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Banned Doctors Still Work Abroad: Europe’s Dangerous Blind Spot
Europe has built a shared labour market for doctors, but not a shared system to keep patients safe. A system made for movement, not accountability The investigation was led by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). It worked with partners in 45 countries and with reporters at 50 media outlets. It found1
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Disaster Nursing is More Important Than Ever
The increasing frequency of natural disasters and public health emergencies, such as COVID-19, as well as wars and conflicts worldwide, has underscored the critical importance of a well-prepared nursing workforce. These events have exposed significant weaknesses across many healthcare systems worldwide, including fragmentation, health inequities, 1
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Ketamine’s New UK Risk Profile Should Push Mental Health Systems to Rethink Referral Readiness
Ketamine use has increased significantly in the UK over the past decade, and the associated risks are well-documented. Growing pressure from law enforcement, healthcare experts, and campaigners encouraged the government to reappraise the harmfulness of the drug, with the resulting report from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (1
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Redefining Patient Access: The Advancement of Voice AI in Healthcare Appointments
A colleague of mine who manages a mid-sized primary care clinic told me that her front desk had gone from fielding 200 calls a day to routing most of them through an automated Voice AI solution. "Patients book faster now and staff actually have time to breathe," she said. That stuck with me because it captured something I had been seeing acro1
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New Year’s Resolution: Is It Really a Good Thing?
A Nurse’s Report by Sabine Torgler (RN / UK) My dear readers, Happy New Year! I hope your festive days were filled with family, friends, and joy. Here we are at the beginning of 2026—another year, another story. Amid the ongoing chaos of world events, I’ve made a quiet promise to myself. Shall I call it a New Year’s resolution,1
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AI in Nursing: Enhancing Care Through Technology
Dear readers, Time has flown by again! 2025 is almost over. I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the shorter the days and weeks feel. It seems like New Year’s Day was only yesterday. How did that happen? It’s like sitting in a time machine. Let’s talk about a very hot topic at the moment. Yes, you guessed it, I’m ta1
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Women’s Health and Arterial Ageing After COVID-19
Dear readers, It’s time for my thoughts from the island. I read Luke Taylor’s recent article about the first major research study into women’s health following COVID-19 ( New Scientist , September 9, 2025), with great interest. The study of more than 2300 women over 50, across 16 countries, highlighted something both striking and u1
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Lifelong Learning: The Florence Nightingale Foundation and The Preceptorship Programme
Dear readers, Summer is here! For many healthcare professionals in Europe, it will be a time to take a well-earned break and go on holiday. I will start my annual leave in September, which should be epic. This year, I have a new plan: staycation! I had a little taste of this in June and found it to be wonderful. It made me rethink my travel p1
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KHAG: A Reform That Ignores The Demand Shock, While Charging The Health System For It
Executive summary Germany’s Krankenhausreform-Anpassungsgesetz (KHAG) tweaks the mechanics of the KHVVG but leaves a structural mismatch untouched: hospital demand is rising faster than funding that reaches front-line providers. A significant driver of near-term demand is migration-related utilisation, especially first-year urgent and emergenc1
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Letter from the United States
It was funny timing to be invited to write a blog post about what’s going on in healthcare in the US the morning after Donald Trump appeared at the Club World Cup Final in New Jersey where he joined the celebration on the stage where Chelsea captain, Reece James, and his teammates hoisted the trophy and danced in joy. It was a truly crazy1
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