Rammya Mathew: Planning for this year’s flu vaccination programme
My colleagues and I have spent the past few weeks thinking about how we’ll deliver…
Category: Infectious diseases, General practice / family medicine, UK, Respiratory medicine
Rammya Mathew: Innovation during the pandemic
Like many others, in recent weeks I’ve stepped into various clinical roles to support the…
Helen Salisbury: GPs still have no access to coronavirus testing
Once upon a time (two months ago), if I saw a patient with a notifiable…
Helen Salisbury: No time for decision making
The world’s been turned upside down in the past six weeks, and many people’s familiar…
Helen Salisbury: Who is vulnerable?
The Easter bank holidays were cancelled for general practices at short notice, to take the…
Covid-19: Antibody tests will not be rolled out in UK until at least May, MPs hear
Antibody tests to determine whether someone has had covid-19 will not be available until at…
Rammya Mathew: Professionalism in a time of crisis
In recent years doctors have been accused of lacking professionalism, and many of us have…
Covid-19: UK deaths are higher than previously reported, new data suggest
The number of UK deaths from covid-19 is higher than previously reported, show newly published…
Helen Salisbury: Fear in the time of covid
While London’s hospitals are already nearing capacity, many other areas are still in the “phoney…
Helen Salisbury: Coronavirus diaries
I am writing in the lull before the storm, which will have surely arrived by…
Covid-19: 15 000 deregistered doctors are told, “Your NHS needs you”
The UK government plans to bring a Coronavirus Bill before parliament with sweeping powers to…
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Helen Salisbury: What might we learn from the covid-19 pandemic?
Events are moving so quickly that whatever I write today (15 March) is likely to…
Covid-19: GPs call for same personal protective equipment as hospital doctors
GPs have called for practices to be given the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to…
Covid-19: UK budget gives {pound}94 a week statutory sick pay to self-isolators and their carers
As part of its 2020 budget the UK government will extend statutory sick pay of…
Covid-19: UK trade talks with EU must not hinder cooperation in tackling threat, BMA warns
A post-Brexit trade agreement between the UK and the European Union must maximise cooperation to…
Covid-19: 90% of cases will hit NHS over nine week period, chief medical officer warns
Nearly all covid-19 cases will hit the NHS in a “heavily concentrated” burst, with 50%…