The social contract between society and the NHS needs rewriting after this pandemic is over, writes Charles Ebikeme […]
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Christine Ekechi: How do we start a conversation about racism in medicine?
Tackling racism in medicine can only come about with honest conversations. Christine Ekechi suggests we can start that journey in three ways […]
Test and trace: it didn’t have to be this way
A doctor describes her experience of working in the test and trace service On the afternoon of 27 May 2020, the UK prime minister Boris Johnson told the House of […]
Chris Ham: A “world beating” test and trace service is far from the current reality
Instead of over promising and under delivering, ministers must be open to learning from elsewhere […]
Cian Wade: Silver linings of the covid-19 pandemic for junior doctors
We have faced numerous losses during this pandemic, but there have been some silver linings, says Cian Wade […]
Covid-19: Take holiday now to prepare yourself for a second wave
Healthcare professionals should allow themselves to take a break now, before the intensity of work increases again, says Fiona Donald, vice president of the Royal College of Anaesthetists It seems […]
The NHS Race and Health Observatory—its time has come
On 30 May 2020, NHS England and the NHS Confederation launched the NHS Race and Health Observatory, a new centre to investigate the impact of race and ethnicity on people’s […]
Paediatric follow up telephone consultations: a new way of working?
As a senior paediatric trainee (ST8) in a busy district general hospital I am used to doing regular paediatric outpatient clinics. As the covid-19 pandemic took hold in the UK, […]
Identifying severe cases of covid-19 in the community
The covid-19 crisis has placed extraordinary pressures on the health service. Public health measures have been implemented to reduce community spread and ease pressures on the NHS and these have […]
Michael Devlin: Help when the applause fades
Michael Devlin calls for an appreciation of the health and wellbeing impact of the pandemic on frontline staff […]