On 11 March 2020, the Director General of the WHO declared the outbreak of covid-19 infections to be a “global pandemic.” One year on, as the total cases have surpassed 100 […]
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By reducing pay gaps, we can reduce inequality in the medical workforce
Women first entered the medical profession just over one hundred years ago and since then the workforce has become increasingly diverse. However, we are concerned that the covid-19 pandemic will […]
Louis Appleby: What has been the effect of covid-19 on suicide rates?
A year into the pandemic, Louis Appleby looks at the evidence on suicide rates […]
Children and the return to school: how much should we worry about covid-19 and long covid?
Among the many unknowns that have featured in the steep learning curve of our covid-19 year, the question of risks to (and from) children has been an ongoing area of […]
The return to school is welcome, but we must minimise shared air
There is an insufficient emphasis on airborne spread of covid-19 in government guidelines for schools, says these authors […]
Emma Vardy: Celebrating women’s achievements on #IWD2021
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #choosetochallenge. After hearing recently of yet another NHS building to be named after an eminent male surgeon, I did on just […]
Claudia Paoloni: Trends towards less than full time working must be embraced to ensure a sustainable medical workforce
The findings of the long awaited Dacre review into the gender pay gap in medicine came as no surprise to me. Nor did confirmation that the gender pay gap in […]
International Women’s Day: It’s not who we are, but what we bring that should make the difference
This International Women’s Day comes at a unique and stressful time for all healthcare workers. Many may be thinking of leaving the profession and those who remain will need strong […]
John Ashton: covid-19 and public accountability—lessons from history
In his recent hard hitting editorial, Kamran Abbasi, executive editor at The BMJ, raises a series of important questions about the failure of the covid-19 pandemic response, not least in […]
School closures have had a huge impact on children’s futures
As schools across Europe are starting to reopen, these authors consider the longer term impact that schools closures have had on children’s wellbeing. […]