I came back to Ireland in 2001, after working for fourteen years in the NHS. I had underestimated the re-acclimatisation involved in this move. The most striking cultural difference between […]
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Jonathan Cohen: Covid-19 and the power of public health
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Clare Taylor: For people with heart failure, covid-19 presents a challenge
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Utpal Sandesara: We need to protect the most vulnerable healthcare workers
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Rose Olson: Covid-19 could motivate more resident physicians to unionize
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Jessie Colquhoun: Covid-19 leaves 1500 GP trainees’ future in limbo
On 19 March 2020, the GP Clinical Skills Assessment exam (CSA) was cancelled by the Royal College of General Practitioners until further notice as a result of the covid-19 crisis. The […]