Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Month: July 2021
“Freedom Day” is on the horizon, and brings with it the risk of mass covid-19 infection
England is currently experiencing a surging third wave of the covid-19 pandemic, and cases are increasing exponentially. We do not subscribe to the policy of letting the virus rip loose […]
Living with scars: how sharing mistakes can make us better doctors
Most doctors would agree that the mistakes they’ve made have gone on to shape their care for the better. So why are we so reluctant to share these missteps, asks […]
Government’s plan recklessly exposes millions in the UK to infection when they could be vaccinated
In allowing mass infection, Boris Johnson’s government is pursuing a strategy that will lead to avoidable deaths and long term illness, say this group of authors […]
Racism at the GMC—it is time to take action
To many ethnic minority doctors, an employment tribunal’s damning verdict, that “there might be discrimination infecting the referral process” at the General Medical Council (GMC) is not surprising. The regulator […]
Enforced restrictions to care home access—unfair, unnecessary, and harmful
Separating people with dementia from their families leads to emotional distress and can trigger the worsening of clinical symptoms, write Aida Suárez-González and Jules Storr […]
Ultra-processing is the new frontier in public health policy—reflections on the National Food Strategy
“You can’t outrun a bad diet,” Henry Dimbleby writes in the National Food Strategy, in a discussion of England’s obesity crisis. Dimbleby emphasises that when it comes to obesity and […]
Emergency use authorisation of covid-19 vaccines in children is appropriate and necessary
In May 2021, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine to adolescents aged 12-17. [1] Moderna announced that clinical trials […]
The pros and cons of “Freedom Day”—a view from immunology
Currently, there is much discussion of the UK government’s vision to end all covid-19 restrictions in England on 19 July, so-called Freedom Day. This is the endpoint of the UK […]
Daniel Sokol: Is the NHS really under “unprecedented” pressure?
On 9 July 2021, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges—the coordinating body for the UK and Ireland’s medical Royal Colleges and Faculties—issued a statement. It called for a “responsible approach […]