Dr Clare Gerada I’m not against medical programmes and I’m not against Embarrassing Bodies. There is a long history of showing our bodies in public dating back centuries to the Ancient Greeks when they extolled the body beautiful. But I’m becoming worried that we are moving from extolling the beautiful body to gawping at the […]
Shortest consultation ever. An elderly gentleman walked into my consulting room and sat down. “Morning doctor.” And good morning to you too I reply. And how are you? “I’m very well” he replied, “Good day!” And with that he up and left. 60 seconds. If only they were all like that. Sadly, the old boy […]
Outcomes data is information about the results of surgery that can be published and used by surgeons, patients and hospitals to ultimately improve safety and quality. The government in 2013 made a commitment to produce individual surgeons’ outcome data, from national clinical audits. In 2013, the Royal College of Surgeons published the first set of […]