There has been some limited debate amongst committee members about the use of rude words on our website. It occurred to me that we could dispense with the voluminous list of Anglo Saxon obscenities and import a very emphatic word from the German vocabulary. Quatsch is an expletive with onomatopoeic explosiveness. For those not versed….
Peter Fisher Essay Prize 2024
The Peter Fisher Essay Prize, open to all doctors in training, carries a first prize of £500 and second prize of £200. It is now in its seventh year. (more…)
Essay Winners Announced
We’re delighted to announce the winner and runner-up for this year’s Peter Fisher Essay Prize, ‘To what extent are commerce and compassion compatible in healthcare?’ (more…)
The ‘SOS NHS’ demands are still urgent and relevant
Approve emergency funding of £20 billion to save lives this winter Invest in a fully publicly owned NHS & guarantee free healthcare for future generations Pay staff properly: without fair pay, staffing shortages will cost lives (more…)
Essay Competition 2022
We are delighted to announce our 2022 Essay Competition, the first year for the Peter Fisher Essay Competition Prize, in association with the Royal Society of Medicine and the Journal of the RSM. First prize: £500. PLUS a year’s FREE membership to the RSM! (more…)
Misconduct in Public Office: KONP Report on the Pandemic
Keep our NHS Public have published a damning report on the government’s handling of the pandemic arising from their People’s Inquiry into Covid held earlier this year. (more…)
AGM and Conference 2021: York, 2 October
Booking for AGM & Conference, York, 2 October This year we are encouraging members to book online, via Eventbrite. You can opt either to attend in person (which we hope you will), or ‘tune in’ via Zoom if you would prefer to or are still wary about travel and meeting in public. The venue for….
Something in the air – the truth about Covid aerosols
A joint letter from a wide range of colleges and professional organisations spelling out the dangers and current woeful disregard of aerosol dispersion for Covid when it comes to healthcare staff safety has been sent to the Prime Minister. You can download it here. (more…)
So how would you run the NHS? Essay competition for junior doctors
Doctors for the NHS are offering a prize of £500 for the best essay with the title: “ If I was Minister of Health …” (more…)
Covid-19 tracking and testing must resume
DFNHS member Allyson Pollock has co-written an editorial in the BMJ calling for the resumption of widespread tracking and testing for Covid-19. (more…)
Hard to understand – no mass testing for Covid-19
There is no mass testing for Covid-19. How can you manage an emergency like the Covid-19 pandemic without access to clear, up-to-date information on the number of new cases within the population? (more…)