A&E Perspective

• Ukrainian Refugee Health Needs to be Central to UK Home Office Response to Crisis, Say Doctors The UK has issued more than 25,000 Ukranian refugee visas to-date but with no information of when and in what numbers they will arrive, medics are concerned that refugee health needs will be unmanageable.
  Medscape UK, April 05, 2022
• UK Medics Work to Send Urgently Needed Supplies to Ukraine UK doctors in North East England working together to provide medical equipment to the Ukraine frontline say individual first aid kits are badly needed.
  Medscape UK, March 25, 2022
• Providing Medical Support on the Polish/Ukraine Border: UK-Med Update We re-visit UK-Med as they cross the Polish/Ukraine border and move into Northeastern Ukraine.
  Medscape UK, March 18, 2022
• The Wounded Healer: Conference Addresses Doctor Burnout Conference will feature the charity Doctors in Distress that uses the arts to address doctor burnout.
  Medscape UK, March 16, 2022
• New Quicker and Cheaper Diagnostic Trials for Prostate Cancer Prof Hashim Ahmed discusses his work and upcoming trial that could change the way prostate cancer is diagnosed in the UK.
  Medscape UK, March 14, 2022
• On the Frontlines: Delivering Care to Refugees Fleeing Ukraine The NGO UK-Med on how it works to deliver medical and humanitarian aid to families fleeing the attacks in Ukraine.
  Medscape UK, March 08, 2022
• COVID-19: Why Are We Ignoring Infection-Acquired Immunity? Recent studies focus renewed attention on the ongoing debate about the importance of infection-acquired immunity and the extent to which it should be taken into account in public health policy.
  Medscape UK, February 28, 2022
• A New Era: The Pros and Cons of ePMA Systems in Practice in the NHS The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they?
  Medscape UK, February 15, 2022
• Doctors Working Towards a Greener NHS Dr Johhny Groome talks about his work with GASP, and how he has worked to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare.
  Medscape UK, February 09, 2022
• Prince Charles and Alternative Medicine – A Royal Lost Cause? A new unofficial biography of the Prince of Wales assesses his longstanding campaign to integrate alternative medicine into modern healthcare and argues that the future King has done more harm than good to his cause.
  Medscape UK, February 01, 2022
• Five Common Objections to Mandatory Vaccination for Healthcare Workers: A Medical Ethicist's View With only days until the deadline (Wednesday February 3, 2022) for unvaccinated NHS workers to have their first COVID-19 vaccine, ethicist Daniel Sokol looks at common objections to mandatory vaccination.
  Medscape UK, January 27, 2022
• Punitive Pensions Continue to Drive Doctors out of the Profession Pension tax pressures are continuing to lead experienced doctors to retire early, at a time when there's a huge demand for them to stay working in the NHS.
  Medscape UK, January 26, 2022
• RCP's Registrar: Increasing the Visibility of Women as Healthcare Leaders It's been a steep learning curve for Dr Cathryn Edwards. She took over her post as registrar of the Royal College of Physicians in May 2021.
  Medscape UK, January 19, 2022
• Why Isn't the UK Vaccinating Young Children for COVID? Shamez Ladhani, paediatric infectious diseases specialist, speaks to Medscape UK about the UK's vaccination strategy for the 5- to 11-year-olds, and how vaccination resources are better used for the vulnerable.
  Medscape UK, December 17, 2021
• DPC 2021 Both Deprivation and Ethnicity Need Addressing to Alleviate Inequality in Diabetes Care Partha Kar discusses inequalities in diabetes care in his role as Director of Equality, Medical Workforce at NHS England – highlighting that deprivation and ethnicity are two separate but linked issues. Both need addressing now, he says.
  Medscape UK, December 02, 2021
• A&E Perspective: Aggression in EDs, Worst Ever Performance Data Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on the latest strains on the NHS and emergency departments as winter draws closer.
  Medscape UK, October 15, 2021
• COVID-19 in Emergency Departments: Buckle Up! Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on summer pressures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
  Medscape UK, September 08, 2021
• A&E Perspective: New Metrics, New COVID-19 Wave? Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on new metrics and the end of the 4-hour emergency department targets.
  Medscape UK, May 28, 2021
• A&E Perspective: Easing Lockdown, NHS Backlog, No Respite for EDs Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on easing of lockdown and the impact on the NHS.
  Medscape UK, April 06, 2021
• COVID-19: Light at the End of the Tunnel or On-coming Express Train? Dr Dan O'Carroll reflects on how we got to where we are with a new year COVID-19 crisis.
  Medscape UK, January 11, 2021