The effect of being stopped and searched by the police can be psychologically traumatic and leave one feeling scared, powerless and humiliated. I thought about my patients. A lot of patients I look after are black and I wondered about how negative interactions with police could affect their psychological health and wellbeing.
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COVID-19 has all but ensured that primary care will never quite be the same. This includes the way in which we care for our nursing and care homes. It is important that we take the positives from the virtual ward round that was forced upon us, and adapt our practice in the future so that we can continue providing the best healthcare possible for our patients.
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The terrible direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our elders living in care homes demands our attention and clinical scrutiny. We must continue to scrutinise the effectiveness of virtual assessment of our older patients with thorough clinical governance processes. These are the people with the most complex comorbidities, prevalent polypharmacy and disguised diagnoses.
Read MoreProfessor Michael Kidd is a GP and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Australia. He talks through five principles for dealing with the COVID-19 crisis and pandemic preparedness.
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New research published in the BJGP from Professor Roger Gadsby and his team at the University of Warwick has highlighted how ‘morning sickness’ is not an appropriate term for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Professor Gadsby suggests we need to “dump this unhelpful term morning sickness” and stop trivialising the condition.
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