There is an often trotted out statistic that women make up more than three-quarters of the NHS workforce. It’s one of those facts that is used so often that it’s […]
Guest writers
Patient centred care in a post-covid world
Like our sickest covid-19 patients, the NHS has been on life support since March. Many routine and necessary health services were put on hold. Retired nurses and doctors returned to the […]
Katharine Lawrence: Digital empathy in the age of coronavirus
The covid-19 pandemic has radically altered how we provide care to our patients, propelling us into the world of virtual healthcare delivery at a dizzying pace. Telehealth and its digital […]
Arriving late, delayed, or not at all—presentations to paediatric emergency departments during covid-19 pandemic
Following the rapid spread of the covid-19 pandemic, health services across the world began operational planning for a predicted surge in attendances of covid-19. It quickly became clear however, that […]
John Middleton: Winter is coming—is the UK prepared?
This winter, the UK potentially faces a perfect storm of resurgent covid-19, winter flu, a large backlog of untreated long term conditions due to the pandemic, and excess cold-related mortality, […]
The recession should remind us that health and wealth are political choices
While health and longevity are matters of social justice and fairness, they are also cornerstones of economic productivity […]
Arabella L Simpkin: Promoting a culture of openness in healthcare
I was terrified. It was my first night shift with the prefix “Dr.” proudly adorned before my name, and though I’d feigned a confident start as I’d strapped the on-call […]
Shazad Amin: The Prevent policy has no place in modern healthcare
Prevent is part of the UK Government’s counter-terrorism strategy, and in 2015 it imposed a statutory duty for public sector employees to have “due regard to the need to prevent […]
Reclassifying endometriosis as a syndrome would benefit patient care
Recognising endometriosis as a syndrome would refocus treatment away from surgical eradication of lesions towards multidisciplinary care for complex symptoms such as chronic pain. […]
Palliative care during the covid-19 pandemic: reflections from a junior doctor
As a junior doctor with an interest in palliative care, I have seen more death than most twenty five year olds. Despite its place in the medical school curriculum, nothing […]