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Forcing vaccines on care workers won’t help

June 16, 2021 Written by Medical Practice

Media reports today (16 June 2021) suggest that the UK government is likely to make Covid vaccination mandatory for care home staff, and possibly directly employed NHS staff. I think this would be a mistake. I continue to thank God for the quick development of […]

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DIY abortion: one year on

March 30, 2021 Written by Medical Practice , Start of Life

On this day last year, the UK Government, after a bizarre double-u-turn, made the home an approved ‘class of place’ for early medical abortion up to ten weeks. Women could now obtain both mifepristone and misoprostol after just a phone or video consultation with an […]

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The Ethical Care Decision-Making Record – a cautiously optimistic response

March 29, 2021 Written by Medical Practice

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), together with the General Medical Council (GMC), have just released a new resource; the Ethical Care Decision-Making Record (ECDMR), which aims ‘to help clinicians, patients and their families or carers make decisions together about the levels of care that […]

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Organ Trafficking in a Time of COVID

February 9, 2021 Written by Global Health and Mission , Medical Practice

 Organ Trafficking in Egypt: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’. Indonesian woman shocked to find kidney had been removed after working in Qatar. Pakistani police rescue 24 from organ trafficking gang. The organ snatchers: Boy of 12 smuggled into the UK…for gang to […]

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Open letter to the BBC regarding inaccurate and unethical reporting on Bell vs. Tavistock

January 4, 2021 Written by Gender Identity , Medical Practice

This letter originally signed by 15 doctors (including myself) and psychologists was sent to the Director General of the BBC just before Christmas. The letter has been made public although not all original signatories were able to make their names public for fear of reprisal. […]