In response to the covid-19 pandemic planned outpatient appointments, diagnostics, treatments, and surgical procedures were deferred or cancelled for millions of patients.1 This was done to free up capacity to […]
Year: 2020
The evolutionary phases of a junior academic faculty physician
Recently, as we were preparing for our daughter’s first day of school, we came across the philosophy of the educator, Ellen Moir,1 who has identified distinct phases of a first-year […]
Doctors and patients: two nations divided by a common language
There is an oft repeated misconception that anaesthetists choose their specialty because they can’t communicate with conscious patients. This is demonstrably untrue. Take the average anaesthetic assessment on the morning […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—29 October 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
It is not too late for local authorities to start leading contact tracing
Local authorities can fully engage with local communities to combat covid-19 New and better ways to manage covid-19 must be adopted in the UK as soon as possible, and may […]
Max Davie: Food poverty is not just a problem of the pandemic—the UK is falling behind on child health
What does the UK prime minister want for Christmas? He certainly hopes not to see children going hungry. “We will do everything in our power to make sure that no […]
Changes to speciality recruitment 2021—leaves trainees with more questions than answers
On the evening of 21st October, Health Education England (HEE) held a webinar for trainees applying to higher speciality training. While parts of the webinar were informative, overall it is […]
Jabeer Butt: Racism and covid-19—a matter of life and death
The omission of racism from the government’s new report on covid-19’s health inequalities marks its latest failure to tackle this important issue, says Jabeer Butt […]
Dealing with the collateral damage of covid-19: It’s not all about cure—it’s about care
“There is a lot of personal damage, or loss, or grief, we cannot mention right now.” (focus group participant) The rapid and ongoing spread of covid-19 across the world has […]
Adam Briggs: What can be done to improve NHS Test and Trace? The role of local contact tracing
Public Health England has recently reported that local contact tracing systems—also known as local tracing partnerships—are now in place in over 100 local authorities across England. [1] Seen as one […]