Felicitations, Ginny, and best wishes for a fulfilling experience editing the MJA. Iain

My Editorial team Iain Chalmers Douglas Badenoch et al would like to know what sorts of additional learning materials you'd like to see in my Library. Please do pop along and let them know. jameslindlibrary.org

Ah, yes, this looks like it's worth a proper read. 'Avoidable amendments can also contribute to research waste..'. Quite so. I do wonder whether we can avoid some of these by building some flexibility into the original submission (plus better planning of course)

MyDeath, MyDecision Trevor Moore rosie harper Iain Chalmers Dr Phil Hammond 💙 Henry Marsh A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR Polly Toynbee Why 'assisted', and 'by whom'? See thoughts about how to keep Drs' moral compass firmly on both increasing life & decreasing suffering without compromising values bmj.com/content/374/bm…

The managed decline of the NHS since 2010 was always going to end in mass staff vacancies (150,000+), mass avoidable harm, mass migration of staff to countries that value them more & mass industrial action. Negligent oversight, planning & funding have led us to this NHS disaster.

Excellent. Looks like this will be well over 150,000 signatures ahead of the live-streamed debate on Monday. If you’ve not yet signed, please do so here —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6282…

excellent from Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 : such massive conflicts of interest are not something to be managed but avoided by design. (looking forward to reading the book)

Thanks, Margaret. Aye, Iain

How does poor family purchasing power in 1734 compare with Universal credit in 2023?

Jacob Vanderlint in Money Answer’s All Things in 1734 gave a budget for a laborer, wife+4 children in London of 16shillings per week to cover meat, bread,milk, salt, sugar, butter, cheese and beer (to avoid perils of water), coal, soap, candles, thread and rent for two rooms.

We might add on another two shillings for crisis expenses, transport, clothes and medicines. In 1750 £1 was equivalent to £284 purchasing power in 2023. That’s £256 per week or £1109 per month for the family costs in 2023 prices

For a family of 2adults and 4 kids on Universal Credit you’ll receive £579 for adults plus £315 for first child and £270 for the second child. Total £1164. So the purchasing power in 2023 is roughly the same for a poor family at it was for a labouring father in London in 1750.

I just signed this: keep signing!

#CochraneDaily Read about the history of the intention to treat principle and its role in minimising bias in randomised trials in new James Lind Library article James Lind Iain Chalmers Isabelle BOUTRON jameslindlibrary.org/articles/analy…

Hidden EBM treasure! Check out this fascinating repository of interviews with Founding Figures from 2014, including David Sackett himself files.jamanetwork.com/sdebm/index.ht… The questions haven't changed... Iain Chalmers Thomas Agoritsas, MD PhD Nick DeVito David Nunan Raj Mehta

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Running to Give Palestinian and Refugee Children the Gift of Education createsend.com/t/t-EE279FA184…

A new vision of Palestine: reviewing 'In the Shade of the Sun' mondoweiss.net/2023/09/a-new-…

Bad faith, duplicity and cynicism: Britain’s Palestine Mandate, 100 years ago mondoweiss.net/2023/09/bad-fa…