William Heath from Mydex pointed out to me that both Labour and the Conservatives supported the principle of patient-controlled medical records: We will explore how
Independent health care in the digital age
On Thursday 8th of April, we held an education event at the Royal Society of Medicine. The speakers included Dr Richard Smith, our Chairman, and
Department of Health’s Guidance for Access to Health Records Requests
The Department of Health issued updated guidance on patient access to health records today. My thanks to Mark Duman, of the Patient Information Forum, for
We don’t know how best to communicate the benefits and harms of drugs
Every day hundreds of thousands of doctors and patients around the world discuss the benefits and risks of drugs. You might think therefore that we
Scaling up to defeat childhood obesity
Some three million children in Britain are obese, and treating childhood obesity is far from easy. If we are to have any chance of responding
Health research in rural China
The differences between rural and urban China are stark. Beijing, Shanghai, and other major cities are filled with new buildings, best illustrated by those built