We use the UK's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a lens to critically examine this approach to improving population health, using the policy of 'shielding' those at high risk of harm as an exemplar. Firstly, we explore the policy as an example of categorisation , showing that ...
Health and Medical support Providing outstanding care is paramount all year round for these charities. Right nowNHS Charities TogetherandSt John Ambulanceare responding to increased demand as a result of Coronavirus, whilst theIntensive Care Societyare pioneering critical care research to improve patient...
must join trial within first 14 days of covid-19 symptoms or a positive test will be assigned to receive 3 day course of oral ivermectin treatment they will be compared to a group of patients receiving standard NHS COVID-19 care.
Dr. Manbinder Sidhu from the University of Birmingham (BRACE team) and a co-author of the study said: "The Phase 1 evaluation findings have supported NHS England & Improvement to develop guidance for NHS staff to deliver the COVID Oximetry @ Home service while a synthesis of the main lesso...
People invited to take part in the BASIL+ study were aged over 65 with multiple long-term conditions. They had been asked to shield during COVID and were at a high risk of loneliness and depression. The BASIL+ trial was the only mental health trial prioritized by the NHS as part of its...
Although I didn’t lose my sense of smell, a couple of weeks in I decided my other symptoms were close enough to this weird new disease known as SARS-COVID-19 to justify spending a delightful day playing NHS phone-chess, being passed from 111 to the COVID hotline to my surgery and ...
I work for the NHS and so am classified as a key worker (as is my partner). Where he can work from home, I can not. I am currently at home due to an IBD flare-up (which I’ll get into in a bit), but I will eventually need to go back to work. The thing is, even though...
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In Your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT” report you’ll learn quickly how to make informed decisions, get PEACE OF MIND, real power and real control and how you can influence decision making fast, whilst your loved one is critically ill in Intensive Care! Your FREE “INSTANT IMPACT”...
NHS leaders have called for an honest assessment of what the health service can deliver as it grapples with a "triple whammy" of rising covid-19 infections, a major backlog of treatment, and reduced capacity due to infection control measures. In a report published this week the NHS ...