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Commissioners need to be brave and speak their minds
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2013 )
Will a new Government change the NHS again?
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2012 )
Movember UK advice needs to be in line with the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2012 )
Primary care must remain the cornerstone of the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2012 )
How do you choose the best hip replacement?
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2012 )
Can the Olympics create a public health legacy?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2012 )
Are we too dependent on over-the-counter drugs?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2012 )
Who thinks the reforms will make the NHS safer?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2012 )
Doctors should receive regular training in prescribing
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2012 )
GPs need to think about environmental health too
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2012 )
Does the Health Bill imply privatisation for the NHS?
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2012 )
The NHS is a people service: put humanity back into it
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2012 )
Cosmetic surgery isn't necessary if you're healthy
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2012 )
Depression and failure are a part of life
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2011 )
Are you looking forward to 'integrition'?
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2011 )
Be proud to be part of the NHS and what it does
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2011 )
Advise patients with STIs to be honest with their partners
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2011 )
Is the Scottish NHS the best in the UK?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2011 )
NHS whistleblowers should be protected
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2011 )
Optimists are needed to handle the changing NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2011 )
Everyone wants to work in an integrated health service
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2011 )
Diabetes care in hospitals needs improving
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2011 )
Bring the generalists back to medicine
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2011 )
Drug development is no longer affordable in the UK
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2011 )
Pathfinder consortia need to be transparent in all aspects
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2011 )
The Shut Up, Move On guide to mental health
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2010 )
NICE hands the commissioning baton over to GP consortia
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2010 )
Do GP commissioners have the nerve to invest in the best?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2010 )
GP commissioners need to focus on preventive strategies
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2010 )
Can GP consortia sort out variation in healthcare?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2010 )
Good communication is a must for medical teams
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2010 )
A guideline for surviving the Con-Dems coalition
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2010 )
Play games to get your doctor's attention
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2010 )
Being a doctor means having difficult conversations
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2010 )
Should EU states have equal access to drug information?
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2010 )
ABPI Code of Practice: medical devices not included
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2010 )
Art is for appreciation not for practising medicine
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2010 )
NICE needs to have both style and substance
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2009 )
Doctors and pharmacists need to work in partnership
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2009 )
Take the time to enjoy life?s pleasures but don't overdo it
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2009 )
Patients and GPs need to fight their steroid phobia
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2009 )
Herpes Viruses Association destigmatises cold sores
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2009 )
Judgement and evidence base must go hand in hand
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2009 )
Remember the wisdom of old-school doctors
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2009 )
Does art have a role to play in healthcare?
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2009 )
Strong leadership is needed to enforce good patient care
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2009 )
When did you last witness a cardiac arrest?
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2009 )
Is assisted death preferable to palliative care?
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2009 )
Happiness is contagious; let?s all get infected
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2009 )
The NHS is going green but is it cost effective?
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2008 )
A PBC consortium may help you keep financial control
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2008 )
How do you differentiate good science from bad?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2008 )
When does high mortality trigger alarm bells?
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2008 )
Health is not a commodity so why learn how to market it?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2008 )
Tomorrow?s doctors need to be masters of many roles
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2008 )
If practice makes perfect, should doctors be robots?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2008 )
Online rating will allow for increased patient feedback
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2008 )
There is more to obesity than eating too much
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2008 )
Legislation reinforces need for openness in drug trials
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2008 )
What exactly is world class commissioning?
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2008 )
It only takes 13 steps to wash your hands properly
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2008 )
Private healthcare providers have lessons for the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2007 )
Evidence-based medicine is stifling clinical freedom
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2007 )
NHS reconfiguration must be based on patient benefits
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2007 )
Whatever happens, do not Americanise the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2007 )
Whatever happens, do not Americanise the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2007 )
Why won?t GPs help their patients to stop smoking?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2007 )
What should Gordon Brown do with the NHS?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2007 )
Can doctors really be taught to communicate?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2007 )
If you have the power, are you using it responsibly?
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2007 )
Would you take your child for the cervical cancer jab?
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2007 )
We would appreciate it if you didn't get ill today
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2007 )
Breast-feeding: more than what comes naturally
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2007 )
Is your choice of neckwear linked to MRSA?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2007 )
It's all in the interview technique
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2006 )
The things you hear on the after dinner circuit
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2006 )
Is your glass half empty or half full?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2006 )
There's only one NHS in the UK – isn't there?
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2006 )
The internet is a truly marvellous thing
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2006 )
Can star ratings ever be accurate or meaningful?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2006 )
Patients are people not commodities
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2006 )
Where does all the money really go?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2006 )
Where does all the money really go?
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2006 )
The transatlantic saviours of Weston-super-Mare
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2006 )
Is reassurance better than medication?
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2006 )
The healing power of haircuts
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2006 )
Can you spell what you prescribe?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2006 )
You can?t always get what you want
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2005 )
Recognition is the real reward
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2005 )
Who should be holding the purse strings?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2005 )
Back to basics ... again
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2005 )
Guidelines for speaking at medical student balls
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2005 )
Should we go Dutch?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2005 )
What can we learn from drug companies?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2005 )
Have we been bought?
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2005 )
Is the NHS worth it?
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2005 )
Bring on the exams
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2005 )
Rooting out incompetence – time for a new approach?
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2005 )
Keeping our patients – and the software – satisfied
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2005 )
Nursery crimes
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2004 )
Sharing the burden of out-of-hours care
Dr Gerard Panting (Dec 2004 )
Facing up to extinction
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2004 )
Back on the bicycle again
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2004 )
The bitter end
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2004 )
The gasman cometh
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2004 )
Keeping Dr Ten-thumbs away from patients
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2004 )
Taking the colonoscopy challenge
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2004 )
All things not being equal
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2004 )
Reaching for the stars
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2004 )
Strange bedfellows
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2004 )
The patient's choice
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2003 )
How to make politics and ethics funny
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2003 )
Small is beautiful
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2003 )
Will the new NHS IT programme ever work?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2003 )
Gene genie
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2003 )
Is online prescribing the way forward?
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2003 )
Tin hats on everyone – we?re going over the top
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2003 )
Don't panic: how to handle health scares with aplomb
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2003 )
War and peace
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2003 )
Way off target
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2003 )
Doctors are from Mars, nurses are from Venus
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2003 )
All you need is love
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2003 )
Guidelines for surviving general practice
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2003 )
... And the winner is ...
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2002 )
Doctors in distress
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2002 )
Guidelines on lacking knowledge
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2002 )
Guidelines for admitting medical errors
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2002 )
Guidelines for filming consultations
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2002 )
How not to reorganise the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2002 )
Guidelines on choosing a consultant
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2002 )
Red faces all round
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2002 )
Should nurses become gatekeepers?
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2002 )
Guidelines for advertising professional services
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2002 )
Getting it off your chest
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2002 )
Forget EBM, bring on MLM
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2002 )
Why patient choice could cost you money
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2001 )
Guidelines on tackling aggressive patients
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2001 )
Time to take sex seriously
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2001 )
More guidelines for self-experimentation
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2001 )
More guidelines for self-experimentation
Dr Phil Hammond (Sep 2001 )
Guidelines on eating eggs
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2001 )
Should you feel sorry for TV doctors?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2001 )
Guidelines on staying out of trouble
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2001 )
How to answer some of those tricky questions
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2001 )
Holiday guidelines for you to cut out and keep
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2001 )
Guidelines to the future
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2001 )
Guidelines for reasearch on underwear
Dr Phil Hammond (Feb 2001 )
Guidelines on avoiding misdiagnosis of death
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2001 )
Guidelines for making eye contact with patients
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 2000 )
Moving from knowing best to doing best
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 2000 )
Guidelines for the young GP: resting between patients
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 2000 )
Guidelines on fetching patients in person
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 2000 )
Don't vote for me
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 2000 )
A guide to medical negligence lawyers
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 2000 )
Guidelines on giving and recieving gifts
Dr Phil Hammond (May 2000 )
Should patients be exposed to medical humour?
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 2000 )
Guidelines on telephone consultations
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 2000 )
Plotting the route to a successful career
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 2000 )
Guidelines on touching patients
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 1999 )
Guidelines for use of the vernacular
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 1999 )
Guidelines for dealing with road rage
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 1999 )
Guidelines on ringing a consultant at home
Dr Phil Hammond (Aug 1999 )
Guidelines on doctor patient communication
Dr Phil Hammond (Jul 1999 )
Meanwhile, back in the surgery?
Dr Phil Hammond (Jun 1999 )
Guidelines for networking within the NHS
Dr Phil Hammond (May 1999 )
Do doctors need to be told how to behave?
Dr Phil Hammond (Apr 1999 )
Guidelines for giving an after-dinner speech
Dr Phil Hammond (Mar 1999 )
Evidence-based medicine – a fascinating voyage
Dr Phil Hammond (Jan 1999 )
Eating your patients is more fun than guidelines
Dr Phil Hammond (Dec 1998 )
Guidelines that matter – spotting a bogus doctor
Dr Phil Hammond (Nov 1998 )
Whatever happened to evidence-based medicine?
Dr Phil Hammond (Oct 1998 )

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