“Long Covid” presents as a constellation of symptoms that are debilitating, persistent and unexplained, often limiting patients’ day-to-day activities. David Thompson and his colleagues describe a novel approach – the Optimal Health Programme – which they are now trialing for this condition.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a particularly heavy toll on care homes in the UK. Two GPs share their own personal experiences working in this environment over the past year, and dive deep into the data.
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Boris Johnson tells us we have to “learn to live with Covid”. There is much talk of using “common sense” but Peter Toon reminds us this is not all that common and discusses some of the issues involved.
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We might be tempted to think it’s the beginning of the end of the Covid19 pandemic. But it’s only the beginning of the beginning of the Long Covid pandemic. Carter Singh discusses the issues we need to face.
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How can we support people with long-COVID to return to work? Ira Madan and colleagues review the current literature and guidance from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians.
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The travelling community has historically struggled to achieve equal access to healthcare. They have a higher prevalence of disease, lower literacy rates, poor health education and are burdened with significant rates of poverty. So what does this mean during the current pandemic? Amanda Brickstock and James Daniels update us on what we need to know.
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The pre-pandemic ‘old normal’ had been broken for a long time. Rather than seeking to develop a ‘new normal’ we should perhaps focus on creating a ‘new different’. ‘How?’, I hear you ask! Well …
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The UK national quarantines for Covid-19 are the first for any infectious disease for over 140 years. Edward Reynolds questions their effectiveness, and asks why a previously effective system of public health in the UK was effectively dismantled.
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Our special series: General Practice after Covid-19. What have our colleagues said? Here are links to all of the articles.
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Rachel Lightfoot, a medical student at Trinity College, Dublin, shares her experience of hope as she takes her part in a local vaccination clinic.
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John Travers reminds us that we are taking part in a miracle. “That is how a dragon is felled, one tiny jab at a time.”
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We live in extraordinary and historic times. Maxwell Cooper reminds us that we must ensure that the phenomenal achievements of general practice during this pandemic in delivering vaccination – alongside patient care – are never forgotten.
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