Joshua A. Rolnick, Joshua M. Liao, and Amol S. Navathe Bundled payments have become a prominent value-based payment arrangement. The US recently concluded a five-year national programme, the Bundled Payments […]
Month: June 2020
Covid-19: Take holiday now to prepare yourself for a second wave
Healthcare professionals should allow themselves to take a break now, before the intensity of work increases again, says Fiona Donald, vice president of the Royal College of Anaesthetists It seems […]
The NHS Race and Health Observatory—its time has come
On 30 May 2020, NHS England and the NHS Confederation launched the NHS Race and Health Observatory, a new centre to investigate the impact of race and ethnicity on people’s […]
Health professionals should use their voice to advocate for breathing space in our cities after covid-19
Health professionals have an urgent window of opportunity to engage in tackling air pollution and inequality through supporting a radical reallocation of urban street space for walking and cycling. The […]
Ceinwen Giles: The shielder’s dilemma
As the government look set to make an announcement on shielding, Ceinwen Giles discusses the impact that shielding is having on patients and their families […]
Covid-19: Male disadvantage highlights the importance of sex-disaggregated data
Although covid-19 is a new and emerging disease, it could be one of the best understood in terms of its sex-disaggregated outcomes. [1] This may sound surprising. Sex-disaggregated data (separated for […]
David Gilbert on Michael Seres—three times as good
I want to cry. But I hear his voice. “Cut it out. Get to the point”. He was a legend and true Mensch. In 2011, Michael woke up in hospital […]
Judging the value of serology tests for covid-19—caution is required in interpreting results
Testing for covid-19 is critically important for the management of disease and prevention of spread. There has been understandable concern about the need to develop good tests and ensure that […]
David Oliver: The UK government’s pandemic response has been economical with the truth
Much of the rhetoric on the coronavirus pandemic has drawn on battlefield metaphors. Perhaps the notion that truth is the first casualty of war also applies to our government’s response […]
The hidden burden of laughing gas
The frequent presence of silver canisters, or “whippits,” on our streets (even during the covid-19 lockdown) is a visible mark of the increasing incidence of nitrous oxide (N2O) or laughing […]