Discussing racism, inequality, and the impact this has on our health has crashed into the mainstream; but it’s a conversation that is getting confusing, particularly for those who have never […]
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Advance care plans—an opportunity for change
We read with interest a recent Opinion piece by Derek Willis et al, who offer their perspectives on advance care planning. We too recognise that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted […]
Obesity: tackling the causes of the causes
Growing evidence of the links between overweight and severity of covid-19 outcomes has added even greater urgency to the imperative to act on the large and increasing epidemic of obesity. […]
Covid-19: We need accurate and rapid reporting on deaths referred to the coroner
Rapid reporting of accurate statistics is essential for understanding the causes of deaths from covid-19 and identifying the best means of prevention. [1] However, in England, registering a death is […]
Fiona M Watt: Covid-19—a new disease has forced a rethink of how we fund medical research
As the UK reaches the end of the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic, it is worth reflecting on how the disease has fundamentally altered the way we fund medical […]
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 […]
Nigel Edwards: Plans to shake-up the NHS have a central flaw
Those of us who have been involved in the NHS for a long time will have felt a sinking feeling when they read recently that Boris Johnson, the UK prime […]
Changing the narrative: young people are key to dealing with the covid-19 pandemic
The outbreak of covid-19 came in a time of a global health workforce crisis. The WHO estimates a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers by 2030, primarily in low […]
Amar Shah: Belief in QI is growing, but it needs proper investment
I first learnt about quality improvement (QI), when I took a year out of training to join the chief medical officer’s clinical advisor programme at the National Patient Safety Agency. […]
Daniel Sokol: A wake-up call for clinical ethics committees
A High Court judge has criticised Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Clinical Ethics Committee (“CEC”) for failing to involve the parents of a nine year-old child in their decision making process. […]