While the physical toxicity of a disease is well recognised, little gets said about the exhausting administrative burden that patients face […]
Patient and public perspectives
Nisreen A Alwan: What exactly is mild covid-19?
We still know very little about covid-19, but we do know that we cannot fight what we do not measure […]
Rachel Bannister on struggling with addiction: “You just need a hand to hold to see you through”
The enduring stigma around addiction has long been a problem in our society. But Rachel Bannister writes of her disappointment that this is present even within healthcare services […]
We must ensure that patients and staff are at the heart of health and care services as they restart
Bev Fitzsimons, director of the Point of Care Foundation calls on Simon Stevens to ensure patients and staff are at the centre of health services as they reopen in this […]
We need to develop a framework to help those most vulnerable from covid-19
Far from being a “great equalizer,” the covid-19 pandemic is intensifying health inequalities. Those already most vulnerable face the greatest impact physically, psychologically, economically, and socially. As we move from […]
Grant Stewart: My experience of covid-19—not just another experience
I don’t have an angle. What I mean is, when I was asked to write an article about my experience of covid, I wanted to come up with a fresh […]
Patients’ experiences of “longcovid” are missing from the NHS narrative
Patients and carers must be involved in any initiatives to explore the long term impacts of covid-19 […]
Young people with cancer are helping one another through the covid-19 pandemic
How a pan-European cancer patient organisation is tackling a funding shortage while helping the wider community […]
Covid-19: Prolonged and relapsing course of illness has implications for returning workers
Covid-19 is a new illness on a scale not seen in living memory. Every article and webcast about covid-19 has the same message: “We are still learning; we don’t know […]
Paul Garner: Covid-19 at 14 weeks—phantom speed cameras, unknown limits, and harsh penalties
“If my husband had said he was still sick with covid-19 after a month, I’d say he was milking it.” Straight talking from a Liverpudlian woman on one of my […]