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New large print edition of “Critical”
I’d love to show you the new cover of “Critical” for the large print edition. It makes me want to open up those theatre doors and feel […]
It’s time to be super heroes for scientific truth.
Here is a BMJ blog about science and “truth” https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/category/columnists/matt-morgan/
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: It’s time to be super heroes for scientific truth
Don’t get frustrated, get involved, say Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan Earlier this week, Simon Stevens, the NHS chief executive criticised celebrities and wellness companies for promoting […]
New podcast
Here is a podcast I did on “resilience” whether you believe in the concept or not . . . https://ficmlearning.org/podcast-resilience/#more-914
Meetings without meat
“As I fly home from another overseas conference it’s embarrassing that my talk about respiratory disease was powered by jet fuel, while the calories provided by the […]
Cardiff hospital trials cooling patients after cardiac arrest
A year ago, Andrew Barnett collapsed and his heart stopped beating, as he played football with his young son. Luckily, it was at on a pitch at […]
Moral distress—easier said than solved
To quote Woody Allen: “Life is full of misery, loneliness and suffering, and it’s over much too soon.” The point, presumably, is that everyone is living their […]
Guardian article
I was very pleased to have this article published in the Guardian newspaper in early January. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/09/who-do-i-treat-first-a-cancer-patient-or-the-woman-with-a-bleed-on-her-brain?CMP=share_btn_tw
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Most of us see the Christmas holiday season as an opportunity to slow down, take stock, and “just be.” Accordingly, we had planned a predictable article about […]
Please don’t reply all—why we need to learn e-tiquette
The aeroplane touches down and your holiday begins. “This time I’ll relax” you promise yourself while nervously pacing around the luggage carousal. You finally check-in to your […]
Matt Morgan: We should encourage short service awards
BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6372 (Published 12 November 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l6372 Follow Matt on Twitter: @dr_mattmorgan As I walk towards the sound of 1970s music, […]
Life, death and pressure in the ICU – Leader’s Questions with Stuart Lancaster
A massive thanks to Ger Gilroy and Stuart Lancaster for inviting me onto Episode Three of the second season of Leader’s Questions.
BMJ: Those three little words
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5918 I still remember the first time I said those three little words. Growing up in a loving Welsh family, I’d heard them said many times. But […]
Mastering Intensive Care Podcast
It was a pleasure to speka with Dr Andrew Davies on his podcast Mastering Intensive Care. Have a listen here https://masteringintensivecare.libsyn.com/episode-47-matt-morgan-mixing-science-history-emotion-and-humanity-in-telling-critical-stories
Radio New Zealand Interview
Great to be interviewed by Radio New Zealnd’s Nine til Noon slot. Have a listen here.
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Meetings—where minutes are kept and hours lost
It is estimated that meetings add less than 5% to productivity, are mostly about status management, and contribute to 70% of workers feeling disengaged. [1] Oh well, […]
Hospital doctors should step outside BMJ 2019
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4914 (Published 06 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4914 Last year I did something I found difficult, unsettling, and risky. Yet, in many ways, it was […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Why it’s time we all woke up to the importance of sleep
For too long, medicine has been a cult that deifies workaholism and mocks those who “fuss” about sleep, say Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley Lauren Connelly was […]
Critical thinking Matt Morgan: Fixing our broken wards BMJ 2019; 366 doi:
As I reach the top of the staircase a faded sign reads, “Block A, Tower 3, Wards 7F and 6G.” Nobody really knows what these characters mean […]
Expanding neverland —applying never events management to hospital infrastructure
It had been a tough weekend for our colleagues. They had to deal with a complex patient in cardiac arrest. Yet the response team took days to […]
If you missed it, have a listen to this BBC Radio London interview with the lovely Jo Good https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07bhgym.
Whose choice is equipoise in clinical trials
Doctors constantly strive towards what is best for patients. Good doctors try to make accountable decisions based on integration of clinical experience, medical evidence and patient preferences […]
The car seat of life
While stuck in an angry snarl of traffic during another grey morning commute, I had time to contemplate the view from the car’s rear-view mirror. If this […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: The car seat of life
While stuck in an angry snarl of traffic during another grey morning commute, I had time to contemplate the view from the car’s rear-view mirror. If this […]
Book Launch!
What a day – I am so grateful to everyone who helped make this events so special.
Hay Festival 2019
We had a great time at the Hay Festival this year. I am so grateful to The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff who chaired my event fantastically. For […]
10 Questions from the Hay Festival
Here is a quick interview that I did at the Hay Book festival the original link is here. Matt Morgan’s Critical is an intelligent, compelling and profoundly insightful journey […]
Audiobook download
The audiobook of Critical is now available including through Audible here https://amzn.to/2EMzRzO. A short clip is below:
BBC Radio Wales interview
Have a listen here to the BBC Radio Wales interview with Claire Summers. The full programme is here.
Huffington Post article
I’d be delighted if you wanted to read this Huffington Post article.
TRE – Talk Radio Europe interview
Thanks to Bill Padley for this interview. Click on the play button below.
Why you should #SqueezeTheSponge
Why you should #SqueezeTheSponge As I come to the end of a busy run of shifts in the intensive care unit, I manage to get home in […]
Matt Morgan: Why you should #SqueezeTheSponge
As I come to the end of a busy run of shifts in the intensive care unit, I manage to get home in time to bath my […]
10 great books
It has never been a better time to peer into the gritty insides of medicine through writing. There are a huge selection of medical non-fiction books out […]
Matt Morgan: Hello from the other side
It’s that strangely timed phone call while you are at work. Too early in the day to be a simple hello, too late to be telling you […]
Doctor to Author
I want to show you the backstory to my journey from a doctor to an author so you can benefit from the lessons I have learnt. Whether […]
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: On the frontlines of the opiate crisis—no easy answers
Like the 1930’s comedy brothers Groucho, Chicho and Harpo, the political theorist Karl Marx was a funny old chap. The man who penned Das Kapital and the […]
London Calling
I’m delighted that I’ve been asked to speak at Waterstones in Hampstead in early June all about my book “Critical”. For more info sign-up to my mailing […]
Matt Morgan: Life and how to live it
I still remember the first time I heard the haunting American sound of Michael Stipe, the lead singer of the band R.E.M. I was 10 years old […]
Talking in the Bath
I’m delighted that I’ve been asked to speak at Waterstones in Bath in early June all about my book “Critical”. More info sign-up to my mailing list […]
Talk at Hay
After visiting the Hay book festival for years with my family, I am delighted to be able to speak there this year. Look out for tickets coming […]
Book launch
We will be officially launching “Critical” on 30th May 2019 with the wonderful Griffin Books in Penarth near Cardiff. It will be an evening event in the beautiful […]
The robot needs a human heart—why AI in medicine brings moral choices into focus
In a crisp, white building deep in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, teams of people make moral choices on your behalf. The development of self-driving cars […]
Is TED dead?—a return to good-old fashioned conversation
We two authors used to attend medical conferences that felt more like pathetic gladiator battles. Weapons included poison-tipped USB sticks, monotone delivery, and a complete lack of […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Some Christmas words of wisdom for today’s medical students
In the seasonal spirit of giving, Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley share what they’ve learnt from their time in medicine When these authors were medical students—several millennia […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Some Christmas words of cheer for today’s trainees
In the seasonal spirit of giving, Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley share what they’ve learnt from their time in medicine When these authors were medical students—several millennia […]
Matt Morgan: What can Bridget Jones do for medicine?
As we enter Christmas party season, solving the mystery of an unconscious patient will be repeated across emergency departments around the country on countless occasions. The Holy […]
Matt Morgan: What can Bridget Jones can do for medicine?
As we enter Christmas party season, solving the mystery of an unconscious patient will be repeated across emergency departments around the country on countless occasions. The Holy […]
Matt Morgan: Buying toilet rolls and writing rotas—is this really the best use of clinicians’ time?
Quality improvement schemes have so far been aimed at solving clinical and logistical problems, but have forgotten about the most important asset—staff I’m staring at a […]