Letters

Elimination of covid-19: beware of surveillance bias

Covid-19 and GPs: the unmeasured goes unnoticed

Broader approaches are necessary for containing pandemics like covid-19

Health and Care Bill: the government does not want to limit privatisation or integrate services

Improve care pathways for covid now to do better when the next variant or pandemic hits

Glioblastoma: intraoperative monitoring and tumour classification

Ear wax removal and core services in general practice

Problem is not hospital beds as such but staff to look after people in them

Decisions to opt out of NHS Digital scheme rest with patients, not GPs

Public health is key to data saving lives

If data save lives, consent saves data and data donation

Other good reasons for covid-19 vaccination in pre-adolescent and adolescent populations

Aducanumab, amyloid, and culture wars

Doctors’ pay and the future of the NHS

Scotland is (over)ripe for corporate takeover of general practice

Shared decision making: an ideal and an art

Decision making and responsibility are two distinct parts of ownership in medicine

Failure to prescribe: UK workers with occupational long covid-19 have been ignored

Prolonged solitary confinement of UK immigration detainees during the pandemic

Intradermal covid-19 vaccination could solve supply problems

Covid-19 laboratory leak hypothesis: a convenient scapegoat

Covid-19 laboratory leak hypothesis: extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence

Covid-19 laboratory leak hypothesis: how a few kept the many from considering alternative possibilities

GPs need awareness about post-covid ME/CFS

When staging becomes screening: public education is the key

Longitudinal data on covid-19 immunity could be collected from medical records

Presumed consent and sharing medical data: Scottish register allows researchers to approach patients

Changing the implied consent model for investigations is not easy

Mask related acne: using barrier tape with respirators may contravene safety standards

An international medical student’s perspective

Points: Are we missing the point?

Will removing intercalation undermine our clinical academic foundations?

Cohorts of medical students will be unable to plan

UKFPO needs to make clear what evidence it is using

Medical students' opinions should be valuable to institutional decision making

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 is not the same as covid-19

Restraint, flexibility, engagement, and communication are vital

Nobody should have been subjected to that experience—students need more support

Review of UKFPO required: unrepresentative, uncommunicative, and uncompassionate

Charities, patients, and researchers are working together to find the cause and effective treatments for ME/CFS

Chronic fatigue syndrome and long covid: individualisation, not compartmentalisation

Long covid: reshaping conversations about medically unexplained symptoms

Author’s reply to McMahon

Open letter to the prime minister and secretary of state on the second anniversary of England’s announcement that it would be smoke-free by 2030

Accreditation rules ensure that CME serves the needs of patients and the public

Bullying will continue as long as the GMC accepts referrals without question

Leaving general practice: all GPs are on a continuum from staying to leaving

Doctors’ early retirement will increase

No veterinarians (yet) on the Italian covid-19 scientific committee

Dying at home during covid-19: a view from primary care

Northern Ireland’s disintegrating secondary care services: more “reform” is not the solution

Continuing professional development (CPD) points do not always make prizes

Primary care takes the brunt of chronic NHS underfunding

Imposter syndrome: a degree of doubt is essential

The slow march of privatisation makes hospitals less sensitive to people’s needs

Mask related acne: alternative PPE for facial dermatoses

Mask related acne is a problem for healthcare workers and those with pigmented skins

Covid-19 cough: use all your senses to make a diagnosis

Recognising the value of “shared pain”—mandatory covid-19 vaccination should include all NHS workers

Correcting flaws in GP funding: avoid missing pockets of deprivation and don’t penalise areas with reduced life expectancy

Lessons from the pandemic: taking a covid-like approach to other diseases

Rebuilding trust after misdiagnosis: where is the liaison between mental and medical?

Governments and public trust: a public covid inquiry that reported quickly could shape response to the third wave

Covid-19: the last incompetently managed pandemic?

Mental health support after covid-19: closer relations between general practice, psychology, and occupational health

Declaring interests: necessary but not sufficient

Benefits of quitting: “more quit, more grit”

Exposure to green spaces may strengthen resilience and support mental health in the face of the covid-19 pandemic

Increasing awareness of drug induced gingival enlargement

Resisting the “righting reflex” in conversations about covid vaccine hesitancy

Face-to-face GP consultations: avoiding digital exclusion of marginalised groups

Total triage is the future for general practice

Authors’ reply to Bradley

Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections with and without sepsis—a dilemma or not?

Accuracy of depression score: a positive HADS score may only be the tip of the iceberg

Vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2: maximise uptake among adults while prioritising the most vulnerable

Online consultations are the solution—but to which problems?

Covid-19: an economic perspective on vaccinating the world

General practice on the brink: three key solutions the government must implement

The need for compassionate self-harm services

Investigating hypothyroidism: how to take levothyroxine

Let us learn from litigation claims: actuarial tools can improve safety

Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination

Different thyroid assays may greatly affect diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism

Rehabilitation after critical illness: how to facilitate a successful return to work

New ways of working will help patients and sustain our profession

Rehabilitation after critical illness—don’t overlook technological and social factors

SARS-CoV-2 variants in India: a call for genomic surveillance

Covid-19 eradication: stopping transmission between countries

Eight point plan to bring GPs back from the edge

GPs are at “breaking point”—how can retired GPs help?

Inappropriate use of lateral flow tests by patients with symptoms

Covid-19 pilot events: the pursuit of outcomes

International aid and covid-19 in India: a humanitarian catastrophe at risk of a familiar response

UK still lacks a coherent and clearly articulated covid-19 strategy

Structural racism causes cumulative harm across the lifespan

Clinical Excellence Awards are not fit for purpose

Surgical simulation training is crucial in the covid-19 era and beyond

Medical training focuses on treating the white majority

Structural racism hide and seek: only one of five official UK reports on health has found structural racism