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Disability policies are the legal profession's disconnect
GDL student David Mant explores what firms can do to combat substantial underrepresentation of disabled lawyers A layperson could be forgiven for holding that law firms’ diversity policies represent substantive progressivism. Representation from marginalised groups has, fortunately, increased: the number of female partners rising from 25% in 2014 to 29% in 2017, while law firms have seen a seven percentage point increase in black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers working in firms.
Monitoring in chronic disease: a rational approach
The ritual of routine visits for most chronic diseases usually includes monitoring to check on the progress or regress of the disease and the development of complications. Such checks require that we choose what to monitor, when to monitor, and how to adjust treatment. Poor choices in each can lead to poor control, poor use of time, and dangerous adjustments to treatment.
Clinicians’ gut feeling about serious infections in children: observational study
Objective To investigate the basis and added value of clinicians’ “gut feeling” that infections in children are more serious than suggested by clinical assessment. Participants Consecutive series of 3890 children and young people aged 0-16 years presenting in primary care. Main outcome measures Presenting features, clinical assessment, doctors’ intuitive response at first contact with children in primary care, and any subsequent diagnosis of serious infection determined from hospital records.
International variation in adherence to referral guidelines for suspected cancer: a secondary analysis of survey data
AbstractBackground Variation in cancer survival persists between comparable nations and appears to be due, in part, to primary care practitioners (PCPs) having different thresholds for acting definitively in response to cancer-related symptoms.Aim To explore whether cancer guidelines, and adherence to them, differ between jurisdictions and impacts on PCPs’ propensity to take definitive action on cancer-related symptoms.Design and setting A secondary analysis of survey data from six countries...
Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999-2010: national database analysis
Life-threatening emergencies such as epiglottitis and meningitis are at an all-time low, yet the number of children being admitted to hospital as emergencies seems to be increasing every year.1 Unplanned hospital admission is costly for the healthcare system and for children, straining finite hospital resources.
Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999-2010: national database analysis
Objective To investigate a reported rise in the emergency hospital admission of children in England for conditions usually managed in the community. Setting and design Population-based study of hospital admission rates for children aged under 15, based on analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics and population estimates for England, 1999–2010.
Can safety-netting improve cancer detection in patients with vague symptoms?
Patients present daily about symptoms that could represent a new diagnosis of cancer.1 Some will present with easily recognised high risk symptoms such as dysphagia (5% likelihood of cancer if age >55 years), postmenopausal bleeding (4% likelihood if age >55 years), or haemoptysis (2% likelihood if age >40 years).
Variation in Direct Access to Tests to Investigate Cancer: A Survey of English General Practitioners
The 2015 NICE guidelines for suspected cancer recommend that English General Practitioners have direct access to diagnostic tests to investigate symptoms of cancer that do not meet the criteria for urgent referral. We aimed to identify the proportion of GPs in England with direct access to these tests.
We are destroying our copies of FIFA to protest against corruption
In a brave act of protest against world corruption, one fearless second year is boycotting FIFA by destroying their copies of the game. Valiant David Mant and pal Alex Sarama have turned their backs on the popular game FIFA 15 in the wake of the bribing scandal that’s rocked the footballing world. They plan on destroying all their copies of FIFA, past and present, and playing Pro Evolution Soccer instead.
Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
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