1. Morally Indefensible PPE
Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez
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Is the NHS Thinking at All About the Demographics of Their Staff?
In 2021, the British Medical Association published the results of a survey of 7,000 UK doctors. Women were more likely to report that their PPE did not fit them. Dr Latifah Patel is a pediatric respiratory doctor and interim chair of the BMA. We represent over 163,500 medical students and doctors across the UK. She's 5'1", so she's used to adapting her PPE. But here again, I got nowhere. The NHS refused to reply to my emails until I made a fuss on Twitter. So striking out on the supply side, I decided to try the demand side. Surely, if hospitals demanded masks that fit their workforce, the manufacturers would have to
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