All the trimmings: patient and staff wellbeing should not be left to charitable funding

Abstract

We need a wider debate about how charitable funding contributes to the NHS, argue Ellen Stewart and Rosemary Cresswell

NHS charities help with more than just the trimmings

“…Stewart and Cresswell call for more debate about how charitable funding contributes to the NHS for staff as well as patients 1…”

Ideas for a new world

“…If Barbie is not your cup of coffee (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2564),4 The BMJ ’s Christmas articles offer many other ideas to consider. Can clinicians learn from close-up magicians, radio presenters, and puppeteers (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2710)?5 Does chair placement affect doctor-patient communication (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076309)?6 How dangerous are MRI machines (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077164)?7 Should aspects of healthcare be left to charity to fund (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2669)?8…”