The NHS is 72 this year. This anniversary comes as the NHS and the general public face challenging times. The covid-19 pandemic is far from over, and while the long […]
Month: July 2020
A call to action to improve access to healthcare and health outcomes in ethnic minority communities
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed the differential health outcomes for people from ethnic minorities who have been disproportionately affected by the virus. The Black Lives Matter campaign across the world […]
Joni Jabbal: We all need to be open to conversations on race, even though they may not be easy to hear
As a person from an ethnic minority working in health policy, for many years I’ve actively avoided talking about race. In a previous job, I was told that people from […]
Covid-19 and the effect on the gender pay gap in medicine
The ground that women lose now will likely have a profound effect for many years to come, perhaps putting them at a disadvantage for the rest of their careers […]
Covid-19 threatens to unravel years of progress on reproductive health and rights
We must act now to protect them, warn Herminia Palacio and Susheela Singh A perfect storm of unfortunate events—the covid-19 pandemic, the attendant economic collapse, and potential funding reductions due […]
Sarah Marie Farrell: NHS doctors’ low morale and burnout is a crisis waiting to happen
Medical unhappiness is rife in the UK, writes Sarah Marie Farrell, but it doesn’t have to be this way Like almost all doctors I know, I am proud to be […]
Keerti Gedela: The conversation on race, covid-19, and #BLM matters more than ever
Discussing racism, inequality, and the impact this has on our health has crashed into the mainstream; but it’s a conversation that is getting confusing, particularly for those who have never […]
Advance care plans—an opportunity for change
We read with interest a recent Opinion piece by Derek Willis et al, who offer their perspectives on advance care planning. We too recognise that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted […]
Obesity: tackling the causes of the causes
Growing evidence of the links between overweight and severity of covid-19 outcomes has added even greater urgency to the imperative to act on the large and increasing epidemic of obesity. […]
Covid-19: We need accurate and rapid reporting on deaths referred to the coroner
Rapid reporting of accurate statistics is essential for understanding the causes of deaths from covid-19 and identifying the best means of prevention. [1] However, in England, registering a death is […]