Freakonomics, sick days and UK GDP

When we look at UK GDP recovery and growth figures, is it safe to assume that improved staff absenteeism levels are a key ingredient in the upswing? Our medical director Dr Alex Smallwood applies some Freakonomics thinking to that question and digs beneath the...

It’s stressful being stressed at work

Pete Clark, HCML’s head of corporate and public sector service development, explains what HR people and managers can do to alleviate stress at work, and why our fight or flight response can be the biggest problem. Stress and anxiety are amongst the leading causes of...

Clinical negligence needs the Rehab code

Why doesn’t the Rehabilitation Code extend to clinical negligence and how might patients benefit if it did? Our medical director Dr Alex Smallwood examines why NHS Resolution needs a ‘common-sense code’. It is one of the great ironies of healthcare that an individual...