Deaths and new infections from covid-19 are falling to low levels in Scotland. Devi Sridhar and Adriel Chen look at how the country is on course to eliminating the virus […]
Month: June 2020
Rammina Yassaie: Stop infantilising doctors and give them their rotas on time, or risk losing them
Delays in sharing rotas is a long standing issue, but one that risks forcing doctors out of the profession, writes Rammina Yassaie […]
De-escalating shielding has left people scared, how can we help them feel safer?
At the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic over two million people in the UK with underlying health conditions were labelled as “clinically extremely vulnerable” and “clinically vulnerable”. For a significant […]
Martin Kaminski: Congrats on becoming a doctor! Sorry about the pandemic
To all our new doctors, first off, congratulations on surviving years of monotonous pre-clinical lectures, bewildering elective attachments, and dreaded finals. You made it! Second, yikes, I know that in […]
Richard Armitage and Laura B Nellums: Grieving during covid-19
Many people’s experiences of grief may be protracted, intensified, or in need of psychological intervention during this pandemic, say Richard Armitage and Laura B Nellums […]
Chris Ham: The government should give local leaders control over NHS Test and Trace
A crisis on the scale of the covid-19 pandemic requires a national response. But in a country as large and diverse as the United Kingdom, where the impact of the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Retractions, withdrawals, and archives
Last week I drew a distinction between publications that had been retracted after publication and those that had been withdrawn. Although the two words literally mean “drawn back” one should […]
Charles Ebikeme: To save the NHS, we must rewrite the rules on health
The social contract between society and the NHS needs rewriting after this pandemic is over, writes Charles Ebikeme […]
Christine Ekechi: How do we start a conversation about racism in medicine?
Tackling racism in medicine can only come about with honest conversations. Christine Ekechi suggests we can start that journey in three ways […]
Where are the women experts on covid-19? Mostly missing
Everyone loses when the opinions of qualified women are not heard. The BMJ Gender Diversity Group shares how you can help us improve the gender balance of expert voices in […]