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The scandal of NHS contracts with the independent healthcare sector
Since March 2020 it was sensible medical practice to consider making all possible beds in the NHS available to potentially admit ill patients with COVID-19. The expected admission rate was supposed to risk overwhelming the NHS, so independent sector facilities apparently volunteered and were then contracted to the NHS as priority, with full remuneration for their losses, and all private practitioners were effectively frozen out from seeing, admitting and operating on their own self pay patients.
Letter from Hong Kong (17 August 2020)
So much can change in just a few weeks. In Hong Kong after three weeks with no new cases we started to see a third wave in mid-July. More and more cases with no obvious source.
Dalvi Humzah nominated for BMA Private Practice Committee
Co-editor of The PMFA Journal, Dalvi Humzah, has been nominated to join the BMA Private Practice Committee.
Letter from Hong Kong (9 July 2020)
“I see hope in the stars. Take time to look at them.”
Letter from Hong Kong (2 July 2020)
There is an expression about “living through history”. I am not quite sure what it means but I have the inclination that it conveys a sense of being there, of being alive, when the world changes. Dramatically, irrevocably. We have a before, and we have an after, and we are now in the period of transition.
COVID-19 elective oculoplastic consent proforma
The advent of COVID-19 will continue to impose major adaptations in how we as surgeons practise and offer elective surgery going forward. In addition to how we try to adapt to make our practice as safe for the patient and our teams as...
Letter from Hong Kong (1 June 2020)
It will be essential for there to be a full and impartial review of the response of each and every country to the global pandemic. That is the nature of science, accountability and responsibility.
COVID-19 unlock and aesthetic medicine: response from BCAM
The SARS-COV2 virus and the associated COVID-19 disease have caused immense social, financial and personal strain. But now we are taking the first tentative steps to exit the phase 1 lockdown.
Letter from Hong Kong (8 May 2020)
The latest 'letter' from our man in Hong Kong, The PMFA Journal Co-editor Andrew Burd.
Sweet and sour thoughts from Hong Kong – a preview to my next 'Letter'
The weather was beautiful and there was a holiday atmosphere in the air. Five consecutive days without a new case. The goal is 28 consecutive new-disease-free days.
Letter from Hong Kong (21 April 2020)
The PMFA Journal co-editor Andrew Burd looks at the impact of SARS on plastic surgery in Hong Kong.
Easter Weekend sees the start of Innovia Face Visor production
Innovia Medical Group has announced that production of its Innovia Face Visor is now underway.
