Mistakes made in the first wave must not be repeated in the second Since the beginning of the coronavirus 2019 (covid-19) pandemic, healthcare workers have shown a remarkable resilience and professional dedication despite a fear of becoming infected and infecting others.1 In a linked paper (doi:10.1136/bmj.m3582), Shah and colleagues now report robust and concerning findings regarding the risks…
UK doctors staged a protest outside the General Medical Council offices in London on 18 April, demanding the regulator take action on climate change. The…
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The success of NHS Practitioner Health shows that the unique demands of working in healthcare merit a tailored response, says Zaid Al-Najjar “If you build…
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The TRIPOD (Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis) statement was published in 2015 to provide the minimum reporting recommendations…
After years of underfunding, being undervalued, and issues around pay and working conditions, something finally seems to have changed for doctors. Whisper it softly, but…
Norway’s health minister, Ingvild Kjerkol, resigned on 12 April after allegations of plagiarism in her masters thesis. She has been under investigation by Nord University…
Chronically underfunded and with hundreds of thousands of roles vacant, social care is in crisis, piling pressure on frontline services and GPs. One solution comes…
