Reliance on migrant healthcare workers in the United Kingdom: A critical discourse analysis.

The UK National Health Service (NHS) has relied on Migrant Healthcare workers (M-HCWs) since its inception. These M-HCWs have typically come from Low and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) and particularly, countries that were previously under British colonial rule. Despite this, medical workforce shortages persist in the NHS and there has been a lack of policy consensus about how best to ameliorate it.

Experiences of introducing planetary health topics to medical school curricula: A meta-ethnography.

Introduction: Future doctors will need to adapt to the impact on health caused by the changing climate, whilst developing more sustainable practices to decrease the burden of healthcare on the environment. Planetary Health (PH) is emerging as a crucial subject area in medical education. This systematic review synthesises evidence on integrating PH into medical school curricula globally, focusing on experiences of medical students and educators.

Implementation fidelity of village health and nutrition days in Hardoi District, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Village Health and Nutrition Days (VHNDs) are a cornerstone of the Government of India's strategy to provide first-contact primary health care to rural areas. Recent government programmes such as the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and Mission Indradhanush (MI) have catalysed important changes impacting VHNDs. To learn how VHNDs are currently being delivered, we assessed the fidelity of services provided as compared to government norms in a priority district of Uttar Pradesh.

The Swansea 6D model: a diagnostic and conversational framework for supervisors, mentors and doctors in training.

Doctors in training are particularly vulnerable to stress and burnout, with the transition into the early parts of training being a period of acute anxiety. Supervisors and mentors have a key role to play in helping trainees make the transition from medical student to practising doctor. This often involves professional conversations, ranging from the relatively routine to difficult issues.

Resilience: surviving and thriving in the paediatric workplace.

The health of the medical workforce, within the UK, has been described as an unmet public health need. Reports of stress, burnout and ill health are continuing to rise. Burnout is when meaningful and challenging work becomes unpleasant and unfulfilling; energy turns into exhaustion; enthusiasm turns into cynicism and efficacy turns into ineffectiveness.