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What follows is a transcript of a letter that I have sent to the Scottish Parliament on my petition for a Sunshine Act for Scotland: Scottish Parliament Public Petition PE1493 on … Continue reading One of the main themes of this petition is genuine transparency
Last year, across the UK, healthcare workers received £41 million from the Pharmaceutical Industry. In Scotland we have no idea to whom this was paid and why. This report by … Continue reading NHS Scotland: “Advisory Board Medics admit they were paid”
It has been a good while since I last wrote about SIGN Guidelines. In fact my last communication to SIGN was the following e-mail (of over a year-and-a- half ago): … Continue reading SIGN guidelines: transparency and objectivity
In this post I reply to Professor Jason Leitch, whose letter of the 2nd June 2015 on Haloperidol prescribing to Scotland’s elderly I have included below my reply. Links included … Continue reading A letter to Professor Jason Leitch
I was recently asked by Autism Rights if SIGN Guideline 98 had records of financial interests for all those involved in developing this national guideline. The answer is no. Along … Continue reading Sign Guideline 98: Autism Spectrum Disorders
In a previous post the FOI returns on Haloperidol prescribing in NHS Scotland were shared. This followed on from my consideration of a BMJ report regarding the scale and potential … Continue reading Haloperidol prescribing to Scotland’s elders
Published as BMJ rapid-response – 9 December 2013 By Dr Peter J. Gordon and Dr Sian F. Gordon It was encouraging to read that the G8 summit on dementia to … Continue reading Dementia Guidelines: research and clinical criteria are not simply “interchangeable”
Published in BMJ – 9 December 2013 Dr Peter J Gordon and Dr Sian F. Gordon Jeanne Lenzer’s feature article, “Why we can’t trust clinical guidelines[1]” has attracted a considerable … Continue reading Clinical Guidelines: let’s be transparent