Weighty matters

Abstract

The 50-year Retrospectives in the Journal show where we stand today. Sometimes, real advances have been achieved. But it does no harm to recognise where the going has proved hard or even impassable. We need to ask what has led to success and what has impeded progress where the situation is little better now. In both health services and research, we have made an outstanding contribution internationally. Note that the composition of who ‘we’ are is changing Show more