The omission of racism from the government’s new report on covid-19’s health inequalities marks its latest failure to tackle this important issue, says Jabeer Butt […]
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Adam Briggs: What can be done to improve NHS Test and Trace? The role of local contact tracing
Public Health England has recently reported that local contact tracing systems—also known as local tracing partnerships—are now in place in over 100 local authorities across England. [1] Seen as one […]
Clinical validation of waiting lists—we need to avoid worsening health inequalities
Inequalities in healthcare have long plagued the NHS. Previous research suggests that those living in areas with lower educational attainment wait 9-14% longer for NHS care, and those living in […]
How are acute trusts responding to patients’ mental health needs? A picture of great variation
Physical and mental health will only truly be equal when we stop viewing them as distinct from each other, says Adrian James […]
Robert Francis: Keeping hospital beds free in a second peak
Back in March this year the NHS received orders to free up 15,000 beds and prepared itself for a surge of patients unlike any seen before. Thankfully, due to the […]
Michael Blank: Visitors are vital to patients’ mental and physical health
At the height of the pandemic, as the reproductive rate of SARS-CoV-2 reached its peak, and with many hospitals reaching capacity, healthcare facilities changed their policies regarding visitors; their presence […]
Covid-19: Why we must redraw the UK’s map of inequality
Both the immediate response to and the recovery from the pandemic need to focus on those who have been hit hardest, say Tim Elwell-Sutton and Mehrunisha Suleman […]
Nick Scriven: Hospital winter planning must include regular covid-19 testing of all frontline staff
The ongoing and re-escalating covid-19 pandemic has affected all areas of medical practice, but the work during the last seven months by the Acute Medicine Units (AMUs) and their staff […]
We must promote health and resilience in all ages to make the NHS sustainable
As the NHS begins its journey to embed the aims and objectives of the Long Term Plan, it is important that the principles of population health are not lost, say […]
Andy Cowper: Tiers of a clown
New covid-19 restrictions in England may not go far enough and don’t address existing problems with test and trace, says Andy Cowper […]