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Category: Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

Covid-19: Many hospitals “are not declaring critical incidents” despite severe pressures

The number of official critical incidents declared by NHS hospital trusts is likely to massively underestimate the real […]

January 11, 2022 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: The cultural problems still affecting PPE provision

In February I wrote a news story in The BMJ about failings in the supply of personal protective […]

November 10, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

Covid-19: NICE issues guidance on vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis

Patients who are acutely unwell with suspected vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) should be referred immediately […]

July 29, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: Lack of PPE betrays NHS clinical staff

The failure to provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to health and social care workers during the pandemic […]

February 17, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: Wider health determinants aren’t ȷust for pandemics

Health politics are dominated by the power of the immediate. Future health gains through long term policies are […]

February 3, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: Could we do better on hospital acquired covid-19 in a future wave?

Hospitals are currently in the eye of a covid-19 storm, driven by a rapid rise in community infection […]

January 13, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: The false dichotomies in pandemic commentary

Much like the Brexit debate, the narrative on covid-19 has often been reductive, tribally entrenched, and polarised. This […]

January 6, 2021 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19

David Oliver: The roads not taken in our covid response

Stephen Sondheim’s song “The Road You Didn’t Take” includes the line, “You take one road, you try one […]

November 18, 2020 Emergency medicine, UK, COVID-19
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