The NHS could be forced to waste coronavirus vaccines if it does not offer leeway for medics to vaccinate beyond the designated at-risk groups. The current cohort is group seven of the Joint Committee on Vaccination…
"Less than an hour before it emerged that some students would be able to resit their SJT, the Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) released an open letter urging the UKFPO to…
DAUK features in this Huffington Post article, drawing attention to the lack of a centralised plan to vaccinate frontline NHS staff, many of whom still are not being offered the…
I’m an NHS doctor specialising in the care of older people. A year ago, before the arrival of this pandemic changed every aspect of our clinical care, it would not have been unusual to arrive on the hospital ward to hear that a patient had died over the weekend.
DAUKs Drs Elizabeth Toberty and Duranka Perera write for the Huffington Post. "Trust and honest planned communication is vital for a successful vaccine rollout. Without it, any vaccine programme will…
Pregnant doctors around the UK have been raising concerns about workplace safety since the start of the pandemic. Earlier this year, pregnant nurse Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong died of Covid-19 soon after…
"Going into work last Monday, we were greeted by the ward clerk waiting with a pile of death certificates from the weekend. A pile." When the government announced a relaxation in…