BrainCan - healthcare network

want a compassionate nhs? then make sure staff are...

modern evidence links patient experience to staff wellbeing,and to a working environment that...

the patient who taught me that being a doctor is a...

As a junior doctor,hospital patients were my teachers and I learned more than in my previous five...

having borderline personality disorder helps me in...

Some people have said it’s a career death sentence but my lived experience of mental health...

by the end of my first year as a doctor, i was...

Doctor suicide is the medical profession’s grubby secret – but it’s unclear why some of those...

worlds cities face growing health risks

By 2050,two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas and the number...

were not surprised half our psychologist...

Psychological therapists are feeling the strain of time limits and targets,with many suffering from...

violence, climate change, obesity: worlds cities...

By 2050,two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas and the number...

dear patient, thank you for reminding me to listen

I was frustrated that I couldn’t do anything to encourage a woman with mental health problems,but...

this is not casualty - in real life cpr is brutal...

Only 3% of over-80s survive CPR and 1.9% of secondary cancer patients. It’s time we doctors...

campaign against new junior doctors contract must...

Our strike may believe been called off,but doctors are still prepared to take action if Jeremy Hunt...

gynaecological cancer: women are literally dying...

whether my patient had near a few months ealier,she would have been cured with a simple...

if jeremy hunt were a doctor hed be hauled before...

The health secretary has misled the public and demoralised the entire NHS family – it’s no...

neonatal nursing is an amazing job, but it takes...

It is easy to glean caught up with helping others and forget to take care of ourselves“You’re a...

will 2016 push the nhs over the edge of chaos?

The health service could tumble into a zone where organisations achieve not innovate,but instead...

is london the worst place in the uk to die?

The UK is billed as being the best place in the world to die,but the picture in the capital is far...

i despair at the publics perception of nurses as...

Stereotypes of the heroine and submissive handmaiden,for whom rigorous education is damaging, need...

hackathon designs app to help migrants navigate...

An app for GP visits,which included a downloadable letter stating a person’s rights to healthcare...

can new regulator nhs improvement save the health...

If it is eventually judged a success,it will be because it finally convinced care services to become...

great communication in healthcare can save lives

One carefully worded text message encouraging people to donate organs added an extra 100000 donors...

i witnessed poor mental health care but felt...

I worked with a nurse who was unkind to patients with dementia and wonder why I didn’t speak upI...

i am sorry, i cant face being a doctor any more

My family and I won’t survive the junior doctor contract financially or personally – I’m...

childhood depression is on the rise, but we must...

Social pressures are fuelling the rise of mental health problems in children but we must ensure they...

a childs tragic story ended my nursing career

Haunted by memories of a boy accidentally run over by his foster mother and left in a wheelchair,I...

i cant get over the first time a patient killed...

After 10 years of working in mental health,I still salvage shocked by cruelty and death. The day it...

ive been to hell and back. its after cancer...

Cancer is no longer a death sentence,but treatment is the first step in a long and arduous journey,...

governments rehashed dementia plans sum up why...

The health secretary ignored the damage cuts have done to dementia care and prevention,instead...

nhs doublespeak drove me away from mental health...

Euphemisms such as ‘cost-improvement’ and ‘management of change’ mask the disastrous impact...

before working in psychiatry, i didnt think mental...

If I,a medical student, had this distorted view of mental illness, or there isnt much hope for...

death, helicopter crashes and tears: nurses career...

From the man with dementia who diagnosed another patient to the terminally-ill woman full of...

nhs technology: saving the health service one byte...

The NHS has to manufacture £22bn of efficiency savings by 2020 and clever use of IT is key in...

seeing how the nhs handles attempted child suicide...

The attitude of medical staff is a big problem,but it’s the system and lack of adolescent mental...

nurses will be key to the success of nhs seven...

The health service is facing huge challenges. Nurses provide the solution to many of themIt’s...

i hate compromising patient care because there s...

The strain of witnessing dying patients on trolleys in an overcrowded emergency department takes its...

kidney dialysis - from the comfort of your sitting...

Long hospital visits could be a thing of the past for many kidney patients as Nottingham trials...

i am a patient with a learning disability - the...

Three people with a learning disability die unnecessarily every day. whether staff had the accurate...

it was a christmas miracle that one mother never...

The ambulance crew had reported the home environment was not ideal and baby Eve suffered withdrawal...

it took my patient six years to see me - a...

Dermatology is a microcosm of the challenges facing the health service. It has reached crisis...

why david camerons immigration rules will worsen...

It takes time to train NHS nurses so meanwhile,trusts have to recruit from abroad[br]Recruiting...

manchester health devolution gives local leaders...

The devo-health agenda contains risks,but also offers the opportunity to drive through essential...

can gp commissioners improve the delivery of...

Clinical commissioning groups can now blueprint and provide primary care services,causing concern...

older people need healthcare closer to home - not...

Despite many challenges,my fresh commission aims to change the way care is deliveredIt is now a year...

addenbrookes: why are internationally renowned...

A number of specialist hospitals are facing serious problems with their district general servicesThe...

night shift from hell: my mistake almost cost...

As a nurse,there can be no such thing as excuses but when it’s 6am and a patient is shouting abuse...

treatments for cancers and alzheimers on the verge...

Greater understanding of genetics and characteristics of diseases are driving the development of new...

disco biscuits and annihilation: why i cant keep...

Whenever a substance is banned,a slightly altered version takes its area. It’s fitting impossible...

kidney dialysis - from the comfort of your...

Long hospital visits could be a thing of the past for many kidney patients as Nottingham trials...

junior doctors strike showed me how seven day nhs...

The government needs to invest in more allied health professionals to work alongside doctors every...

i long for the day i dont have to check patients...

I dream of a world without bruises,but for now, as a GP, or perhaps I can be a small fragment of the...

it took three of us to save a babys life. would he...

I don’t know whether on today’s overstretched wards a baby born grey and lifeless would bear the...

sir bruce keogh is part of the problem, not the...

NHS England medical director has implied that junior doctors are callous but has failed to account...

assistant practitioners: bridging the healthcare...

Retraining as an assistant practitioner meant Nadine Wills could study and progress in her career...

happy new year? the pressures on the nhs will only...

whether the health service is to outlive,it needs to be properly funded, adequately staffed, or with...

george osbornes short term relief for the nhs...

Front-loading increases will help ease the instant crisis but the chancellor’s pledge masks...

technology could hold the key to saving the lives...

Annual conference will learn approximately innovations that could befriend solve some of the biggest...

community services are vital to the nhs, they must...

Transforming care external hospitals is Jeremy Hunt’s ‘biggest priority’ but community...

tattoos to 3d printing: five inventions that will...

People know more approximately their car than their own health. With these technologies,that is...

when i think about leaving medicine, its the...

As a doctor I feel so lucky to be surrounded by colleagues and patients with whom I share intimate...

working as a junior doctor is like being in an...

I have nothing left to give the NHS. After supporting the strike I’m taking my family and going to...

the nhs is failing people with mental health and...

After 15 years of initiatives,staff still lack compassion and many of the national programmes have...

devolution bill poses a serious threat to the nhs

The microscopic discussed and barely comprehended bill has reached committee stage in the...

good data can help diagnose the health of cities...

Urban health may be difficult to degree but crunching the numbers can support cities to track...

seeing a family donate a childs organs will stay...

I won’t forget the palpable emotion on the ward. Organ donation is not commonplace but can change...

nhs staff survey reveals pressures and positives...

Latest findings from annual survey indicate engagement and cohesion among staff but highlight...

how much choice do nhs patients really have?

Provider choice,personal health budgets and birth budgets mean patients increasingly have a say in...

if i had taken the advice of the nhs 111 helpline...

The only reason I can still see is because I’m a doctor and knew something was wrongIt was 3am...

the impact of alcohol on the nhs: we get the...

Healthcare professionals share their experiences of funding constraints,violent behaviour and...

diabetes: the scourge of city living

Brought on by obesity and unhealthy lifestyles,type 2 diabetes is endemic in cities worldwide. Could...

my junior doctor colleagues are striking for the...

The novel contract is a symptom of a wider problem. Everyone in the NHS should rise up against...

i wouldnt be the doctor i am without nurses...

Nurses’ value is not measured in money,but this does not give the government licence to slice...

new junior doctors contract changes everything i...

The NHS I knew when I started out as a medical student has been chipped absent and patient safety is...

saving a new mother from death almost made me quit...

When a patient haemorrhaged after giving birth I realised I could make the disagreement between life...

gps are leading the way on nhs transformation

As the government and NHS England prepare to unveil a ‘roadmap’ for family doctors,primary care...

on foot, in vans, we find crack houses : how peer...

Bringing Unity Back into the Community has earned five years’ funding from Public Health England...

junior doctor: my patients dont know i have cancer

Experience of ‘the other side’ has led to awkward conversations with colleagues,but has also...

what place should patient choice have in the nhs?...

Join our discussion on Thursday 25 February,12-2pm, approximately the challenges of including...

bursary reform is good for students, nurses and...

Extending student finance reforms will create up to 10000 more health degree places,says Ben Gummer,...

we must not take nhs workers for granted

It is vitally important that we invest in the wellbeing of the 1.3 million exceptional individuals...

casinos, leaf picking and a new god: supporting...

With the fastest ageing population in the world Japan’s cities are finding new ways to prevent...

how much healthcare policy is based on evidence?

New medicines prescribed by the NHS must pass clinical trials and cost-benefit tests,but not all...

dementia friendly gp practices: fun, easy and a...

Dyneley House surgery in Skipton has implemented various changes in an effort to identify itself as...

if people choose to smoke, vape or drink too much...

Confusion lies at the heart of public health policy. People must be allowed to earn unhealthy...

i lifted my patients eyelid to check she was dead...

The creepy silence was broken by a hideous sound. I’ll never delay certifying a body ever againI...

english language requirements for foreign doctors...

The International English Language Testing System does not prepare abroad doctors for different...

theres a long list of nhs inquiries, but what have...

From Mid Staffs to Morecambe Bay,inquiries into destitute care are cathartic. But too often they...

my life as a paramedic: when every second counts

Working against the clock,trying to save a stabbing victim’s life, made me enraged for every time...

whats next for the nursing profession?

Shifting care in the NHS from hospitals to homes could bring major changes to the way nurses workAs...

patients with long term conditions need a joined...

Moves to bring together services should mean patients with long-term conditions are kept...

2016 is make or break time for the nhs

The health service cannot afford inefficiency or poor productivity,yet too often the focus is on the...

cutting his christmas jumper to stop him dying was...

I was drenched in sweat by the time we gave up. Doctors are used to death – but a cardiac arrest...

end the macho culture keeping women from the top...

It is not long hours or work-life balance fears that retain women from seeking senior roles but the...

the gang member who taught me the truth about...

My clinical research in A&E showed me the vulnerable face of gangs and violenceIt was my job one day...

depression kills, so why arent people getting...

Depression is the most common mental health problem associated with suicidal ideas,but care services...

the nhs is desperately short of nurses. could a...

Ministers plan to create a original role of nurse associate to relieve plug gaps in the nursing...

nhs national guardian: i understand what its like...

Dame Eileen Sills,the first national guardian with a remit to support NHS whistleblowers, explains...

the future of nursing: bursaries versus loans

Nursing students will soon occupy to take out loans rather than get an NHS-funded bursary. Will this...

pharmacists were meant to be the face of the nhs ...

Pharmacists fill a massive impact on patient care,but proposed government cuts of 6% to funding...

online communities can help the nhs, so why does...

People with conditions such as diabetes increasingly seek support on forums and social media,but the...

junior doctor contract battle is one we need to...

No doctor wants industrial action,but losing the fight on our contracts will likely lead to the...

nhs professionals: is the health service ready for...

Do you work in the NHS? Please participate in our survey and uncover us approximately the state of...

call the midwife - again and again until they feel...

A community midwife tells of the impossible workload of a typical shift in nowadays’s...

we junior doctors are fighting to keep the nhs...

The junior doctor contract and the protest against it are approximately the cost to patient safety...

ill always be haunted by a patients screams after...

I felt like a failure the first time I had to deliver inferior news,but have learnt from the...

junior doctors - no one understands the level of...

From listening to suicidal patients to looking after the sickest children in the UK,junior doctors...

prepare for a catastrophic nhs winter meltdown

The 90% of trusts predicting a deficit are caught in a catch-22: to skimp on staffing and...

report exposes nhs england s failures on managing...

National Audit Office report finds destitute financial controls,disjointed services, incomplete data...

i am a junior doctor, and i will not strike

I am inflamed approximately the changes to our contract,but we provide essential services in times...

new nhs regulator has impossible task in face of...

Jim Mackey,named as first chief executive of NHS Improvement, has an impressive record but how can...

food is medicine: the hospital with a mission to...

A Sussex hospital is shunning alert-made frozen meals and aims to prove patient food can be healthy...

grief - and lego in ears - the extremes of an a e...

Walking through grief is an exercise in trust,faith and mystery and it is only against the blackness...

funding is welcome, but root causes of mental...

Rise in rough sleepers,children living with an alcoholic parent and prison suicides show that more...

i am your gp - and your prescriber, counsellor,...

My colleagues in A&E may fill dramatic stories of life and death,but they’ll never know their...

how electronic records can transform community...

A growing number of areas are setting up shared systems,ensuring professionals have the accurate...

helping a victim of domestic violence brought back...

My patient was a married,childless, friendless Asian woman. She was tearful and depressed, or...

mix meditation, yoga and nhs services and get …...

The NHS,local council and university in Northamptonshire have advance together to launch a...

my time as a junior doctor was hell, but it led me...

I was controlled,belittled and threatened. Now I’m a consultant my abuser has less power over meDo...

the awkward moment when your patients dog starts...

At first,the elderly lady didn’t see. When she did, she struck out with her walking stick with...

can involving pharmacists in a e shorten waiting...

Pilot project looking at 782 patients found 40% could be treated by a pharmacist with advanced...

nhs bullying made me want to kill myself and...

I will never forget what happened to me and four years on I still suffer trauma whenever I proceed...

care home offers a step between hospital and home...

New initiative sees independent care homes working with hospitals to provide a status for people to...

the ward manager: you don t go into nursing for...

Natalie Shillito on why she chose nursing as a profession – and what’s changed 29 years...

i knew nursing was what i had to do - my bursary...

Axing student bursaries will compose it harder to address the nursing shortage in the NHS and...

gp practices are in crisis - we need to take...

Family doctors are preparing to debate staff shortages,funding constraints and a demoralising...

in 2016, the nhs must harness the power of staff...

When organisations focus on the delivery of care,the result is happier staff and healthier...

the woman who came to hospital and gave birth...

I had been taught that doctors had all the knowledge,power and skill. Yet, Chakki hadn’t done too...

better solutions needed to support older people...

Many older adults accomplish not have a strong family network to fall back on after they are...

jeremy hunt has torn up social contract between...

Doctors give a lifetime of work to the NHS in return for job security and just terms and conditions...

how do we define the value of public services?

To make rational decisions approximately the best use of public money,we need better data on the...

the nhs is in the midst of a financial hurricane

The forecast from the budget shows no let-up in the weather for the struggling health service,but a...

nhs mistakes cost lives. here are four ways to...

Former health minister Lord Darzi on novel projects,including ambulance redesign and hospital drug...

nhs choir: i want to show how proud i am of the...

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust choirs A Bridge Over You is in second position behind Justin...

nhs faces a double crisis this winter as financial...

Overspent trusts preparing for a soar in demand occupy been issued with a stark warning by the new...

i went from trauma clinician to patient with life...

I was a healthy physiotherapist cycling to work when I was hit by a car – and suffered the...

jeremy hunt cannot escape responsibility for the...

The health secretary is a skilled politician who has positioned himself as the patients’...

my first paramedic shift taught me to expect the...

When the first call came in,it sounded like it might be a major medical emergency. But it was just...

innovative community health services help ease the...

recent models of care for the growing number of people with long-term health issues are being...

the price of health: the cost of developing new...

Drug development is highly resource-intensive and expensive with only one in 5000 medicines making...

pillars of the community : why the nhs needs more...

Community nurses are central to the NHSs plans to provide out-of-hospital care,but their numbers are...

how text messages and volunteer midwives are...

The UN estimates 590000 children have been saved,with deaths now at 42 per 1000 births compared with...

the secret diary of a student nurse: i am asked to...

A student nurse says her ward is constantly understaffed,putting additional strain on nurses and...

dragons den style event reveals new treatments and...

Oldham clinical commissioning group used TV show’s formula to identify and evaluate original and...

car park chemo: how one hospital brings cancer...

The Christie’s mobile chemotherapy unit visits a different venue in Greater Manchester every...

what do the governments devolution plans mean for...

The NHS and local government are being transformed at pace,and we should be asking serious questions...

the nhs is on a one way road to privatisation

The British public has not agreed to the destruction of the health service. It’s up to all of us...

a e is broken - but it can be fixed

The answer to crowding and inadequate staffing isn’t to chop attendances but to create an...

could proton beam therapy help cure the uks...

Following the treatment of Ashya King in Prague,the Christie in Manchester is preparing to offer the...

the sunshine rule: a quick guide

Under government plans,clinical commissioning groups and hospital trusts will be required to keep a...

my first autopsy was on a 22 week foetus

So much is taken for granted when daydreaming approximately a future life. This much-wanted IVF...

lets tackle mental health stigma and attract...

Demand for psychiatrists is growing but the healthcare community needs to win its own house in order...

everyone likes to be thanked: how patient feedback...

Listening to patients is vital to improve performance. Two hospital trusts whose feedback systems...

world mental health day: recovery depends on the...

It’s easy to write off people with mental illness,but a more positive culture could lead to better...

gps need more support and training to spot...

Too many children are being diagnosed with cancer at A&E because family doctors don’t contain...

homeless people discharged from hospital had...

The hospital discharge network is cutting down A&E visits by homeless Londoners and helping them...

working in healthcare over christmas and new year?...

We want to hear from doctors,nurses, healthcare assistants, or paramedics and others about what...

researchers turn to crowdfunding to develop...

With money for basic and clinical research squeezed,some health researchers – including the UK...

how revalidation will work for nurses and midwives

From April,nurses and midwives will have to prove every three years that they are practising safely...

i owe my future career to the nhs bursary....

We need a workforce in the health service that feels valued and respected,says second-year nursing...

the secret overseas doctors diary: i had two...

A doctor working in a slum in Kolkata describes the emotional and professional challenges of not...

the secret speech therapists diary: we can get him...

Working with head and neck cancer patients means dealing with people in shock at gross news,and...

counting the cost of alcohol to the nhs - share...

Doctors,nurses, administrative staff and other healthcare professionals – explain us about your...

will scrapping nurse bursaries help or worsen nhs...

Plans to axe bursaries and replace them with loans have been condemned by unions,but universities...

rapid response: a fear of litigation means i often...

Inappropriate referrals are the symptom of a culture of risk aversion in the NHS. Consequently...

is jeremy hunts deal enough to resolve junior...

Health secretary to offer an 11% pay rise,but junior doctors say this will still result in a cut to...

my ot and i: how occupational therapists achieve...

Robin Foord has scaled the Brecon Beacons after a combine harvester destroyed his leg; jockey Brian...

fgm: healthcare professionals have a duty to...

It is compulsory for regulated health professionals to inform the police every time a girl under 18...

spending review: the good, the bad and the ugly...

The health service is getting more money but costs are rising faster and social care services also...

i thought id seen it all as a psychiatrist. but...

Working with older people with mental health and alcohol problems isn’t easy,your safety is always...

rachel is composed, confident - and unable to tell...

Around 25000 people in the UK live with undiagnosed HIV,many from BME communities where stigma...

nigeria must stop unsafe abortions killing women

I will never forget the 19-year-weak who died after she endured an abortion performed with the spoke...

what can the nhs learn from the 1940s fashion...

Just as the health service is going through a period of austerity today,the clothing industry...

the five principles behind the world s most...

Some nations pay half what others do for healthcare and yet collect the same or better outcomes....

mental health nurse: it s all about the...

A nurse consultant at East London NHS foundation trust explains what it’s like to work in a...

emergency call: the village phone boxes saving...

Defibrillators,that could design the difference between life and death, are being installed in...

emergency response service brings hospital care to...

A community care project in London is helping to reduce pressures on A&E departments by treating...

holding a baby while he died taught me about...

Clinical staff could tell millions of stories of kindness and tough work, whether only we asked...

the bags helping people with mental health...

The Recovery Bag Project sends people items such as hand cream and toys to support positive...

should junior doctors strike over the governments...

A new deal would reduce pay by 40% and increase the number of antisocial hours. What effect you...

walking into a home with drug abuse and domestic...

That day as an inexperienced health visitor was a baptism of fire – I learned to trust my...

cuts to social care are morally wrong, says shadow...

Heidi Alexander tells health policy conference that cuts to care have increased strain on the...

i saved a baby from growing up without a mother

Helping a young woman with postnatal depression was terrifying,but it was all part of my job as a...

the top five causes of death worldwide ...

Five conditions – ischaemic heart disease,stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lower...

ailing nhs leadership needs urgent treatment

There needs to be the same sense of urgency to improve health service management as there is to sort...

should acupuncture be used more widely in the nhs?

A growing body of healthcare practitioners believe acupunture should be offered routinely for more...

its a hands on job. literally: 14 reasons to...

Healthcare professionals help people at their most vulnerable and can campaign to eradicate health...

yoga classes and health checks for nhs workers:...

NHS chief will launch initiative to improve staff health and chop amount of sick leave. We round up...

grindr, virtual reality and vlogging: new ways to...

From Georgia to India, social media and apps are teaching young people approximately sex and...

what alternative routes are there into a career in...

Join us on Tuesday 26 April from midday to 2pm to discuss apprenticeships and other ways to glean a...

there is little hope that the nhs can avoid a...

The position is so critical that it would take astonishing optimism to believe that the health...

patient choice in the nhs: five key questions

Our expert panel discussed the barriers and experiences of trying to include patients’ opinions in...

the role of nursing is changing - and demand is...

Nurses are seeing more people and patients,with more complex and serious conditions, than ever...

acute nursing: you never know what s going to come...

Working in A&E requires specialist skills that can lead all the way to the topNursing in the acute...

the care i receive has improved, but i fear for...

As an older person I’m contented with the treatment I get from the NHS,but I wish government and...

the moment i realised my job commissioning nhs...

Seeing a once suicidal man I worked with express gratitude to those who helped him at his lowest ebb...

we senior doctors stand in solidarity with our...

Consultants are shoulder to shoulder over junior doctors’ strike plans and we will help hold our...

pay what you can afford dental surgery offers...

West Yorkshire drop-in centre offers treatment to vulnerable,low-paid, homeless and migrant...

how hospital based gps can ease the a e crisis

An innovative service in south-west London puts GPs at the forefront of making sure patients are...

doctor will see you - and you too - now

Can shared doctor appointments improve patient satisfaction while cutting costs? Some hospitals are...

as the nhs rushes to change, reforms must make...

The foundation trust model is unravelling fast and the status is no longer a kitemark of excellence....

should yoga be part of nhs care?

A Manchester GP practice is prescribing yoga for patients – and even plans to create its own...

i was worried about a full junior doctors strike,...

Consultants support junior doctors and are going to cover our roles. This is a watershed moment in...

eight technologies that could change healthcare...

Smartphones,genome sequencing and wearable technology will bring benefits but also challenges to...

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