FHJ Bitesize October 2020

Editor Kevin Fox introduces the content of the October 2020 issue of the Future Healthcare Journal, which focuses on the theme of digital health. There are also a broad range of other topics covered, from problematic polypharmacy to the benefits of a ‘general medicine consultant of the week’ model.

 The issue contains extensive material covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and the RCP journal subject collection at www.rcpjournals.org/covid-19 now contains over 80 articles on all aspects of the pandemic.

•  Respiratory specialists working in different ways: Development of a GP hotline and respiratory support service during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Establishing a remote clinical advice service during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Managing high-acuity outpatient services during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from the acute diabetes foot service 
• Remodelling elective hospital services in the COVID-19 era – designing the new normal
• Rostering in a pandemic: Sustainability is key 
• COVID-19 pandemic personal development plan: A model for maximising higher specialty training
• Keep calm and carry on learning: using Microsoft Teams to deliver a medical education programme during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Communication in the time of COVID 
• Improving wellbeing among UK doctors redeployed during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Peer support for junior doctors: a positive outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic? 

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