Staff in psychiatric hospitals are having to make some of the most difficult clinical and ethical decisions they have faced in their careers, writes Aileen O’Brien […]
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Covid-19—we must learn from Italy and protect older staff
Older doctors must not be sacrificed for the greater good, warn Irene Stratton, Richard Quinton, Adrian Davis, and Graham Roberts […]
The SHO must go on: specialty training selection in a pandemic
Covid-19 has forced the profession to rewrite the rules on career progression but any changes must be evidence based, say Hannah James and Giles Pattison […]
How can healthcare workers best support each other across borders?
Health partnerships across borders can provide mutual support during this time of adversity, say Claudia Aguirre, Ben Simms, Sheba Gitta, and Johann Malawana […]
Covid-19: Rigorous investigation of healthcare workers’ deaths is indispensable
Every doctor responsible for issuing a “Medical Certificate of Cause of Death” (MCCD) has a legal obligation to notify a senior coroner of a death if “the registered medical practitioner […]
Rob Hendry: Why legal protection is needed for doctors during the covid-19 crisis
Doctors will be making some very challenging decisions during the coronavirus crisis and have questions about how they can ensure they are acting lawfully. There are however significant questions about […]
Don’t call me junior!
A small mercy of the coronavirus lockdown is that there are so many great classic films on television. One of my favourites is “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” In […]
After covid-19, the NHS cannot return to “business as usual”
The novel, contagious, and highly pathogenic virus SARS-CoV-2 has, at the time of writing, infected nearly three million people worldwide and caused over 258,000 deaths. Risking saturation of services, the […]
Rebecca Fisher: general practice in the time of covid-19
General practice has been forced to change rapidly to meet the challenges of coronavirus. Rebecca Fisher gives us further insight into how staff have adapted, and the caution that is […]
Transferable lessons for clinical leadership of a field hospital
The covid-19 pandemic has precipitated many changes in the NHS in order to deal with large numbers of people in need of treatment. Temporary Nightingale hospitals have been built in […]