COVID-19 in 2020 – a look back from NHS frontline

Authors

  • Julie Smith University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Toni Collier University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Karen Dixon University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Morenike Adebusuyi Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Tonye Sikabofori Birmingham Community Health Care, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Michaella Cameron-Taylor Whipps Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
  • Toyin Baikie Hook Surgery, Merritt Medical Centre, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
  • Cho Ee NG University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Akintunde Akinkunmi LP Consulting Ltd., London, United Kingdom
  • Suzanne Guillum-Scott University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Dot Moscrop University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
  • Olufunso Adedeji University Hospital of North Durham, Durham, United Kingdom https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-3413

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51496/jogm.v1.27

Keywords:

NHS, Reflection, Healthcare Worker, SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19 defined our world in 2020. In over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, on 11th March 2020, over 130 million people have contracted the virus worldwide, of whom 2.9 million have died. Healthcare systems have weathered unprecedented stresses, but the modern medical and technological advances have come up with vaccines within a year of the WHO declaration. Consequently, as healthcare workers look forward to more normal and less stressful times, some United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) colleagues have had a retrospective look at their experiences at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Amnesty International. More than 7,000 health worker deaths from COVID-19 globally – UK deaths third-highest. 2020. Available from: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/more-7000-health-worker-deaths-covid-19-globally-uk-deaths-third-highest [cited 11 April 2021].

Published

18-05-2021

How to Cite

Smith, J., Collier, T., Dixon, K., Adebusuyi, M. ., Sikabofori, T. ., Cameron-Taylor, M., Baikie, T., NG, C. E., Akinkunmi, A. ., Guillum-Scott, S., Moscrop, D., & Adedeji, O. (2021). COVID-19 in 2020 – a look back from NHS frontline. Journal of Global Medicine, 1(1), e27. https://doi.org/10.51496/jogm.v1.27

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History of Medicine

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