Living through a public health emergency while avoiding breaches of human rights, requires a government to protect individuals regardless of their personal characteristics. Yet, this has not been the case […]
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We feel we now have the building blocks required to deliver a mass vaccination programme, and to do this equitably
Earlier on this year during the height of the pandemic, many GP practices indicated that they would struggle to deliver this year’s flu vaccination programme if covid restrictions were to […]
Sarah Markham: A wellbeing and coping resource to help people during covid-19
Covid-19 is not just a public health crisis, it is also personal. We are all feeling the pressure. The ongoing uncertainties are manifold—how much worse the second wave of the […]
Nick Scriven: We are entering another period of immense strain on everyone who works in our NHS
As England embarks on a second national lockdown, we need to reflect on how our hospitals are “feeling” and what we can hope for over the next weeks and months. […]
Abuse against doctors must not be tolerated
Last week a letter signed by 435 GP practice staff on access to GP practices was published in The Times. The letter was drafted by a group of grass root GPs, […]
Pallavi Bradshaw: Abuse against doctors leaves a bitter taste
General Practitioners at a practice in Bristol went to work this week to find offensive graffiti on the wall of their surgery, in foot-high letters. The message from the graffiti […]
Rapid recruitment and deployment of a team of “Helpers” to manage the covid-19 pandemic
The initial phase of the covid-19 pandemic placed a huge burden on hospitals, which had insufficient time to prepare for the influx of severely ill patients. As cases rise again, […]
Elective procedures and covid-19: What do patients want to know?
In response to the covid-19 pandemic planned outpatient appointments, diagnostics, treatments, and surgical procedures were deferred or cancelled for millions of patients.1 This was done to free up capacity to […]
Doctors and patients: two nations divided by a common language
There is an oft repeated misconception that anaesthetists choose their specialty because they can’t communicate with conscious patients. This is demonstrably untrue. Take the average anaesthetic assessment on the morning […]
Changes to speciality recruitment 2021—leaves trainees with more questions than answers
On the evening of 21st October, Health Education England (HEE) held a webinar for trainees applying to higher speciality training. While parts of the webinar were informative, overall it is […]