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Luna Williams, a commentator for Arora Medical Education , examines ways that medtech can be used to help engage younger generations in medical and clinical education. Earlier this month, the NHS lost its position as the best health service in the developed world.
Over the past five years, licensed doctors choosing to take on work as locums has dramatically increased. In fact, estimations show that more than one fifth of UK-based doctors work in a locum capacity. In practice, locum GPs are defined as a general practitioner who temporarily fills in for in-house staff during absences or staff shortages.
"On that journey, nobody cares if you live or die". These were the words of Cumar*, a young Somali man seeking refuge from Libya, when asked to talk about his experiences on the journey to Europe last year. "I thought it was bad in Somalia", he told UNHCR , "but the things I have seen since the journey here...
EARLIER this month, the so-called "Doomsday Clock" hit the headlines when it reportedly ticked forward to 100 seconds to midnight. The clock, which is run by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) - a body made up of 13 Nobel laureates and elders - is a symbol representing the likelihood of a man-made, Earth-ending catastrophe.
PA Archive/PA Images The Tory government's hostile policies are hitting the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities hard. As LUNA WILLIAMS explains, Brexit is exacerbating the issue. Campaigners at an event organised by Stand up to Racism in solidarity with the Windrush generation and their families. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA.
Luna Williams, IAS, writes about the hardships faced by those attempting to claim asylum in the UK. In 1948, the NHS was founded as an ethical body; a public health service which doesn't discriminate and offers support for any person no matter what their wealth, class or background.
Around 2,000 women seeking asylum in the UK are detained every year. Between 77 and 85 per cent of these women are victims of sexual or gender-based violence, including rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and forced prostitution or sex trafficking. For many of these women, the process of being detained - especially indefinitely - re-traumatises them.
"I can't breathe": these three words have galvanised nations around the world, as the murder of black American George Floyd has stoked the fires of anti-racism campaigning on both sides of the Atlantic. Following Floyd's death on 25 th May at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, protests and campaigns started to spring up, first in the US, and then further afield.
In 2018, 1,981 women and girls were recorded as victims of human trafficking in the UK. Of these individuals, 1,263 were victims of sexual exploitation - 880 women and 383 girls. Human trafficking involves the exploitation of people, against their will, generally for financial gain.
"Asylum seekers and refugees are already some of the most vulnerable people in our society. With Europe now the epicentre of the virus, it is vital that we now pull together to take care of every individual who lives here - no matter what their background, and no matter what their immigration status."