UK hospitals are continuing to deal with the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and the strain that this has put on usual services. Hemodialysis patients travel to dialysis units three-times-a-week and are […]
Month: September 2020
We have a limited window of opportunity to act on the climate emergency
Despite the distraction of the recent pandemic, environmental issues continue to be a central part of public discourse. After decades of work by activist groups and academics, knowledge that the […]
Covid-19 test and trace: Look for the super-locals to access “hard to reach” groups
We must not ignore the benefits of local initiatives that are already connected to the recruitment base […]
Maurizio Pompili: Suicide prevention at the time of covid-19
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, Italy has registered an incredibly high number of deaths related to the virus. The outbreak in the northern regions of the country had a higher […]
Covid-19: An efficient and effective test trace regime is not a numbers game
We need a targeted testing strategy, not a blunderbuss, say Maggie Rae and Ellis Friedman […]
Kathy McLean: The time to act on equality is now
I think it’s safe to say that my current roles will be some of my last in the NHS, having started as a junior doctor in 1983. When I was […]
Efficient, timely, and funded living evidence syntheses on maternal and newborn health during the pandemic
Living systematic reviews are needed to minimise research waste and maximise benefit, argues Shakila Thangaratinam When SARS-Cov-2 infection first hit the headlines, the obstetric community started its close watch on […]
Best practice in contact tracing: How should an effective system be organised?
Sheffield Community Contact Tracers (SCCT), a group of community activists, local volunteers, former GPs, and public health doctors, ran a contact tracing pilot project earlier this year. [1] We believe […]
Redeployed but still learning: orthopaedic trainees on the first months of the covid-19 pandemic
Although redeployment had an impact on surgical training, it also provided a unique opportunity to learn from other specialties, write Pratik Shah, David Skipsey, and George Patrick Ashcroft […]
Brexit: We must never trade what we value; our NHS and our health
No one could have predicted the scale of the change we have all experienced as a society in recent months as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, and still the […]