Covid-19 has forced rapid change in the delivery of health services. Some have the potential to make healthcare more efficient and responsive to patient’s needs. Others may not, so it’s […]
Partnership in practice
Rapid co-creation of information resources for surgical patients during covid-19
Surgical patients are facing new territory. On the one hand they hear that admission to hospital for elective surgery carries an increased risk of getting covid-19, on the other, that […]
Covid-19 and medical education: patients’ teaching role moves online
Online teaching of medical students by patients during covid-19 is set to become the new norm […]
D/deafness and solidarity in the covid-19 pandemic
Devina Maru, a GP Speciality Registrar and RCGP National Clinical Champion for Deafness and hearing loss, and Jean Straus, a hearing aid user, discuss how covid-19 has engendered a sense […]
No going back: how patients and professionals are exploring the future of eye services beyond covid-19
Patients Annie Folkard and Elaine Manna, ophthalmologists Alastair Denniston, Dawn Sim, Peter Thomas and Pearse Keane and optometrist David Barker reflect on how covid-19 is accelerating a transformation in eye […]
Community initiative co-led with patients could improve care for people with complex health and social needs
Canadian family physician Antoine Boivin and patient partner Ghislaine Rouly describe how they work together with community partners to provide holistic care for patients with challenging social and medical problems […]
Rolling out genomic screening
Experience in Canada illustrates some of the challenges of introducing genomic screening into routine clinical care […]
Setting up a charity for an “orphan” cancer
Emma Kinloch and Robert Metcalf describe how they collaborated to set up a new charity to promote partnership in research and drive better care and support for patients with a […]
Patient controlled hospital admission in mental health
Self-admission to hospital by patients with mental health disorders is possible in some countries and Norwegian authors were among the first to conduct a systematic review to evaluate its impact. […]
Amina Ahmed and Carron Layfield: Patient partnership in an academic research unit
Amina Ahmed and Carron Layfield discuss how they set up a collaborative initiative at the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in Nottingham and what it’s achieved […]