AS A DOCTOR I have been taught that evidence is core to practice. As a child of the 1980s, Adam Ant taught me something else. In the words of Prince Charming, ridicule is nothing to be scared of. Finally my thoughts turn to my old friend at Sheffield medical school, who is an incorrigible fan […]
Day: 30 April 2026
How to fix the NHS Part 4: The curse of over-diagnosis
POLITICIANS CAN’T BE experts on medical matters, but they must be sufficiently informed to ask the correct questions. They will find that experts often disagree, and they must hold their coats accordingly. Suzanne O’Sullivan (The Age of Diagnosis): “It could be that borderline medical problems are becoming ironclad diagnoses and that normal differences are becoming […]