Almost all specialties now have regular MDT meetings, yet many of them feature very little involvement from the actual patients, says Vedamurthy Adhiyaman […]
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Covid-19: An efficient and effective test trace regime is not a numbers game
We need a targeted testing strategy, not a blunderbuss, say Maggie Rae and Ellis Friedman […]
Kathy McLean: The time to act on equality is now
I think it’s safe to say that my current roles will be some of my last in the NHS, having started as a junior doctor in 1983. When I was […]
Redeployed but still learning: orthopaedic trainees on the first months of the covid-19 pandemic
Although redeployment had an impact on surgical training, it also provided a unique opportunity to learn from other specialties, write Pratik Shah, David Skipsey, and George Patrick Ashcroft […]
The exceptional circumstances of dealing with covid-19 must not be forgotten
In early April, one of MDDUS’ retired members described to me the feeling of returning to work as a doctor during the covid-19 emergency as being like “the deep breath […]
Covid-19 shows that the lives of people with a learning disability are still not treated as equal
A pandemic does not abrogate our responsibility to protect the lives and human rights of people with a learning disability, says Keri-Michѐle Lodge […]
Covid-19 is magnifying the digital divide
The covid-19 pandemic has precipitated a digital boom in healthcare, with radical digitisation reported in countries around the world. [1] As the initial peak declines, the NHS is relying on […]
Additional funds for medical school places must continue beyond 2020
This year’s group of A level students who want to pursue medicine have already experienced considerable disruption. The government and universities must do all they can to support them, say […]
Melanie Etti: The A levels fiasco is part of a wider picture of inequality in medical school recruitment
This year’s A levels debacle is fresh proof that more needs to be done to widen access to medicine, says Melanie Etti […]
Patient centred care in a post-covid world
Like our sickest covid-19 patients, the NHS has been on life support since March. Many routine and necessary health services were put on hold. Retired nurses and doctors returned to the […]