The MDU’s Michael Devlin argues the never events policy has had a limited effect on patient safety and welcomes a reassessment by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch. Patient safety is […]
Month: March 2021
Brazil, a country collapsing during the covid-19 pandemic
Brazil was the first Latin American country with covid-19 cases on 26 February 2020. At that time, reports from China, Italy, and other Asian and European countries were already abundant […]
Marija Pantelic and Nisreen Alwan: The stigma is real for people living with long covid
Long covid stigma will have long lasting detrimental outcomes for patients, services, and society as a whole […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—25 March 2021
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Intimate partner violence as a public health problem
The health sector has a responsibility to support people who face intimate partner violence, but it is most effective when approaches are trauma informed and centered around survivors’ individual needs, […]
Early vaccination of prisoners and prison staff is important to reduce mortality and protect the rights of prisoners
In their recent letter to the Health and Social Care Secretary the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that although prisons may be higher risk in terms of […]
Social prescribing may help reduce symptoms of depression in people with dementia
As a medical student, I learned about medication and non-medication strategies for reducing symptoms of depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms (e.g. agitation, anxiety) in people with dementia. While non-medication strategies […]
Nick Scriven: Protecting healthcare staff welfare following the “Third Wave”
As the NHS battles to recover from the tsunami of patients afflicted by covid-19, already exhausted medical and nursing staff need to find the energy and compassion to carry on, […]
Pallavi Bradshaw: Can the usual legal tests be applied fairly in cases involving remote consultations during the pandemic?
We will have all heard the phrase “the Bolam test”—the case itself is so memorable because of its shocking facts. While new cases have added to and set precedence regarding […]
Rosemary Clarke: Nursing as a junior doctor
Rosemary Clarke describes how time spent supporting a nursing team can make junior doctors more confident in their bedside skills […]