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Articles Written by: ANN ROBINSON
According to government proposals published yesterday, from April next year everyone aged 40 to 74 will have the right to a free health check every five years. Is this a good idea? A GP writes . . .
I believe that offering a blanket, one-size-fits-all ...
After factoring out differences due to age, experience and area of specialism, it seems that a consultant surgeon working in a busy hospital earns £5,500 a year less if she is female. A female junior hospital doctor scuttling round the wards organising ...
Here's another story to make the public believe that our hospitals are among the most dangerous places on earth and that doctors are out to kill you. Anyone of an anxious disposition will already be determined to avoid hospital at all costs. And today ...
Patients should be able to choose their own GP, says health secretary Andy Burnham. He's going to tell the King's Fund thinktank today that GP practice boundaries should be abolished and that patients can scour the country to find the GP of their ...
From ANN ROBINSON,
Comment Is Free,
17 Sep 2009
The review has shown that the main benefit of antiviral treatment is to reduce the duration of symptoms by a day. They don't reduce risk of complications or spread of disease much. Like all drugs that do anything, they can cause side effects (about 5% ...
I'm not surprised to read that cancer survival rates in the over-75s are not improving in the same way that survival rates in younger people are.
The majority of patients over 75 who come into my GP surgery open with "I'm sorry to bother you, doctor" ...
From ANN ROBINSON,
The Observer,
25 Jun 2009
It would be hilarious, were it not so deadly serious. Reports of swine flu (SF) started saturating the airwaves and newspapers last week. The guidance to GPs arrived this week. Here are some of the (genuine) questions we've been asked already.
Q Shall ...
From ANN ROBINSON,
Comment Is Free,
30 Apr 2009
A study by Cambridge University's autism research centre has followed 235 children from birth to the age of eight. It found that high levels of testosterone in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women appears to be linked to autistic traits, such as a lack ...
Ann Robinson: The reported improvements in healthcare are great news and GPs deserve a share of the ...
This September, sixth-form colleges (SFCs) are at last to be granted their own legal identity. In September 2010 their new status will be complete. SFC principals will carry on as before but in a new, very small sector of their own. Their colleges will ...
