Has abuse become the norm for NHS staff?
NHS leaders need to act on the increasing levels of abuse which are unsustainable, damaging to morale, and exacerbating staff shortages […]
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Staring into the darkness: women health workers in Afghanistan
Any limitations on the autonomy and mobility of women and girls will add a significant burden to an already strained healthcare system, write Laura Jung, Lilly Khorsand, Anita Afzali, Mariam […]
Peter Brindley: An open letter to the unvaccinated
At the time of writing, the number of covid-19 cases in North America is rising sharply (yet again) and many doctors and nurses are profoundly frustrated. It really didn’t have […]
“A game of phone tag”—getting children of clinically vulnerable parents vaccinated has been disgracefully chaotic
Mark Davies describes the stress of trying to navigate senseless bureaucracy so that he could get his sons vaccinated […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—3 September 2021
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Mary McCarthy: The value of generalists
In 2019, the European Union of general practitioners/family doctors issued a statement entitled “The Value of GPs.” Drawing on evidence from published papers, it pointed out that family doctors were […]
Food poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches
Food banks are trying to prepare for what looks set to be a busy and difficult winter, says Sabine Goodwin […]
Academics and social media hostility: should we give up or do more?
It’s common to see academics dropping off social media to escape abuse. It starts with a tweet or media comment on their field of study. Someone takes exception to their […]
The global health security agenda rewards rich nations for their selfish behaviour
One reason why the covid-19 pandemic is predicted to last until at least 2028 is that rich countries are hoarding vaccines, leaving very few doses for low- and middle-income countries […]
Ethnic differences in life expectancy in England and Wales: the unexpected?
Veena Raleigh unpicks the recent ONS findings that ethnic minority groups in England and Wales live longer than White groups The Office for National Statistics (ONS) findings that ethnic minorities […]