Complaints against GPs up by more than a third on pre-covid level
The number of written complaints against GPs is now 37% higher than before the covid…
Category: General practice / family medicine, COVID-19
Primary care in Spain: underfunded, understaffed, and neglected
Spain’s covid-19 pandemic put intensive care units1 and nursing homes2 in the spotlight. But during…
Covid-19: The government’s gaslighting has left vulnerable patients feeling forgotten
McLellan and Abbasi say that we must “face the fact that the nation’s attempt to…
Covid-19: UK will not buy Evusheld owing to “insufficient data” on protection, government says
The UK government has said that it will not procure the covid-19 drug Evusheld—a combination…
Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds
People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including…
David Oliver: Covid-19 and the Dunning-Kruger effect
In 1999 two social psychologists, Dunning and Kruger, described the phenomenon of “illusory superiority”: a…
Chronic fatigue syndrome and long covid: moving beyond the controversy
“I submitted the first positive trial of cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT] as a treatment for…
Covid-19: Italian doctors are disciplined for anti-vaccination propaganda
An Italian doctors association has warned or disciplined 10 medics for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and…
Covid-19: People with history of significant allergic reactions should not receive Pfizer vaccine, says regulator
People who have a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine, or…
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Covid-19: Government was too slow to respond to ventilator shortages, say MPs
The NHS managed to provide care for all patients affected by covid-19 who needed ventilators…