Tight budget should fund benefits, not more posts

To fund or not to fund?

Funding agencies use many different criteria and peer review strategies to assess grant proposals.

Should paediatric units have bereavement support posts?

Eight bereavement support posts in paediatrics and maternity were established using the experience of the Child Bereavement Trust (CBT). Evaluation showed that staff welcomed the informal support and teaching for themselves, as well as support for families; 67% of staff who returned questionnaires felt care for bereaved families had improved as a result of the posts. Many felt that there had be...

Why the NHS should fund infertility services.

Some trusts have adopted a system of a "ring-fenced" allocation per head of consultant and if any of this funding remains unused it can be carried over to the next financial year. The time is right for the Government adequately to fund the CME/CDP activities of career-grade hospital staff. (This should include part-time staff. A doctor who works half time must not be half trained). In view of t...

More Is Not Always Better: The Benefits of Cognitive Limits

Some of us ordinary mortals achieve extraordinary intellectual feats. For instance, the ancient Mithridates the Great (king of Pontus, a long and narrow strip of land on the southern coast of the Black Sea) is said to have learnt 22 languages, and to have been able in the days of his greatest power to transact business with the deputies of every tribe subject to his rule in their own peculiar d...

We should cap the health budget and spend more money on housing and food: NO.