Health care workers' protection and reparation after the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. doi.org/10.1093/occm... (Our Editorial in 'Occupational Medicine' published last week)

The Covid-19 Inquiry's Module 3 Report to be published on Thursday is eagerly awaited by those concerned with the Occupational Health of Health Care Workers (topic sections 7 & 8)

Honoured to be invited to speak, at the start of this conference, on the subject of "After the pandemic - the way ahead for Occupational Medicine"

UK Govt has been sitting on the recommendations, from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council about Covid in Health Care Workers, for more than 3 years !

Good qualitative study on long covid in health care workers to complement the quantitative studies.

" A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces " - This Editorial I wrote and posted about last year has now appeared in the printed version of the journal. doi.org/10.1093/occm...

This is catastrophic. I (successfully) sat the MRCP(UK) exams in 1979 & would have been devastated had I been told "sorry - we made a mistake & gave you the wrong result". Physicians & the public await a more detailed account of the reasons for this "error" & what the Federation is doing about it

With better prevention especially control measures in workplaces (eg ventilation & respiratory protection), so many sequelae of Covid could have been prevented. www.context.news/socioeconomi...

"Healthcare workers should get covid-19 vaccinations": my @bmj.com letter prompted by the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation Statement on covid-19 which made no recommendation on vaccination for healthcare workers www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Will the UK emergency pandemic exercise involve running & testing ventilation / filtration, & deployment of respirators for health & social care workers & susceptible people? www.bbc.com/news/article...

5 years after covid-19 hit us,& after spending £billions on personal protective equipment, health care workers are still not given respirators as protection against aerosols of influenza or other viruses. Instead surgical masks are worn as fig leaves. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

COVID lead with the BMA, @profraymondagius.bsky.social, said the delays were inexcusable. "The government had a moral duty to look after people who put their lives at risk for us all, and I think time may prove it had a legal duty as well."

"UK doctors and nurses with long COVID to sue for compensation" just published in "Context" (part of @reuters.com ). Quotes from @the-bma.bsky.social www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Those who are Xiting to Bluesky should cite relevant papers here, even if previously referred to in the other place. Thus @altmetric.com will get a measure of the Xodus. I'll do so shortly.

Check my BlueSky-Score on: blueskyscore.com/profraymonda...

Since @altmetric.com is tracking Bluesky posts, I'm reposting about this article of mine on "Prevention of COVID-19 in workers: preparation, precaution, and protection"

Thanks to Baroness Bennett for yesterday’s useful debate on the review into PAs and AAs. As highlighted here the BMA’s scope of practice should be implemented to protect patient safety in the interim.

Covid-19 Public Inquiry. Closing statement of @the-bma.bsky.social www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

Vaccination against covid-19 helps fulfil the legal duty to "ensure .. health and safety" of health care workers. The latest advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation ignores this. My rapid response to the British Medical Journal: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

The British Medical Association is also now on Bluesky. See statement below arising from Wednesday's Council meeting.

"First - do not harm the patient" (attributed to Hippocrates) It is just as unacceptable for a patient to contract an airborne viral infection from a physician during a ward round or consultation as it is to contract a blood borne viral infection during surgery.

Patients should know who is and is not a doctor. If you are not yet familiar with the Physician Associates scandal watch this update youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...

"The Occupational Impact of COVID-19 in the Transport and Education Sectors" just published by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) as a "Command Paper" by the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions. A brief summary & some comments follow... www.gov.uk/government/p...

Bluesky is now my preferred platform for posts. My latest Editorial: “A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces“ doi.org/10.1093/occm... TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable

UK workers during the pandemic: inadequate protection and, consequently, increased risk. Just out in the British Medical Journal: my short letter, but many references if you follow the links. doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Exceptional CO2 agreement between the 2 devices. But this is probably just where the lines intersect. (The Aranet4 is my favourite.)

Just published: The results of a survey of post-acute Covid-19 publications in UK doctors. doi.org/10.1093/occm...

My latest article, entitled "COVID-19 in Workplace Settings: Lessons Learned for Occupational Medicine in the UK." is now available online: doi.org/10.23749/mdl... TL;DR: here is a thread of a few of paraphrased salient points, including some of the other works to which reference was made... 1/10

British Medical Association Statement: Covid Inquiry: "A key failure of Govt. decision-making was, & continues to be, the failure to properly consider & acknowledge that Covid-19 is an airborne virus. This impacted on the protections available to healthcare workers." www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

"Prevention of COVID-19 in workers: preparation, precaution, and protection" This article is based on a couple of the lectures I gave during the pandemic. Link is hereunder. TL;DR or if you can't access, I shall *try* to write a thread of some of the salient points... doi.org/10.1093/annw...

Last week I corrected the 'proof' of my next paper to be published. It's entitled: Prevention of Covid-19 in workers: Preparation, Precaution, Protection. When it's online I'll talk about it here in preference to the 'other place'.