Opinion

The UK’s U-turn on obesity is a failure of leadership

States cannot negotiate a pandemic treaty alone

Pandemic treaty: a chance to level up on equity

When part time means full time: the GP paradox

The government’s U-turn on junk food ban, won’t save families money

Equal rights—unless you are pregnant

What overturning Roe v. Wade, means for the United States

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—19 May 2022

Harmonizing insurance data to compare healthcare across high income countries

David Oliver: Protecting healthcare workers in future pandemics

Medical schools must do more to open the door to first generation and low income students

Dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol may benefit politicians, but is bad for science and health

Matt Morgan: The death of the dictaphone

Helen Salisbury: Managing feelings of failure

Visualising harms: barely scratching the surface

Generating evidence during a pandemic: what’s reliable?

Calling time on the use of war metaphors in covid-19

A collaboration between physicians and journalists to create unbiased health information

India and Pakistan emerge as early victims of extreme heat conditions due to climate injustice

Patients “taking back control”

A call for de-implementation research and clinical practice in Chinese healthcare

Ann Robinson’s research reviews —12 May 2022

NHS data breaches: a further erosion of trust

Is it really time to ditch the mask?

Should patients own their health records?

Urgent action needed to address mental health risks of climate change

David Oliver: A new legal duty to provide specialist palliative care

Awareness, loneliness, and demand for mental health services in the NHS

Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine

Helen Salisbury: Where have our GPs gone?

Clinical virology in the pandemic response

When I use a word . . . . More medical magic

Kindness and effective care depend on close observation: reflections from a deathbed

Caring for the carers: understanding long covid in our diverse healthcare workforce

Who cares about climate change?

What do the public think are the biggest challenges facing general practice?

Why covid vaccine studies are still needed

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—5 May 2022

The pollution of health discourse and the need for effective counter-framing

David Oliver: Facts the Daily Mail omits in its GP bashing

No minister, a “protective ring” was not thrown around care homes

Rammya Mathew: Tough times ahead for a depleted workforce

Helen Salisbury: Adjusting our expectations

Replacing poetry with evidence based prose for effective policies

The government wants us to learn to live with covid-19, but where is the learning?

How to tackle inequitable access, vaccine hesitancy, and other barriers to achieve high vaccine uptake

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 April 2022

David Oliver: Tackling noise pollution in hospital

Why is respiratory protective equipment still an issue in the NHS?

Helen Salisbury: Fallout from the rise in private referrals

Will obtaining digital consent from patients in advance of undergoing procedures improve the quality of the consent process?

Partha Kar: Don’t obstruct change

Untapping the hidden value of clinical trial registries

Women, children, and adolescents face extreme vulnerability in conflict

Overturning Roe v Wade would be an unprecedented attack on the bodily autonomy of women and girls

It takes more than data to help patients and their families navigate the murky waters of living and dying

An untrustworthy government during a pandemic—a lethal combination

The delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care falls short

Senior health professionals call for urgent climate briefing of all MPs by the chief scientific adviser: open letter to PM

The health community must resist the UK’s expansion of oil and gas

Measuring what counts to improve quality of care

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—14 April 2022

When Hong Kong’s “dynamic zero” covid-19 strategy met omicron, low vaccination rates sent deaths soaring

We need more support and less normalcy to stop airborne viruses

Should we be clinically assessing antibody responses to covid vaccines in immunocompromised people?

NHS workforce shortages and staff burnout are taking a toll

Fit for women: making PPE safe and dignified for women health workers

The NHS is not an island—tackling racial inequalities in healthcare

NHS satisfaction survey underlines need to support and nurture general practice

Rising costs spell disaster for the nation’s health

Covid-19: Ending free testing is a mistake

When I use a word . . . . Medical aphorisms

If we are no longer “following the science,” what are we following?

Cost of living crisis: we cannot ignore the human cost of living in poverty

Living with type 1 diabetes as a medical student

David Oliver: MPs should look in the mirror before blaming the NHS for its failings

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—7 April 2022

Working towards a sustainable healthcare system and a million acts of kindness

It is vital that we retain some reliable covid-19 surveillance tools

The health needs of refugees from Ukraine

The drive for sustainable healthcare must be led by students and junior doctors

Tax breaks for private treatment: not a solution for waiting lists

Helen Salisbury: Open doors and open windows

Rwanda’s success in rolling out its covid-19 vaccination campaign is a lesson to us all

Ockenden report: the refusal of our healthcare service to take patient experience seriously

When I use a word . . . . Remembrance of things past

Childhood poverty is rising in the UK, but the government continue to ignore it

The spring statement shows the chancellor hasn’t grasped that health and wealth are fundamentally intertwined

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—17 March 2022

Ockenden report exposes failures in leadership, teamwork, and listening to patients

Should families do more to help with addiction?

We need to increase MMR vaccine uptake urgently

How data from the United Kingdom has guided covid-19 vaccine policies

David Oliver: Is Sajid Javid putting political ideology before prevention?

Scrapping free covid tests for NHS staff is completely wrong

Helen Salisbury: Are antivirals a covid-19 game changer?

Access to medicines—an old problem needing new solutions

Faith based dialogue can tackle vaccine hesitancy and build trust

Climate emergency: how should COP27 do better for adolescents and young people?

When I use a word . . . . Memory, semantic and episodic