Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Published 20 September 2023)
Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382
1983
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1983
... One in 25 healthcare workers affected
Members of LCD4A include doctors who have been dismissed by their employer on capability grounds, those who have applied for ill health retirement decades early, and others who have lost their places on training programmes. There are GPs who have been expelled from partnerships and doctors whose work contracts have not been renewed. An increasing number of employers are refusing to make necessary adjustments to allow doctors to return and work at a reduced capacity.
“Doctors must have adequate protection at work,” says Fearnley. “SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It is outrageous that three and a half years into this pandemic, staff and patients are still, knowingly and repeatedly, being exposed to a level 3 biohazard.”
Long covid, also known as post-acute covid or post-covid syndrome, is an umbrella term for a diverse range of more than 200 symptoms1—including fatigue, heart palpitations, joint pain, and respiratory problems—that last longer than four weeks after an acute covid-19 infection and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis.2 ...
https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1983
Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382
1983doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1983
... One in 25 healthcare workers affected
Members of LCD4A include doctors who have been dismissed by their employer on capability grounds, those who have applied for ill health retirement decades early, and others who have lost their places on training programmes. There are GPs who have been expelled from partnerships and doctors whose work contracts have not been renewed. An increasing number of employers are refusing to make necessary adjustments to allow doctors to return and work at a reduced capacity.
“Doctors must have adequate protection at work,” says Fearnley. “SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It is outrageous that three and a half years into this pandemic, staff and patients are still, knowingly and repeatedly, being exposed to a level 3 biohazard.”
Long covid, also known as post-acute covid or post-covid syndrome, is an umbrella term for a diverse range of more than 200 symptoms1—including fatigue, heart palpitations, joint pain, and respiratory problems—that last longer than four weeks after an acute covid-19 infection and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis.2 ...
https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1983