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Making the most of flexible working (triple helix - summer 2005)

As a medical student I assumed that at some point in the future I would stop working in the NHS, leave the UK and serve God overseas for a period of time. Inspired by the example of others, I asked the familiar question, 'when should I go?' However, a new...

Records, Confidentiality and Computers (triple helix - spring 2005)

Over the next few years there will be a revolution in the way personal information about patients is managed in the NHS. We are told that: '…every patient's medical and care records will be held electronically and will eventually be available securely online. The information will be safely and easily...

Facing the Obesity epidemic (triple helix - autumn 2004)

Obesity is an increasing problem in the UK, with over 60% of the population overweight and 20% obese. This results in an increase in risk of morbidity and mortality from type 2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, cancer and stroke, amongst others.[1] Obesity is not confined to the UK. The...

Submission from CMF to the Department of Health on the Proposals to Exclude Overseas Visitors from Eligibility to Free NHS Primary Medical Services (13/08/2004)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship is interdenominational and has as members more than 4,500 British doctors who are Christians and who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by...

Submission from CMF in response to the Department of Health on Choosing Health? A Consultation on Action to Improve People's Health (28/06/2004)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is interdenominational and has over 4,500 members throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland who are Christians and who desire their professional and personal lives to...

Good News Censored? (triple helix - autumn 2002)

'Doctors warned against preaching to patients' was the headline provoked by the Spring edition of Triple Helix.[1,2] The place of evangelism in doctors' daily work is a sensitive issue and the response was a strong instruction that doctors may not force their beliefs onto patients. 'It is totally inappropriate to...

Sharing Christ with Patients (triple helix - summer 2001)

Unsociable hours joined at the hip to a little black box that regularly bleeps at me! My first few months as a Christian junior doctor have been akin to juggling with slippery balls. Hospitals are funny places. A nurse friend thinks she would be challenged to think of a place...

Crisis Pregnancies - An Ongoing Problem (nucleus - spring 1996)

Despite improvements in sex education and an increasing awareness of methods of contraception, over 170,000 terminations are carried out each year in England and Wales. Doctors who are faced with women experiencing unplanned or 'crisis' pregnancies often find themselves in a dilemma. Do they sign the authorisation form and ignore...