It is just over a year after we appointed Dr Henrietta Hughes as our first ever Patient Safety Commissioner. She is a champion for patients and promoting their views in relation to the safety of medicines and medical devices…
In the report First Do No Harm, Baroness Cumberlege described the health system as disjointed, siloed and unresponsive. Many changes have taken place since the publication of her report in 2020, not least the establishment of my role as the Patient Safety Commissioner…
How would you feel if your doctor offered you a treatment your health condition with good results and very little risk? You might snap it up. But what if you subsequently found out your doctor took thousands of pounds from the treatment makers to write a scientific paper promoting it…
I have recommended that NHS England set up a system for monitoring the safe use of the most potent teratogenic medications, starting with the safe use of sodium valproate in patients on a pregnancy prevention programme…
In the 16 years of my career as a medic in the pharmaceutical industry, there is one experience that has become all too familiar. I sit in an auditorium. A doctor or other healthcare professional takes the stage to present on behalf of a pharmaceutical company…
The advances in medical science are inspiring and continuing to develop at pace from the latest cancer treatments to cutting-edge surgery. We owe so much to the clinical pioneers and brave patients willing to be the ‘first’.
