See Diabetes Differently this Diabetes Week
Alongside thousands of others, I recently completed the Diabetes UK Swim22 challenge, which involved swimming the equivalent of the English Channel (22 miles) between 22 March and 22 May. I…
Archive: 2019
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Childhood vaccination: To vax or not to vax? Now there’s a question
I recently came across a post on Instagram that really took me aback and then get on my high horse of indignation….it was a post about the ‘perils, dilemmas and…
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Paediatric clinical trials – the need for a tailored approach
This International Clinical Trials Day, a day celebrated around the world to mark when James Lind, a Scottish doctor, started the first randomised clinical trial aboard a ship on May…
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Fertile ground? How private IVF can profit from putting patients first
Google ‘mumsnet’, ‘infertility’ and ‘confused’, and up pops a whopping 19 pages of online discussion – women, new to the world of IVF who complain of treatment discussions that leave…
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Collaborate, Share, Adopt, Improve: The NHS Long Term Plan
The consensus from the speakers at last week’s Westminster Forum was that the Long Term Plan (LTP), as a plan, is good. It is solid, it is forward thinking, and…
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Breaking gender stereotypes to achieve a better balance in support of International Women’s Day
Why have I spent my adult life believing that multitasking was a woman’s greatest strength? Along with many other women I know and admire, I believed it was a good…
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Does representation in healthcare campaigns matter?
It’s 2019 and everywhere we look we can see a pursuit for increased representation of minority groups. Whether it’s in movies, on catwalks, or in parliament, things are changing and…
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The quietest voices need to shout the loudest – the importance of Rare Disease Day
The final day of February marks Rare Disease Day. The ambition is to raise awareness of rare diseases on our “rarest day” – the last day of the shortest month….
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Making gender diversity matter. For everyone.
On Tuesday 12th February, Aurora collaborated with leading global biopharmaceutical company MSD to host an event called ‘Making gender diversity matter: Five burning questions’. The event brought together senior people…
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Long Term Ambition in the NHS Long Term Plan
In January 2019, NHS England published the NHS Long Term Plan, promising to right the past wrongs of structural change, and place more emphasis on joined up, preventive care. With…
