The results of an investigation by the Health Foundation into covid-19 show the extent of the pandemic’s unequal repercussions, writes Jo Bibby […]
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Saffron Cordery: The new secretary of state for health and social care’s challenging in-tray
Trust leaders welcomed the rapid appointment of Sajid Javid as the new health and social care secretary last weekend. This will be a critical year for the NHS, and with […]
#IAmPhilipLee—supporting frontline clinicians and the role of the GMC
A recent Twitter controversy opened old wounds about the use of professionalism as a tool for policing ethnic minority doctors, writes Aaliya Goyal […]
Use of airborne precautions for covid-19 in healthcare settings
Since the early days of the pandemic there has been debate as to whether covid-19 transmission can be airborne, and whether healthcare workers require routine airborne precautions, or if respiratory […]
Christine Peters: Covid-19 is airborne, so what needs to happen next?
It would be hard to have missed the clashing of the views in infectious diseases, aerosol science, and evidence based medicine over “airborne” transmission of SARS-CoV-2 over the past few […]
Continuity of care during covid-19: needed now more than ever?
Imagine if we had a polypill with a strong evidence base for reduced morbidity and mortality, improved patient satisfaction, reduced outpatient referrals, safer prescribing, and lower hospital admission rates. [1,2] […]
Trusted messengers are key to encouraging vaccine uptake
Recent reports have highlighted concerns regarding uptake of the covid-19 vaccine in ethnic minority groups, including among healthcare workers. Guidance on how to increase covid-19 vaccine uptake among frontline NHS […]
Racism is everywhere in the NHS, we urgently need to find solutions
Zeshan Qureshi and Jameela Sheikh discuss what they have learnt from talking to healthcare professionals and medical students about their experiences of racism in the NHS What has it been […]
Co-designing hospitals with staff and patients can radically improve them as workplaces and spaces to provide care
Better hospital design could improve staff productivity and wellbeing, as well as bringing a host of therapeutic benefits, say Emma Boxer, Mark Butler, Anne Lumb, and Kendal Moran […]
The delay to the NHS data grab provides more time to find out what it really means for patients
Now that the date for extracting patients’ data from primary care has been postponed, the government should use this time to to enable meaningful patient consent to be obtained, say […]