David Zigmond was a London GP for forty years. He is also trained in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Many of his writings on themes of humanism (and its lack) in healthcare can be found on his website.
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Published in: ourNHSGoodbye, GPs - how the big became the enemy of the goodSerial NHS reforms are destroying continuity of patient care – the very thing that used to make GPs feel their jobs...
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Published in: ourNHSThe NHS Ten Year Plan neglects the human side of healthcareMarkets, machines and micromanagement are turning healthcare into officious, insensitive practice that demoralises...
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Published in: ourNHSHow and Why Do We Retire? Ill omens for younger doctorsThe nature of our departures from our work often tells us much about what kind of problems are being left behind....
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Published in: ourNHSDoctors have always been over-worked, but that's not what's causing the recruitment crisisThe greatest reward of being a doctor - relating to patients as fellow complicated human beings - has been lost...
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Published in: ourNHSLives are being lost due to the heart-failure of marketised healthcareMPs criticise the NHS for mental health failings this week - but the real problem is a competition-based focus on...
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Published in: ourNHSNHS England 2014: Vichy France 1941Doctors are being turned into Commissars, Apparatchiks and Healthdroids, mutely collaborating with endless health...