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Almost a fifth of doctors said they have sought informal mental health support during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Physicians.

The new Inequalities in Health Alliance has written to local MPs in the North of England to call for action to urgently address health inequalities highlighted by the pandemic.

The Government has announced increased funding to help the social care sector address staffing issues and to boost Covid-19 testing in care homes.

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, some secondary care face to face clinics have been replaced by video consultation. But what do patients really think about them?

The challenges in care homes during the pandemic have been well documented. This article reviews how analysis of testing, cases and deaths can help structure response to future Covid-19 outbreaks

An online petition has called for the Government to ensure in law that patients with suspected heart failure will receive a specialist assessment within two weeks - in line with the 2010 NICE guidelines. 

Professor John Ashton, former head of public health, has warned the Government that history teaches us that public confidence in science and immunizations can breakdown, and can lead to even more scientific scepticism than has been already experienced during recent years.  

A simple DNA test has been developed that can identify secondary infections in Covid-19 patients who have double the risk of developing pneumonia while on ventilation than non-Covid-19 patients.

Even as the NHS faces an 'exceptionally tough challenge', millions of people are still getting care for non-Covid health problems according to NHS England.

Many healthcare staff continue to report having to use unsuitable personal protective equipment according to the British Medical Association which has called for enhanced and more appropriate PPE to be made available to staff in all healthcare settings.

Intensive care unit (ICU) staff treating Covid-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic had poor mental health with almost half meeting the threshold for PTSD, severe anxiety or problem drinking.

With the UK in the grip of another wave of Covid-19 added to the usual demands of the winter, Dr Edin Lakasing asks if the default government strategy of resorting to lockdown after a spike in cases is working.

A recent report looks at how older people have been affected by lockdown, and finds that nutrition is one of the key issues

The Government has published its Covid-19 vaccination programme, which aims to vaccinate tens of millions of people by the spring at over 2,700 vaccination sites across the UK.

Seven new NHS Vaccination Centres have been opened to offer a convenient alternative to GP-led and hospital services and will begin vaccinating people aged 80 and over, along with health and care staff.