Gender medicine in the US: how the Cass review failed to land
The newly released Cass review on transgender care for under 18s has had a seismic…
Category: Investigation
Trusts are accused of using foreign doctors as “cheap labour” in fellowship schemes
English hospital trusts have been accused of using doctors from overseas as “cheap labour” as…
Unreliable private online hormone tests sold for months despite accuracy concerns
A large private laboratory processed finger prick tests for oestrogen levels, which are sold by…
Harassment in the NHS: could the solution be the problem?
Harassment and discrimination have been my daily work for over two decades as a partner…
“We reduced sexual safety incidents with better reporting systems and talking to patients about sex”
“When you make reporting clearer, you get an increase in reported incidents because people understand…
“I thought I would be safe in hospital, but I wasn’t”
“One day at the beginning of November 2020 I had been told by my consultant…
“The trust had no sexual assault policy, and nobody answered the Speak Up phone line”
“In October 2019 I had just started a job as a junior surgeon at a…
“He’s left me feeling vulnerable, and I’m so angry”
“I’d been a patient at Island Surgery for 22 years, and Wayne Bronze worked there…
“A healthcare assistant abused my daughter while she was in a mental health facility”
Kate remembers the moment her daughter Emily (names changed), 21, told her that she had…
From FDA to MHRA: are drug regulators for hire?
Over the past decades, regulatory agencies have seen large proportions of their budgets funded by…
Are medical schools turning a blind eye to racism?
Medical schools in the UK are ill prepared to deal with the racism and racial…