Pronto
I’m trying to remember the phrase. Something about what counts gets counted? What gets measured gets done. You can’t manage what you […]
Month: March 2018
Seven ways … to manage irritable bowel syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome may be inherited. It is linked to oversensitive nerves in the gut, causing debilitating pains and cramps among other […]
A piece of cake
News and Comment from Roy Lilley. They were dainty, set out on a china plate with decorations around the edge and coloured […]
Is a cure for snoring finally getting closer?
The Schnarchmuseum’s unusual collection traces humankind’s millennia-long struggle to cure snoring – a problem that still affects millions. But is science getting […]
What message does it send
I’m writing this in the morning. Just after nine. The day yet to fulfil its promise. In the garden, there’s a greenfinch popping in […]
More than half of GP consultations with adults ‘impossible in 10 minutes’
More than half of GP consultations with patients aged 18 or over cannot be managed within 10 minutes, GP leaders have warned, […]
A next time
It can happen to any organisation… out of the blue… disaster strikes. Are you on the back foot or the front foot? […]
A softer centre
NHS England and NHS Improvement have announced a major strategy shift from central control to a new “light touch” and supportive approach […]
Asking too much
News and Comment from Roy Lilley. An organisation can only travel at the speed of its people, deliver what its people are […]
From a frontline clinician: here’s what’s wrong with private health insurance
When my long-term cancer patient landed in a different public hospital with unexpected bleeding complications, it soon became apparent that he was […]