MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'crippen'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3193803&cid=t_135025_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F04N11NwAb48%2F This article is what has them in a state: Only in our points-obsessed system could nurses be ‘better’ than doctors Last week, the headline in NursingTimes.net ­announced that GPs should be replaced by nurses. ­”Research” carried out by the National Nursing ­Research Unit claimed that the GP ­practices employing the highest number of nurses provide the best quality of care. For a cash-strapped government, the suggestion that a doctor, earning something close to £120k, can be replaced by a nurse earning less than a quarter of that has obvious attractions. My initial thought was Dr C had taken a passing comment in an article and run with it so I trawled through the very funny nursingtimes.net site and found: ‘Replace GPs with practice nurses’, researc... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3193803 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:58:37 +0100 3193803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347986&cid=t_135025_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhow-to-stop-smoking-with-little-help.html Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyKevin MD is looking at the current controversy in the USA about a hard-hitting anti-smoking TV ad. I don’t find this one any stronger than the various ones running in the UK at the moment – about which there have been a number of complaints. And it does not bother me at all the some of these ads may frighten children. It might stop them starting.I had not realised what a wonderful selection of stop smoking propaganda exists. Some of these ads have not been shown on TV, for varying reasons. Or maybe I just missed them.I liked this one.I had not seen this next one as it was banned. I thought it was very very funny. Which is probably a reflection on me. I have insight!The good humour of this next one appealed, though... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347986 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:14:00 +0100 2347986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104684&cid=t_135025_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fwhat-he-said.html I had intended to follow up with a rant on a particular fave topic of mine - the idea that "natural" equates to "safe".However, the always thought provoking Dr Crippen has beaten me to it. And, inevitably, said it better than me.So, read his piece here. (Source: The KnifeMan) The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104684 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:44:00 +0100 2104684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1494300&cid=t_135025_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F304750844%2F Dr C is at it again, blaming all the ills of a dumbed down health service on Nurse Practitioners who don’t know their place and who want to play at being doctors. None of which is true of course as Zarathustra’s reply to the post by Seaneen that kicked off the recent round of nurse bashing demonstrates. Hardly a hissy fit at all really if you read the response in full “The actual answer to the debate is that *some* nurse specialists/practitioners are doing jobs that would be better done by actual doctors…and *some* nurse specialists/practitioners are working well within their competency and adding genuine value to services. The question is how one distinguishes the two, and you can’t do that in the context of a screaming match.” In fact, what is most noticeable is how far in a... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1494300 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:29:04 +0100 1494300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466825&cid=t_135025_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fhow-not-to-stop-smoking.html As readers of NHS BLOG DOCTOR will be only too well aware, I am a curmudgeonly, cantankerous old bugger at times. There is nothing more likely to reduce me to rage than a patient leaving a chitty from a “health care professional” instructing me to prescribe nicotine substitutes. Lots of reasons for my anger.  First and foremost, I am not going to be told what to do by an unqualified HCP. Secondly, most HCPs are not allowed to prescribe, and for good reason, and the ones who are so allowed are dangerous. The way things are going soon they will all be allowed to prescribe independently. So be it. I will not be responsible for their actions - and don’t say I didn’t warn you about the dangers.  Thirdly, I object to the taxpayer having to underwrite the substantial cost of nicotine su... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466825 Sat, 24 May 2008 20:21:00 +0100 1466825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1174873&cid=t_135025_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fcrippen-diary-2008-january-3.html What do you want to do when you grow up...January 2008 (3)Mr Green is a new patient. He lives in the posh part of town. According to the notes, he is a quantity surveyor. I was running about twenty minutes late when he came in. I smiled, and said I was sorry to have kept him waiting. He did not smile. He sat down and said, "I want to see a dermatologist.""Is there anything I can help with?""No, I have tried everything I can think of, and it has not helped so I need to see a dermatologist.""OK, right, er... have you ruled out the possibility that anyone here can help you?""I have had this rash for nearly a year, and I want to see a dermatologist" he said, firmly.Not winning here. "OK, I will refer you today.""How long will it take?" he asked."Several weeks" I said.Mr Green was not happy. I ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1174873 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:46:00 +0100 1174873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957201&cid=t_135025_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fdr-crippen-innocent.html "For nearly 100 years his name has been a byword for murder most foul, but Hawley Crippen, the infamous doctor hanged for poisoning and dismembering his British wife, may have been innocent, new research suggests."(The Times)Finally, the truth has been established. An innocent man was led to the gallows. Great uncle Hawley did not poison Aunty Cora. That, of course, has always been my belief. I make no comment about the speculative and unsubstantiated allegations that he was involved in botched back street abortions. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957201 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:33:00 +0100 957201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=761486&cid=t_135025_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fprof-mawson-on-andrew-wakefield-why-do.html Dr Crippen has posted a Letter from America. However, it is not a gentle insightful reprint of a favourite Alistair Cooke but a letter from a US epidemiologist, Prof. Anthony R. Mawson. Mawson writes to offer his opinion on Prof. Trisha Greenhalgh's critical analysis of the Wakefield et al. study that was published in The Lancet in 1998. [I shall address these criticisms in another post although I suspect that the comments will deal with these matter is some detail.]Mawson is a staunch supporter of Dr Andrew Wakefield. Although we may disagree on the quality of Wakefield's research and its significance, I do think it is admirable that Mawson has not only written this supportive letter to the most widely-read medical blog in the UK, but he may also have signed the Nigel Thomas petition that... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=761486 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:38:00 +0100 761486