The NHS is preparing for the second wave and, to understand how well prepared we are, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) surveyed its members last week. Depending on your […]
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Zoe Norris: “Last Rights” makes the case for assisted dying
As doctors we have a duty to listen to these views, argues Zoe Norris In an endorsement of a new book launched this summer, the celebrated author Julian Barnes tells […]
Pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2 could provide the solution to UK’s testing strategy
Challenges faced by the testing system in the UK show that a new way of thinking is required, argue Alan McNally and Jonathan Ball […]
Raj Bhopal: Blaming, petrifying, and punishing the population are not viable, long term public health strategies
We must cultivate trust, argues Raj Bhopal […]
Joanna Verran: The Bad Bugs Book Club—a study in infectious disease . . . and humanity
Microbiologist Joanna Verran set up a book club to encourage discussion about infectious disease using fiction, never anticipating the impact that it would have on her own learning […]
Building back better for population health and wellbeing
A call for a truly integrated public health function providing leadership and expertise nationally, regionally and locally within the NHS, local authorities, and local and national government […]
Mark Dayan: Brexit will soon become a reality for many areas of healthcare—and the outlook is not good
After nearly five years of negotiation, delay, and drama, there are now less than 100 days until the UK leaves the EU’s single market and Brexit becomes a reality for […]
Wendy Burn: Medical community must ensure that those needing support to come off antidepressants can get it
In 2018, while I was still President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), I co-signed a letter to The Times which stated that “in the vast majority of patients, […]
Karl Friston: How should we respond to an upsurge in covid-19 cases?
There is a third way beyond lockdown or herd immunity, says Karl Friston […]
Birth partners are not a luxury
Denying pregnant women access to their support network during maternity care may have a lasting negative impact, warn Benjamin Black, Jane Laking, and Gillian McKay […]