How far would you go to get your sick child a kidney transplant?
The Nigerian politician, the Lagos street trader and the foiled kidney transplant plot
Is it time to defund the humanities?
Much of the cost of running our universities and other centres of higher education is borne by government, meaning the…
It’s time to lift the medical student cap
Gaining a place in medical school has always been a lottery, made even more difficult for aspiring doctors this year.…
Striking GPs need a reality check
GPs have voted to strike if some contract changes, including forcing practices to open on Saturdays, are not withdrawn. The doctor proposing…
Medical emergency: general practice is broken
General practice is broken
Is your doctor faking it?
Last October, Phil Coleman, a journalist on the Carlisle-based News & Star, went to cover the trial of Zholia Alemi,…
When will Britain stop poaching the world’s medics and train our own instead?
For years, Britain has been failing to train enough doctors and has been importing them instead. This has been a…
Losing patients
For weeks now, we have been reading about a crisis in A&E — a symptom, we’re told, of a funding…
