• Mental Health Act: doctors should not use video assessments to detain patients during pandemic, say judges
• Donating our “Christmas bonus”
• Covid-19: Medical community split over vaccine interval policy as WHO recommends six weeks
• Diagnosis and referral of adults with suspected bony metastases
• Sixty seconds on . . . naming strains
• How can I boost team morale?

Mental Health Act: doctors should not use video assessments to detain patients during pandemic, say judges

Guidance from NHS England that doctors may lawfully use video assessments during the pandemic to decide whether patients should be detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act was wrong, two High...

Donating our “Christmas bonus”

The UK government intends to honour its commitments to pay increases above inflation for NHS workers ?despite the challenging economic context (of covid-19).?1 Doctors? pay will rise by 2.8% in...

Covid-19: Medical community split over vaccine interval policy as WHO recommends six weeks

The medical community appears to be split over whether the UK has made the right decision in delaying the second Pfizer BioNTech vaccine dose from three weeks to 12, in order to administer more first...

Diagnosis and referral of adults with suspected bony metastases

What you need to knowRed flag symptoms for cancer related bone pain include severe progressive pain that is worse on movement or at night, inability to bear weight, signs of hypercalcaemia, and pain...

Sixty seconds on . . . naming strains

What?s in a name?General bewilderment, it turns out, when we?re talking about SARS-CoV-2 variants. More and more potentially worrying variants are being identified, but there?s no agreed way of...

How can I boost team morale?

Promote small acts of kindnessHeidi Edmundson, emergency medicine consultant, says, ?It?s important to remember that looking after morale is not the same as making people happy. So, focus on creating...