What can we say as Christians about the Lord Darzi Rapid Review on the state of the English NHS?
Ara Darzi's independent review into the performance of National Health Service (NHS) England, commissioned…
The NMC Code in the light of Jesus – ‘Preserve Safety’
(Read The Code online - The Nursing and Midwifery Council (nmc.org.uk)
I have recently been prompted…
A prayer for the new government
As a Christian nurse, I am intrigued to see how God might use the recently elected Government to help…
Midwifery in the headlines
Midwifery was in the news for all the wrong reasons at the end of last year. As a midwife of ten years,…
Striking the right balance
how can Christian medics decide about industrial action?
Until a decade ago, I was a medic struggling…
The ‘Letby effect’ on this paediatric nurse
Firstly, let me say that I cannot even begin to imagine the grief the families involved in this case…
The UK’s first womb transplant – what the media missed out
The first UK ‘womb transplant’, carried out by Richard Smith’s team in Oxford and announced at…
Doctors on strike – reflections of a conflicted consultant
On 1 August 1983, my life changed forever. I started work in the NHS. I lost all that I had known of…
‘Because you’re worth it?’ The BMA and the junior doctors’ strikes
Easter 2023 is likely to be remembered for a long time in the NHS. Straight after a four-day bank holiday…
Desperate for organs
‘What can a man give in return for his life?’ asks Jesus rhetorically of his disciples and the crowds…