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Experts and evidence
Every now and then you read something and it chimes with you to illuminate niggle you’d not known was there – and the flash of understanding makes you delight. Really good qualitative research can do...
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Mirages and moving classifiers
The joys of new technologies are many and varied. There are now ways of communicating even within NHS hospitals which were apparently designed to block all mobile phone signals, to see veins where none...
View ArticleWhat’s not being said?
Now and then you’ll be looking at research and thinking “that’s interesting” .. or “we should do that” .. but perhaps there’s a nagging doubt in the back of your brain. I would encourage you to listen...
View ArticleAs good as you’ve got
Non-inferiority is an annoying phrase. Mostly because it’s got the feel of a double-negative about it, but also because it’s frequently quite a confusing thing to prove. There are an increasing number...
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In pandemics, clear thinking (and explanations) matter even more
There’s been a flurry of interest about non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs like ibuprofen and the new coronavirus recently. The UK medicine’s safety authority have been clear that there is...
View ArticleQuestioning the minutiae
It’s when big stuff hits and happens that the machinery of state (or the hospital or household) seems to step up and move fast and effectively to undertake activities it seemed to need months to do...
View ArticleVote counting
If eleven people say one thing, and a twelfth disagrees, where do we go with the decision? Let us start with a simple question. What if it’s “Are the chips any good at the canteen?” Straightforward –...
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Looking back and mistaking things
The aged among you may be aware wing mirrors in other countries carried a warning .. “Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are”. Those of a certain persuasion may be unable to...
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Confused, ambiguous or uncertain?
Not-sure-ness … a word sadly missing from the dictionary at the moment … is thick in the air at the moment, like sunseekers on a August beach or beer bottles the morning after a party* Not-sure-ness...
View ArticleReliable
If something is described as ‘reliable’, what springs to mind? Dull but dependable? Solid and sure? It’s a word that gets bandied about with respect to clinical studies and I’ve often wondered quite...
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