Life and death on the hospital ward at Christmas
Most people shudder at the thought of working on Christmas Day. Not me. I’ve worked as a hospital doctor since…
Lucy Letby and the killer nurse I worked with
Most of those commenting on the guilt or innocence of Lucy Letby – the nurse who is serving 15 whole-life…
Labour’s hospital smoking ban is doomed to fail
I have spent a quarter of a century caring for people dying from smoking. Deaths of this sort are not…
I’ve seen too many deaths to think that assisted dying is a good idea
Over my quarter-of-a-century of being a doctor, I have overseen thousands of deaths. For a busy hospital physician, this is…
Badenoch is right: not all cultures are equally valid
Kemi Badenoch kicked up an almighty stink when she argued at the weekend that not all cultures are ‘equally valid’…
There’s nothing wrong with being a ‘junior’ doctor
‘The wise bustle and laugh as they walk, but fools bustle and are important,’ wrote F.L. Lucas a century ago.…
