We must not return to pre-covid levels of international air travel if we are to hope to avert climate catastrophe and reduce the risks of future pandemics, argue these authors […]
Month: July 2021
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . New medical words in the OED, June 2021
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is updated every three months (“on a quarterly basis” as they put it—they mean “quarterly”). The latest list of updates and additions, published in June […]
Our response to covid-19 must not be gender blind nor a gender battle
The covid-19 pandemic has underscored how gender responsive health systems are a crucial path forward, say Peter Baker, Ann Keeling, Arush Lal, Chadia Wannous, and Mahesh Puri […]
How to be both: a psychiatrist’s experience of mental illness
Some patients stick in your mind. When I was a medical student, I remember talking to a patient who had just come into hospital, who was quite unwell, and could […]
Michael Devlin: Regulatory reform should be a priority for the new secretary of state for health
Plans to reform the way doctors are regulated presents a useful opportunity to ensure public confidence and patient safety is enhanced, writes Michael Devlin Sajid Javid, the UK’s new Secretary […]
Saffron Cordery: The new secretary of state for health and social care’s challenging in-tray
Trust leaders welcomed the rapid appointment of Sajid Javid as the new health and social care secretary last weekend. This will be a critical year for the NHS, and with […]
People’s covid inquiry: How did the UK government respond?
Jacky Davis reports from the second session of the People’s covid inquiry “We have a growing confidence that we will have a test track and trace system that will be […]
Unlocking the digital front door: the keys to inclusive healthcare
Thinking “inclusion first” and not “digital first” is central to combating health inequality Covid-19 necessitated an unexpected and seismic shift in the way health and care services function. Face-to-face services […]
Tackling the climate crisis and protection of our ecosystem must be at the heart of public health policy
Greta Thunberg has accepted an Honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health. This demonstrates the urgent need to put the climate crisis and protection of our ecosystem at the […]