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The UK’s public health response to covid-19

BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1932 (Published 15 May 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1932

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Re: The UK’s public health response to covid-19

Dear Editor

The other question that has not been satisfactorily answered is why doctors - who undertake a hippocratic oath did not resist or protest at discharging people early to care homes- knowing or at least understanding they could unleash deadly infections there.
When doctors do not fee free to challenge their instructions - and question faulty flawed guidance we really have lost our way as a service to protect the public’s health and well-being.

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30 May 2020
Siobhan Crowley
Doctor
PENTA Foundation & ELMA Philanthropies
Forest road