- Published
- 12 May 2023
- Journal article
Looking back to look forward: Surviving COVID-19 and the future of the NHS
- Authors
- Source
- Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic affected healthcare systems worldwide, including the NHS. It drastically changed the practice and delivery of healthcare and laid bare longstanding structural flaws. It also brought a time of innovation and digitalisation and renewed appreciation of the role of public health.
This paper offers a thematic summary of a debate held in December 2021 by the University of Edinburgh School of Medicine. It featured a multi-specialty panel of doctors and patient representative discussing the likely impact of the pandemic on the future of NHS. It serves as a reflection point on the pressures the NHS has faced since and their likely genesis at a time when the impact of the pandemic on staff risks being forgotten.
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Cite as
Vacek, A., Chandran, S., Bauld, L., Lunan, C., Horne, A., Kerr, S., Whitworth, C. & Wojcik, W. 2023, 'Looking back to look forward: Surviving COVID-19 and the future of the NHS', Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 53(3), pp. 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715231173667