As the world grapples with the covid-19 pandemic, the anxiety, fear, and restrictions it poses have once again brought mental health to the forefront. As health systems struggle to cope […]
Month: October 2020
John Dean: The current model of anonymous feedback should be scrapped
These days if I want some positive feedback, I look on eBay; I rarely get any at work. But as a hospital consultant I am responsible for giving feedback to […]
Covid-19 will have lasting effects on the medical workforce
For a number of years, recruitment and retention of staff in the NHS has been challenging: 10.7% of nursing posts and 6.6% of medical posts are vacant. How might the […]
Doctors in training: canaries in the covid-19 coalmine, or leaders of change?
The experience of covid-19 for doctors in training across the world is one of disruption. For those in countries with a high incidence of covid-19 cases, work has been realigned, […]
Richard Smith: Beware the snares of “Conventional Wisdom,” with implications for the pandemic and much else
The most famous part of J K Galbraith’s famous book The Affluent Society, which was published in 1958, is the chapter in which he exposes the constant failure of what […]
Covid-19 and ethnicity: how the information gap exacerbates inequality
Trust must be rebuilt within BAME communities if information gaps are to be bridged, say Rooah Omer, Shruti Patel, and Danielle Solomon […]
Political pressure on US medical professionals in the covid-19 pandemic
In the year 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic with the leader of the free world hospitalized, the glow of democracy fading, and winter coming, medical professionals in […]
It’s never too late for older adults to start exercising
Physical activity guidelines, based on the available scientific evidence, claim that achieving recommended activity levels will substantially improve individual and population lifespan and health. [1,2] Engaging in regular physical activity […]
Covid-19: Modelling the pandemic
Several predictions made by experts ahead of the UK-wide lockdown in March are confirmed in a detailed re-analysis of the data. The authors explain the background to their research […]
Making healthcare cleaner and more sustainable after covid-19
Crises are an opportunity to interrogate what really matters. The covid-19 pandemic is no exception. There has been considerable debate about possible causal relationships between capitalism and inequalities, environmental damage […]