Doctors' Pensions

Doctors and Pensions Today I wrote in an FT letter (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be984d2c-9b83-11e1-8b36-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1upawoNIV) about the suggested pension arrangements for doctors. Whil...
Date: 15/05/2012
Author: Mr Christoph Lees

NHS Case studies and 'perverse incentives'

Learning from the NHS: perverse incentives and missed opportunities Christoph Lees: Obstetrician Mark Slack: Gynaecologist Michelle Tempest: Psychiatrist Paul Charlson: GP Members, Doc...
Date: 07/05/2012
Author: Mr Christoph Lees

Doctors' responsibility: A Queen's Commission?

Doctors should receive a Queen’s Commission Christoph Lees May 2012 It’s become very confusing lately. You are a doctor, so according to GMC guidance and historical principle, your ...
Date: 07/05/2012
Author: Mr Christoph Lees

Incentives may work in health too

Incentive based social and health policy Enabling choice changes behaviour and should be at the centre of not only social, but health policy Imagine a world where every human action had a quantifia...
Date: 07/05/2012
Author: Mr Christoph Lees

New Article

Doctors Think Tank Who are we? The Doctors Think Tank is the first medically led think tank in the UK. Many of us are doctors and we actively encourage other professionals interested in and knowledg...
Date: 29/01/2012
Author: Dr Michelle Tempest

Next Apple is born in the British health care!

Next Apple is born in the British health care! Steve Jobs did for Apple a unique vision that is about inclusion, compared to Microsoft and Google's Android fragmented systems. Job's thesis, which he ran w...
Date: 01/01/2012
Author: Mr Hans Dahlgren

UK leadership in Telehealth?

UK Industry has an opportunity to develop global leadership in the rapidly growing Telehealth space. CambridgeIP has undertaken research into the Intellectual Property (IP) landscape in Telehealth, presenting a c...
Date: 19/11/2011
Author: Mr Quentin Tannock

What the Government needs to do

I was in Westminster on Wednesday 12 th October the day of the Lords vote on the Health and Social Care Bill. The atmosphere was tense but the Bill passed with a reasonable majority. Controversy has been connec...
Date: 29/10/2011
Author: Dr Paul Charlson

A Vote

Date: 28/10/2011
Author: Dr Michelle Tempest

GP Practice Boundaries

There is considerable hub bub about the removing GP practice boundaries enabling patients to register with a GP some distance from their home. This would create a more competitive environment and some say would raise ...
Date: 18/10/2011
Author: Dr Paul Charlson