We are forever having the opinions of experts thrust at us on television, radio and the internet. Experts are very useful to those making programmes for popular consumption because they stifle debate. Once an expert has pronounced there is no need for the presenter to explain, the expert's word is law. But then a problem arises because a debates is presented between experts. What a curious co...

You need an expert. What do you do? There are plenty of different ways of going about finding one, I’m sure. But I bet you don’t dig out the books from 20 years ago, look who was an expert back then, place the names in the hat and then pick out a name or two

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) has lofty aims. In linking up to a third of general practice income to achievement against a series of quality indicators, it hoped to deliver significant increases in quality to patients. Has it succeeded?

    The National Liberal Party (NLP) believes the overriding aim of Government should be to protect & improve the ‘quality of life’ of citizens.   Quality of Life is not just about money. It not only encompasses economic well-being but also cultural, psychological and spiritual harmony. There is a great deal that threatens our quality of life...

Ministers will today set up an independent review of elderly care in England, as the health watchdog publishes a damning report into the private provider exposed by Panorama.

A transplant expert has criticised the system of presumed consent organ donation as "madness" and a waste of money.

Oli de Botton: Structure doesn't matter as much as we think: the quality of our schools is only as good as the quality of our teachers

We went to KFC the other night.  The chicken was great, of course, as you would expect from KFC.  Must be the battery farmed, force-fed chickens. Anyway, I noticed that they’ve all got new name badges with new job titles such as “Front Till Expert” and “Window Till Expert”.  In fact, every name badge I saw

THE vile calumny version of the expert witness is that they are hired guns, delivering the best evidence that money can buy. Which lawyer charged with safeguarding the interes

One of the most educational lessons that life gives is when the quality newspapers or technical journals run a story where you have expert knowledge of the subject matter. There has been much comment this Autumn about 'Scottish banks', such as Royal Bank of Scotland. But I find the definition of what constitutes a Scottish bank rather elusive. Are we taking about the identity of the shar...