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What has this got to do with complaints against doctors anyway? I thought the complaint was to an ex-physio with a cushy admin job in a Norwegian health care set up, and a side kick who had a degree in physics.

As far as I can see not. It seems the press release was not from them. The press release says Cochrane have taken the decision to withdraw, not that they have withdrawn.

That was the example that had come to my mind. Pilots are grounded if they cannot demonstrate competence. Doctors are not. Policemen are not. Priests are not.

SMC have certainly been regarded with more scepticism recently. But maybe other outlets just see that if you read the piece it looks very flimsy and amateur. 'We got these leaked emails saying Cochrane were caving in to patients and we spoke to Cochrane who pointed out it was nothing to do with...

I agree, that is what was odd. The Chinese herb review seemed fine - no harm to anyone so why withdraw it? But then why not withdraw it - unless you have a policy of withdrawing everything for a certain illness. What I forget is what Cochrane has said about CBT. My impression is that the...

Yes. Or maybe they thought it would be an idea to withdraw the herbs first to give the impression these withdrawals were part of a strategic policy and then oops there goes exercise. I think it more likely that withdrawing the herbs turned out to be easier. Maybe one day we will know.

Yes, if Clare Gerada is to be believed this is a matter for immediate international concern. Where are the journalists when you want them? They are probably so confused by what Donald is saying about Middle Eastern murders and Teresa is saying about how nearly almost she has had a breakthough...

I like the way this indicates that whoever wrote it has no clue. Surely we should applaud resistance to deviation? And wasn't it the other people who called the patient activists? It reads like a robot compilation.

It looks more and more as if someone has shot themselves somewhere above the foot.

In retrospect, maybe the reason for withdrawing the Chinese Dim Sum review first lies in here somewhere.

It isn't, but I am not in a position to say more. Larun has actually failed to respond over a period of 18 months now. She has failed to respond to internal queries for many months. There are no possible responses to the peer review critique, other than saying that there is no evidence of any...

There is no way that Robert Courteney's complaint could be interpreted as 'pressure'. It was a well argued piece of scientific critique. What I think is important is that David Tovey did not cave in to the actual pressure he was under.

not according to the Andrews Sisters

Money is the root of all evil.

Yes Nature has become crap - certainly in medicine.

"The aim of Cochrane Long-term Conditions and Ageing is to support and help coordinate work across across multiple Cochrane Review groups dealing with similar topics. To accommodate the large number of groups in this network, as well as the wide range of scope, methodological interest, and...

Yes, very clear, even after Google translate. Tovey has made it clear that it was not a response to 'patient activism' and as time goes by nobody at Cochrane is going to want to fall back on the suggestion that they caved in to public hysteria. If interviewed by a decent journalist anyone wfrom...

'Problem at present is that pick & Mix. Which is confusing - creates anxiety amongst carers and risks to all.' Oh Dear, Dr Gerada, now we can see that you are just a religious believer in authority after all, not a critical scientist. People deserve to be treated with more respect - especially...

Could someone like @Trish tweet to Gerada re "And do patients have no bias? What about powerful unrepresentative patient lobby groups ? Should not they have to publish their COI & funding sources." I would like to know from Dr Gerada what she thinks my conflictive interest is, as one of the...

I wish that were the case but it is a bit more complicated. For instance, Carol Monaghan, who has taken the lead in the UK Parliament to raise the issue of PACE, presented the problem to Parliament in these terms - treating the illness as psychologicical rather than physical. It is all too easy...