Dipesh P. Gopal

Oct 31, 2024 | bjgp.org | Dipesh P. Gopal

Football is the world’s most popular game. You might have seen it, and you might have played it. The format is simple — score more goals than the other team. Galea and Stein, professors in public health, argue winning at health is very much like winning at football. The goalkeeper is often frustrated at team members when they face a shot on goal.

Oct 8, 2024 | bjgp.org | Nina Smyth |Damien Ridge |Tom Kingstone |Dipesh P. Gopal

ethnic minoritieslong COVIDprimary health careIntroductionLong COVID, the patient-preferred term,1 is the experience of persistent symptoms for ≥ 12 weeks following a COVID-19 infection. In early 2023, long COVID was estimated to affect 1.9 million adults in the UK,2 and an estimated 200 million people were thought to be affected globally in 2019.3 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)4 uses the term ‘post-acute COVID-19 syndrome’.