I am unclear how this fits in to the critique. I agree that illness and disability are typically assessed using subjective measures but that...
They do not need to be on the committee at all. They should be asked to submit evidence but professionals in other medical fields should be...
If I remember correctly CIC attended the RT by Zoom. I am not in a position to repeat anything specific but she was involved in a discussion in...
All we have really heard from any of these people is: 'My patch needs to be bigger - and don't you dare step on it'. Rehab, psych, LP, GP, ...
Just to remind ourselves how dumb some seem to be: So, children, why do we blind trials? Because the outcomes might be biased by subjectivity,...
if the person never considers or discusses increasing the activities they undertake, then the person can never get better. This is very...
From Dr Kevin Lee I’ve never seen statements from doctors colleges so unsympathetic, lack of recognition of patient advocacy groups, paying so...
I suspect because stepping down in advance of agreement would have called for some sort of valid explanation, as would refusing to agree. Stepping...
As indicated on some other thread, I have, at least for the moment, been imbued by the (biological) motivation to write my book again. It will of...
Malcolm McLeod is another person to think of. He has waded in for SMC in the past. There is a nice irony that his inaugural professorial lecture...
Well said, Asad.
There is a rehab physician organisation, which I think L T-S is head of. We had people from BACME and CSP and OT so it wasn't just Royal Colleges....
I guess I am the only regular member here to have been at the round table. My memory is that all present were asked if they approved of...
Maybe you get crisper chips that way?
We had a few comments about how nobody does GET like that any more. But someone from the NICE side made the point you made. Which was met with...
No, @dave30th, you're not confused;). You have been in this business too long for that. You got it in one.
Some of them are ladies though.
So four of the RC signatories were at round table and did not make a squeak about knowing the treatments worked and whatever. I should think that...
So that is Dr Peter Barry - destructive individual Baroness Ilora Finlay - destructive individual Adam Lowe - destructive individual Jonathan...
Prof Edwards states that “unblinded trials with subjective outcomes are specifically considered unreliable.” If NICE as an organisation were to...
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