If the covid-19 pandemic has taught us all one thing, it is the value of human relationships. More than ever before, doctors, nurses, and all allied healthcare professionals are working […]
Month: October 2021
Setting up a vaccination programme for immunocompromised patients
On 1 September 2021 the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that certain patients aged 12 and over, who were thought to be immuno-suppressed (through disease or medication) […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Snowflakes
I love snowflakes. I enjoy crunching them underfoot on a crisp winter’s day and the silky feeling that you get when skiing through a fresh fall. The word “snowflake” entered […]
Food insecurity is toxic for our children and a threat to the future of our next generation
Russell Viner, professor of child and adolescent health at UCL, writes an open letter to Parliamentarians calling for support on the implementation of National Food Strategy recommendations on children’s food […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: what must happen now?
“It’s really quite hard not to feel outright anger at the evidence that we’ve heard over the last few months.” – Tony O’Sullivan This was the final session of the […]
Covid-19 vaccines: patients left confused over rollout of third primary doses
“How a society treats its most vulnerable is always the measure of its humanity” is a well-known quote often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. With the “levelling up” agenda being quoted […]
Martin Marshall: We need long-term, realistic, and tangible solutions to solve the crisis in general practice
This week’s announcement gave us a short-term sticking plaster that will do little to improve the morale of our beleaguered profession or the care we can deliver to our patients, […]
Racial profiling for induction of labour: improving safety or perpetuating racism?
The disproportionate mortality and morbidity in mothers and babies from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds as compared to white mothers and babies is clearly evidenced. [1-3] There have been […]
Charlotte Blease: We need to talk about “closed notes”
Lack of easy access to personal health records is associated with adverse consequences for patients, writes Charlotte Blease “The cancer might be stage 1b. Then again it could be 3b.” […]
Life lessons from the pain clinic
In the wake of a bereavement, Ruth Moore describes how she felt a new kinship with the patients she cares for who live with chronic pain […]