A few weeks ago, we wrote a BMJ Opinion piece about the long term impacts of covid and called for patients’ experiences of long covid to be included in any […]
Patient and public perspectives
Carol Munt: Stop the harsh blanket ban on visitors in hospitals and care homes
“If the Bristol Nightingale could have an area to enable visits to Covid patients at the end of life I’m damn sure care homes could arrange something for their guests. […]
Covid-19 and chronic kidney disease: It is time to listen to patients’ experiences
Delayed treatment has been a crucial issue As of 24 August 2020, 242,899 people in France, roughly 3‰ of the population, had tested positive for SARS-Cov-2. [1] The real number […]
Emma Doble: The long-term effects of covid-19 for new parents
Many health services were paused due to covid-19. Emma Doble describes the impact that this has had on new parents […]
Deferral of surgery for rectal cancer: the patients’ perspective on the recent NICE recommendations
Earlier this year the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published new guidelines on the management of colorectal cancer which aims to improve quality of life and survival. [1] […]
Catriona Gilmour Hamilton: Ensuring patients feel cared for in the era of Zoom medicine
We must ask patients what they think, what they would prefer, and tailor their care accordingly, says Catriona Gilmour Hamilton […]
Helen Grote: Shielding in silence
Life throughout the pandemic has been one of cancelled plans and changing roles. As a neurology trainee, I was redeployed to a general medical ward, caring for older patients. The […]
Grant Stewart: Pain, panic, and panting—the reality of “shortness of breath”
Words have always been my thing. I studied English and I love to read. In a previous life I even had a couple of novels published. Words are powerful things, […]
Patients’ emotions matter in the regulation of medicines
Regulatory decisions about medicines need to be informed by the emotional as well as the physical impact of living with medical conditions and having to balance the risks and benefits […]
Treatment for eating disorders during and after covid-19
Lorna Collins, Agnes Ayton, and David Viljoen discuss how a collaborative approach to healthcare has been developed and accelerated in the context of covid-19, for eating disorders patients in Oxford […]