On 9 September The BMJ reported leaked plans, called “Operation Moonshot,” to regularly screen households, cities, and then the entire UK population for SARS-CoV-2, at a reported cost of over […]
Guest writers
Modelling the pandemic—time is of the essence
Is the right kind of modelling guiding time-sensitive policy decisions on covid-19? […]
Sarah Markham: A wellbeing and coping resource to help people during covid-19
Covid-19 is not just a public health crisis, it is also personal. We are all feeling the pressure. The ongoing uncertainties are manifold—how much worse the second wave of the […]
Mary Daly: The missing voice in the covid-19 pandemic—an advocate for social care
The social care sector lacks a strong advocate, depriving it of both visibility and priority, says Mary Daly […]
We all need to debate death and dying, and consider our own deaths
“Everyone’s death is different,” writes Jennie Dear at the end of her book, What Does it Feel Like to Die? Inspiring New Insights into the Experience of Dying. Dear is […]
John Ashton: Covid-19—Getting a grip on the second wave
The UK has not performed well in its response to the covid-19 pandemic. As a nation we were slow to appreciate the urgency of the worst public health emergency in […]
Can covid-19 help us deal with the pandemic of defensive medicine?
The threat of this terrible virus has made us take a step back and critically reflect on our priorities and our actions […]
Elective procedures and covid-19: What do patients want to know?
In response to the covid-19 pandemic planned outpatient appointments, diagnostics, treatments, and surgical procedures were deferred or cancelled for millions of patients.1 This was done to free up capacity to […]
The evolutionary phases of a junior academic faculty physician
Recently, as we were preparing for our daughter’s first day of school, we came across the philosophy of the educator, Ellen Moir,1 who has identified distinct phases of a first-year […]
It is not too late for local authorities to start leading contact tracing
Local authorities can fully engage with local communities to combat covid-19 New and better ways to manage covid-19 must be adopted in the UK as soon as possible, and may […]