The injustices were always there, but a core part of the injustice was that we didn’t even hear of them—the early deaths, or those whose quality of life was ruined […]
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Artificial intelligence for covid-19 response
AI has yet to fulfil its potential, but it could if we learn lessons from covid-19 […]
The health of coastal communities: a national problem
Coastal communities, the villages, towns, and cities of England’s coast, include many of the most beautiful, vibrant, and historically important places in the country. They also have some of the […]
Management consultancy in healthcare—time for some independent action?
At the height of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the UK government and NHS signed off on a number of contracts with large management consultancy firms without going through the […]
Kit Yates: (How) can we reach herd immunity?
The term “herd immunity” first found its way into the UK’s public consciousness very early on in the pandemic. The UK’s chief scientific officer, Patrick Vallance, talked about allowing “enough […]
Richard Thompson: The dangers of gardening
Gardening is generally considered to be good for our health and wellbeing. But, as Richard Thompson discovered, when challenged to consider the potential risks from gardening, there are plenty of […]
“Freedom Day” is on the horizon, and brings with it the risk of mass covid-19 infection
England is currently experiencing a surging third wave of the covid-19 pandemic, and cases are increasing exponentially. We do not subscribe to the policy of letting the virus rip loose […]
Government’s plan recklessly exposes millions in the UK to infection when they could be vaccinated
In allowing mass infection, Boris Johnson’s government is pursuing a strategy that will lead to avoidable deaths and long term illness, say this group of authors […]
Racism at the GMC—it is time to take action
To many ethnic minority doctors, an employment tribunal’s damning verdict, that “there might be discrimination infecting the referral process” at the General Medical Council (GMC) is not surprising. The regulator […]
Enforced restrictions to care home access—unfair, unnecessary, and harmful
Separating people with dementia from their families leads to emotional distress and can trigger the worsening of clinical symptoms, write Aida Suárez-González and Jules Storr […]