Junior Doctors Category

Opinions, opportunities and news affecting junior doctors.

Improving outcomes for critically ill children on ventilation

COVID-19 Update, Global Reach, Mental Health, Psychology
Vaccine passports linked to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy …
Vaccine passports linked to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in UK and Israel: A new study from Imperial College London has found a link between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and a perceived lack …
Global Reach, NHS, Nursing, Screening
IBMS statement on blood tube shortage
IBMS statement on blood tube shortage: The UK’s pathology services are experiencing major disruptions to their supplies of blood test tubes due to the ‘just in time’ manufacturing model and …
Sexual Health, Women's Health
Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month: Survival rates will be negatively impacted with only 9% of women considering gynaecological health an important health condition, This Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month (1-30 September 2021), …
COVID-19 Update, Infection/Disease, Integrative, Paediatrics
Managing common childhood illnesses this time around
How can we manage the inevitable rise of common childhood illnesses as kids go back to school? Dr Punam Krishan, GP gives advice on how we can manage sickness in …
COVID-19 Update, Integrative, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Paediatrics, Psychology
Supporting back to school anxiety in a …
Supporting back to school anxiety in a time of COVID: Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, based at the Priory’s Oxford Wellbeing Centre. Here she …