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Anna Harvey: Covid-19—Medical students face disruption and uncertainty
Medical students are facing disruption, uncertainty, and a lack of information as a result of the covid-19 outbreak […]
Better use of data and digital offer rapid opportunities to address covid-19
Covid-19 shows that we must overcome organisational barriers to deliver clean, realtime, standardised data in support of direct care, system planning, and urgent response […]
Our experience with covid-19 patients has led to significant concerns over how they are identified and isolated
As Consultants in Acute Medicine, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, and Microbiology working in hospitals where patients with covid-19 have been cared for, we have significant concerns about the approach taken […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Hooping cough
Hwæt! Several Old English poems begin thus, followed immediately or soon after by some variant of “we have heard ….”. The best known example is that of Beowulf, which dates […]
What should primary care be doing to prepare for the wider spread of covid-19 and future pandemics?
In England, led by Public Health England (PHE), we are attempting to contain and delay the spread of covid-19. In parallel, surveillance systems look for evidence of spread across the […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—13 March 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Covid-19: Older adults and the risks of misinformation
As covid-19 continues to spread, so too does misinformation about the virus on social media. This spread of misinformation online has become one of the central issues in the response […]
Tom Gardiner: Doctors must stand in solidarity with our non-medical colleagues fighting for fairer working rights
Tom Gardiner calls on doctors to support the struggles of their non-medical colleagues—for their sake and that of patients too […]
The perioperative solution to integrated care
In early 2020, the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) asked 2,500 members across the UK to predict the future of surgical care. Almost two-thirds (63%) told us that over the […]