This morning I tried to memorise the causes of hyponatraemia. Does it help anyone unwell with covid-19 that a medical student knows this list by heart? Does it lighten the […]
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Find, test, trace, isolate and support programmes need to be localised and culturally tailored to reach ethnic minority populations
On 29 June 2020, the secretary of state for health, Matt Hancock, announced in Parliament that Leicester was to be put under local lockdown due to a covid-19 “outbreak” in […]
Klara Morsley: Can covid-19 make the NHS a better employer?
The pandemic has forced the NHS to treat its staff more flexibly. Klara Morsley hopes the organisation will carry some of this learning forward […]
Covid-19: The catalyst we needed to reform UK research?
Our experience of covid-19 has brought so many truisms—”nothing will be the same again”—”the new normal”—”post-covid world”, most implying a negative connotation and in many spheres that is definitely the […]
Looking ahead: the post pandemic future of surgery
Covid-19 has had an immeasurably profound effect on our healthcare system in the UK. While it may be true that we are now past the peak, and hospitalisations as a […]
To shield or not to shield: the challenges of covid-19 for patients with rare disease
The covid-19 pandemic has significantly increased health and social divides within the NHS. Those with complex health needs and/or chronic health conditions who have been shielding have been hugely affected […]
Jennifer Darlow: Parking our NHS heroes
With NHS staff looking set to lose free parking, Jennifer Darlow argues that the reintroduction of charges signifies how healthcare workers are valued by the government […]
Offline and left behind: how digital exclusion has impacted health during the covid-19 pandemic
Healthcare’s sudden transformation into an online service has come at a cost for many, write Anna Ray, Amy Stevens, and Ahimza Thirunavukarasu […]
Rammina Yassaie: Stop infantilising doctors and give them their rotas on time, or risk losing them
Delays in sharing rotas is a long standing issue, but one that risks forcing doctors out of the profession, writes Rammina Yassaie […]
Chris Ham: The government should give local leaders control over NHS Test and Trace
A crisis on the scale of the covid-19 pandemic requires a national response. But in a country as large and diverse as the United Kingdom, where the impact of the […]