This review presents evidence on the role of clinical engagement in primary care-led commissioning and how this has contributed to the delivery of health care services. The main aim was to examine the nature of clinical engagement / involvement in … Continue reading
by Neil Pearce, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics What does combating climate change have to do with exercising more and eating better? Quite a lot in fact. The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) poses an enormous threat to populations … Continue reading
This interim report presents findings from a research into how commissioners negotiate, specify, monitor and manage contractual mechanisms to improve services and allocate financial risk in their local health economies, looking at both acute services and community health care. Download … Continue reading
BBC News ask John Cairns for comments on a new European Commission-funded study testing the quality-adjusted life years (QALY) method used by NICE to assess the value of new drug treatments in England and Wales: “QALYs are certainly not perfect … Continue reading
Band-Aid for a Broken Leg: Being a Doctor Without Borders and Other Ways to Stay Single is published in the UK in early February. A launch reception is held at the School on Tuesday 29 January at 5.30pm. Written by … Continue reading
Please come and join us on 29th January at Ras Amba Hotel, Addis Ababa between 4:00 – 9:00 PM for a dissemination meeting. The meeting will be hosted and organised by the Miz-Hasab Research Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can follow … Continue reading
Heidi Larson writes in New Scientist about how a global treaty on mercury pollution will do more harm than good if it bans a vital medical preservative: “A number of developing countries have expressed concern over thiomersal’s proposed ban. Public … Continue reading
Principles of Medicine in Africa (4th Edition) is published this week by Cambridge University Press. Edited by David Mabey and Chris Whitty from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, along with Geoff Gill (University of Liverpool) and Martin Weber (World Health … Continue reading
Date: Tuesday 12 February 2013 Time: 9:00 am Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) poses an enormous threat to populations and health systems across the globe. At … Continue reading
Heidi Larson speaks to the Lancet about the problems behind the measles outbreak in Pakistan: “What we’ve seen with the surge in measles in Pakistan in the last year is really a reflection of a system breakdown. There was a devolution … Continue reading