We now have an opportunity to come to terms with the psychological impact of the last year, argue Claire Copeland and Sally Greenbrook […]
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John Puntis: We need a people’s covid-19 inquiry now
In a powerful plea for justice, Kamran Abbasi suggests in an Editorial in The BMJ that the consequences of government mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic amount to “social murder.” However, […]
The UK’s PPE procurement scandal reminds us why we need ways to hold ministers to account
Martin McKee looks at what lessons we can learn from the government’s many failures in procuring PPE during the pandemic […]
Prioritise frontline health and social care workers for their second dose of the covid-19 vaccine
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s decision to delay the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the UK until 12 weeks after the first dose—instead of following the […]
Can the UK meet its target of offering all adults a covid-19 vaccine by 31 July?
The government’s new vaccination target is ambitious but achievable, says Azeem Majeed […]
Contact tracing of in-patients with covid-19: the use of volunteers to enhance NHS Test and Trace
Contact tracing is a fundamental part of controlling the covid-19 pandemic. The vaccination rollout continues at pace, but basic public health strategies will be needed for months, possibly years. Finding […]
Protecting the rights of individuals who face both mental health and public health restrictions
Psychiatrists are familiar with the need to weigh up an individual’s right to liberty against the risk that the individual might pose to themselves, or others, as a result of […]
Covid-19 vaccination programme: where do people with mental health difficulties lie within the order of priority?
The news of the first MHRA-approved vaccine for covid-19 in December 2020, with plans for large-scale implementation of a vaccination programme in the UK and other countries, has brought great […]
Nigel Edwards: After the market—what do the proposed new plans mean for the NHS?
For 25 years, politicians from the Thatcher to the Cameron government tried to use market principles and competition to push the NHS forwards, culminating in the 2012 Health and Social […]
Anna Garner: Informal debriefs have been essential in bringing staff back together and creating team cohesion
During the first peak of the pandemic I spoke with a friend who compared covid-19 to grief, “you can’t see it, but it changes everything,” and indeed they are right. […]