Mitigating the impact of covid-19 on vulnerable migrants
Stephen Bradley, Helen Barclay, and Rebecca Farrington share advice on caring for vulnerable migrants during the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic will bring […]
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Lessons from the frontline of the covid-19 outbreak
The NHS is at the forefront of the UK’s response to the covid-19 outbreak. Hospitals are already being overwhelmed with cases of suspected and confirmed covid-19 infection, with clinicians struggling […]
Covid-19 and reproductive health: What can we learn from previous epidemics?
Benjamin Black and Gillian McKay argue that there is enough global precedence to prepare for many of the indirect consequences this pandemic will bring […]
Covid-19: The painful price of ignoring health inequities
Coronavirus disease (covid-19) provides a painful reminder of why inequities harm all of us. Equity is widely misunderstood as a zero-sum game—i.e. the gain of one individual or group results […]
Helen Macdonald: Covid-19—what is a new and continuous cough?
Helen Macdonald explores how guidance on the symptoms of covid-19 can be tricky to interpret and apply […]
Mary E Black: Covid-19—This too shall pass
And so we enter a new world of social distancing, people stocking their larders, and limitations on how we can gather. Borders are closing, airports are shutting down, and in […]
Doctors’ wellbeing: self care during the covid-19 pandemic
During a period of increased stress and uncertainty it is more important than ever for NHS staff to look after themselves, say Michael Farquhar and Shreena Unadkat […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]