As we start to ease out of lockdown restrictions in the UK, it is without doubt that the past year has shown the NHS at its best. Throughout the pandemic, […]
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Nigel Edwards: Re-examining the model of outpatients and specialist referrals
At present, it seems hard to imagine a time when the covid-19 pandemic will be over, but when it eventually is, there will be an opportunity to cement many of […]
Covid-19 vaccine wars: developing the AstraZeneca vaccine was a triumph, but then things went wrong
The UK’s tabloid press was having a field day. “NO, EU CAN’T HAVE OUR JABS” said the Daily Mail, a message echoed by the Daily Express with “WAIT YOUR TURN! […]
Is it time to abandon the requirement that physicians separate their personal and professional personas?
Doctors speaking out on public health issues or advocating for social justice is beneficial to their patients and the profession, argue these authors […]
Jill Klein: Clinicians’ psychological wellbeing during covid-19
Even when we are not in the midst of a global pandemic, clinicians face great stress in the workplace. Attending to and attempting to mitigate the tragedies of others, usually […]
Michael Devlin: No more “never events”
The MDU’s Michael Devlin argues the never events policy has had a limited effect on patient safety and welcomes a reassessment by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch. Patient safety is […]
Brazil, a country collapsing during the covid-19 pandemic
Brazil was the first Latin American country with covid-19 cases on 26 February 2020. At that time, reports from China, Italy, and other Asian and European countries were already abundant […]
Marija Pantelic and Nisreen Alwan: The stigma is real for people living with long covid
Long covid stigma will have long lasting detrimental outcomes for patients, services, and society as a whole […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—25 March 2021
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Intimate partner violence as a public health problem
The health sector has a responsibility to support people who face intimate partner violence, but it is most effective when approaches are trauma informed and centered around survivors’ individual needs, […]