A recent poll showed that almost twice as many people in the United Kingdom would blame the public than the government for a second “wave” of covid-19 cases, shining a […]
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Family members are integral to care home residents’ wellbeing and happiness
They must be recognised as essential, and given the same status as key workers All over the country, in care homes and hospital wards, people are being separated from their […]
Alan McNally: It is hard to understand the logic behind the government’s new testing strategy
Late in the evening on Wednesday 2 September, Matt Hancock, the secretary of state for health and social care, announced a range of new testing initiatives. These are aimed at […]
How has covid-19 affected end stage kidney patients?
UK hospitals are continuing to deal with the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and the strain that this has put on usual services. Hemodialysis patients travel to dialysis units three-times-a-week and are […]
Covid-19 test and trace: Look for the super-locals to access “hard to reach” groups
We must not ignore the benefits of local initiatives that are already connected to the recruitment base […]
Maurizio Pompili: Suicide prevention at the time of covid-19
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, Italy has registered an incredibly high number of deaths related to the virus. The outbreak in the northern regions of the country had a higher […]
Best practice in contact tracing: How should an effective system be organised?
Sheffield Community Contact Tracers (SCCT), a group of community activists, local volunteers, former GPs, and public health doctors, ran a contact tracing pilot project earlier this year. [1] We believe […]
The health system needs to be gender responsive to address violence against women
Over the last 25 years, violence against women, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, has been increasingly recognised as a human rights violation and a public health problem with […]
Trustworthy and living guidance for covid-19: time to join forces in the evidence ecosystem
The covid-19 pandemic and related “infodemic” have highlighted the importance of quickly available and trustworthy guidance to inform policy and practice worldwide. The flood of new research, clinical trials, and […]
Hannah Deacon: Patients still do not have access to medical cannabis
For any parent hearing their child’s scream as they have a seizure, and not breathing or responding, would be a harsh wake-up call that life is far from normal. My […]