Transmuting trauma into active survivorship: stories of challenging Islamophobia In our August Wellbeing Wednesday cafe, we had the privilege of hosting two inspiring speakers. The first was Dr Ahmed Hankir, an award winning psychiatrist, survivor of conflict and mental illness, p...
A-levels and medical schools: where next? In this blog 5th year medical student Ayo shares his tips for aspiring medical students who may have been caught up in the A-level fiasco. I am sure the last couple of weeks since getting your Ofqual ...
Broken Hearts, Police and Doctors – Did the NHS Criminalise Grief? On the 1st August 2020, the Daily Mail ran a story accompanied by a video about a Muslim Asian doctor couple, the Abbasis, and their 6-year old daughter who lay dying in a hospital bed of a rare genet...
A Whole New Digital World in Medicine…….. Part 2 If there is one thing that clinicians are now talking about as a silver lining from coronavirus, it is that of technological advancement within the NHS. From a primary care perspective and as a local ...
Heart Rhythm Awareness- Don’t Miss a Beat It is estimated that around 500,000 people in the UK have undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition whereby a person has an irregular heart beat (pulse). Compared to the general populati...
Wellbeing Wednesdays The month of May saw us mark a few milestones in the Wellbeing Wednesday calendar. Celebrating 7 months of our Wellbeing Wednesday cafes, being appointed Mental Health Lead at MDA, grappling with the ...
Wellbeing Wednesdays: Sharing Silver Linings of the Pandemic Cloud I have so far attended all Wellbeing Wednesdays sessions with MDA since January, and every single session has been beneficial for myself, in terms of understanding mental health and spirituality. In p...
Response to the ‘Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19’ report Please find attached a response to the ‘Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19’ report. Download the full letter here...
A whole new Digital world in Medicine…….. Part 1 Dr. Osman Bhatti of Digital CCIO (Chief Clinical Information Officer) for the East London Health And Care Partnership CCG gives us an insight on how Covid may have changed the way we practice medicine...
COVID mental health resources for healthcare professionals General Support NHS Practitioner Health Doctor’s Common Room Daily supportive group. Please register www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/upcoming events NHS Practitioner Health All NHS Staff Common Room Twi...
Recruiting volunteers now…… Assalamu Aleikum, With the incredible response to the current crisis and COVID 19 we have seen an increasing number of people wanting to contribute and join the NHS in volunteering and to participate ...
Keeping the Eid vibes flowing under lockdown Everyone looks forward to Eid Al Fitr after the month of Ramadhan, a celebration of coming together as a community and renewing friendships and family ties. This year we all have to observe the Govern... discovery