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Doctors Think Tank


Who are we?

The Doctors Think Tank is the first medically led think tank in the UK. Many of us are doctors and we actively encourage other professionals interested in and knowledgeable about healthcare to join us.

The DTT is not a union and has no allegiance to any political party.

What do we want to do?

We will encourage a vigorous and independent debate and discussion on the future of the UK's healthcare, through postings on our website and discussion documents.

We will provide an opportunity for doctors and interested professionals to join a community that can influence healthcare policy


What do we believe in?

We believe that by whatever method healthcare services are provided, they should be comprehensive and of the very highest standard, putting the patient first .

Where healthcare costs outstrip available resources or very high cost treatments become available, we favour a debate on what is made available rather than this being determined through central diktat.


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Doctors Think Tank

Doctors Think Tank aims to improve patient care. Practising doctors have come together to use the internet to boost the spread of good practice and speed up innovation. For too long the medical profession has been dictated to from the top down and been forced to follow Whitehall prescription, often written by people who have never worked with patients. This has to change. Doctors Think Tank provides a free and easy way of publishing ideas, hopes and aims for the future of healthcare. This grassroot movement is not politically biased and realistically puts patient care first.

Has the Value of a Personal Recommendation Increased?

In this age of economic uncertainty daily newspaper articles seem to be filled with quantitive easing and falling share prices. So, I thought I would write a blog questioning what is increasing in value (other than the cost of living)?

I wondered if the value of personal recommendations has increased during the recession? Maybe not tangibly in money terms, but the value added by social media. Modern technology has made it easier to access and assess how others have found interacting with a company, rather than just relying upon a large faceless corporate brand. Hence, I thought I would add my personal recommendation to 'Good Looking Design', and illustrate an example of their design pictured here. An efficient and client friendly service!

Understanding the Credit Crisis

Time for Cognitive Analytical Therapy?

Feeling low? Relationship difficulties? Confused about life? Don't let talking therapy be the preserve of the rich and famous. It can help you change no matter how big or small your problems are. Dr Tempest, a medical doctor, specialises in therapy for lawyers. Therapy usually lasts eight to sixteen sessions (50 minutes each). Dr Tempest is also happy to be instructed by solicitors for any medico legal case involving psychiatry or psychology. www.yourspacetotalk.com email: mail@yourspacetotalk.com tel: 07530 761373 Practice based in Harley Street and Fleet Street.

'Telling it Like it is'

Dan Hannan MEP

Drinking and Surroundings

Winkielman, Berridge and Wilbarger (2005) found that by subliminally presenting happy or angry faces, with no subjective change in affect, influenced peoples drinking behaviour. Subjects placed more value on beverages, and consumed more beverages, after subliminally being presented with happy faces. Whereas, beverage value and consumption decreased after subliminally being presented angry faces. The conclusion is that nonconscious stimuli can influnce judgment and behaviour without consciously being aware of it.

Paragraph from 'The Compassionate Mind'

"Our world is changing. Unregulated 'competitive edge', possessive and wealth-seeking psychologies have set us (and those who will follow us) really tough challenges and, quite probably, tragedies in waiting. This is no one's fault; it's what happens when we simply act out blindly the self passions of our 'old brains/minds'. However, we can no longer allow our minds to be so undisciplined. We require mature compassion-focused politics to help us build a foundation on which we can train our compassionate minds and create compassionate societies, and we need a nourishing spirituality that's science based. In our hearts, we know that most of our problems - of the environment, tribal violence and terrorism, social injustice and human exploitation - are only going to be resolved through out relationships with each other.

Evolution has designed for us a really difficult brain, one that can create heaven or hell, and it's up to each of us to choose which we opt for. opening our hearts to each other and developing self-kindness based on understanding that 'none of us chooses to be here with this strange mind' is probably not a bad first step."

The Compassionate Mind, Paul Gilbert