
Developing Health Course 2010 – part V
Day 8 and it's surgery. John Rennie and Colin Binks gave such an encouraging presentation that we all…

Developing Health Course 2010 – part IV
Back for week two of the course, refreshed by a weekend off. A few of our international visitors enjoyed…

What will it take for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) actually to prosecute someone for assisted suicide?
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer, whose job it is to prosecute people who break…

How seriously should we take the recent report from the RCOG claiming that fetuses cannot feel pain until 24 weeks gestation? Not very!
‘A fisherman once told me that fish have neither sense nor sensation, but how he knew this he could…

Developing Health Course 2010 – part III
Today is community health day and I'm currently in the back of the lecture theatre watching Alex Duncan's…

Developing Health Course 2010 – part II
Two more full days of the course - mosquitoes, worms, and other hazardous parasites yesterday and HIV…

Developing Health Course 2010 – part I
It's been a wonderful couple of days at the Developing Health Course with the combination of excellent…

The case of Howard Martin shows why we should not accept any law allowing ‘compassionate killing’
Dr Howard Martin, a now retired Co Durham MP, was struck off on Friday by the General Medical Council…

What the Sunday Telegraph doesn’t tell you about repeat abortions
I was quoted on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph this morning in an article reporting that 89 teenage…