian Robson, Derek Feeley, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HIS, IHI, Improvement Goggles, improvement science, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Jason Leitch, Library, NHS, NHS Scotland, QI, Scottish Government, tool, toolkit

By Snow-Leavis Posted on Feb 13, 2019February 13, 2019

NHS Scotland: from ‘sticking plasters’ to NASA

Last week’s Scotland on Sunday had the above image on its front page. Inside, the paper went on to share and discuss the findings of a recent poll. The Editorial … Continue reading NHS Scotland: from ‘sticking plasters’ to NASA

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, NHS Scotland, PhilosophyTags: Boston, Brian Robson, Catherine Calderwood, costometer, Derek Feeley, DGHSC, Health and Sport Committee, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HIS, IHI, improvement science, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, J D Polk, Jason Leitch, NASA, NHS Scotland, Paul Gray, QI, Quality Improvement, Realistic Medicine, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Short Inquiry on Health Hazards in the Healthcare Environment, Sticking plaster NHS

By Snow-Leavis Posted on Jan 21, 2019January 21, 2019

The Narrative Controllers

Science is important to us all. This post is an attempt to explore some of the broad issues that we need to consider to ensure scientific integrity. Science is more … Continue reading The Narrative Controllers

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, Narrative medicine, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Stigma, suicide, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Two culturesTags: a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, Abbvie, ABPI, Academy of Medical Sciences, Alan Carson, All Trials, Allan Young, Allergan, AMYVID, Andre Tomlin, Andrea Cipriani, Andrew, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Assord, AstraZeneca, awards, BAP, Ben Goldacre, Big Pharma, Biogen, biomedical determinism, BMJ, branding, Brintellix, Bristol Myer Squibs, British Association for Psychopharmacology, Cambridge University, Carmine Pariante, Catherine Calderwood, Catherine Harmer, CBE, Clare Gerada, CME, Cochrane, competing interests, conflicts of interest, Continuing Medical Education, Continuing Professional Development, CPD, Cyberonics, Dag Aarsland, David Baldwin, David Haslam, David Nutt, David Taylor, declaration, declaration of interest, Defeat Depression Campaign, Delta, Depression, DinAndre Tylee, Disclosure UK, Dr John Crichton, Dr Mark Taylor, Dr Michael Browning, Ed Bullmore, eleuesis, ethics, Fellowships, Ferrer, Fiona Fox, Fiona Godlee, French Sunshine Act, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, General Medical Council, GLG Phrama, GMC, GSK, Guy Goodwin, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Heptares, Iatrogenic harm, improvement science, industry, inflammation, inspiring psychiatrist, International Congress, Iona Heath, Ivan Illich, Jim Crabb, Johnson & Johnson, Joseph Hayes, KCL, Ketamine, Key Opinion Leader, Kings College London, knighthoods, Latuda, Leyden, LILLY, LivaNova, Lundbeck, Lurasidone, Margaret McCartney, marketing, Maudsley Guidelines, Maxine Patel, Medals, medical model, Medical nemesis, Medscape, Merck, Mitul Mheta, National Guidelines, Newron, NHS, NICE guiudelines, Nick Hodgson, Novartis, OBE, Oliver Howes, Otsuka, Oxford phamagenesis, OxfordVR, P1Vital, Paid Opinion Leader, Paolo Dazzan, PE1493, Peter J Gordon, Pfizer, pharma, philosophy, Pierre Fabre, Prof David Taylor, Professor Anthony Daviid, Professor Daniel Freeman, Professor Janet Treasure, Professor John Geddes, Professor Paul Harrison, Professor Thomas Barnes, QI, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, rebranding psychiatry, reductionism, respectful, Rob Howard, Robin Murray, Roche, Roy Porter, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rupert McShane, Sameer Jauhar, Samei Huda, SANDOZ, SANOFI, Schizophrenia, Science Media Centre Promotes Corporate Views of Science, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Council, Servier, SHIRE, SIGN guidelines, Simon Lovestone, Simon Wessely, SomaLogic, Stephen Lawrie, Stephen Stahl, SUN Pharma, Sunovion, Sunshine Act, Sunshine legislation, The Chemical Imbalance, The Mental Elf, The Narrative Controllers, The Pros and Cons of Patient Engagement, The Science Media Centre, Too much Medicine, Transparency, two weeks, UCB, UCL, Ultimate Power Couple, University of Oxford, US Physician Payments Sunshine Act, Valeant, Valeria Mondelli, values, vortioxetine, Wendy Burn

By Snow-Leavis Posted on Nov 28, 2018February 13, 2019

“Blew the study leave budget on BAP Masterclasses”

This was a recent statement made by a senior NHS Scotland psychiatrist who is one of the leads on quality improvement in NHS Scotland. It was said in the public … Continue reading “Blew the study leave budget on BAP Masterclasses”

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: BAP, British Association for Psychopharmacology, Chair, CME, Derek Feeley, DGHSC, Dr John Crichton, Fiona Godlee, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HIS, improvement science, Jason Leitch, Key Opinion Leader, KOL, NHS Scotland, Paid Opinion Leader, Paul Gray, QI, RCPsych, RCPsych Scotland, Sponsored, Vice President, Wendy Burn

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