Sam Martin

TL;DR: The creation of an interactive platform and dashboard to provide real-time alerts of rumours and concerns about coronavirus spreading globally would enable public health officials and relevant stakeholders to respond rapidly with a proactive and engaging narrative that can mitigate misinformation.

TL;DR: The experience of carrying out three research studies aimed at exploring health care delivery in the context of COVID-19 is reflected, highlighting the importance of qualitative data to inform evidence-based public health responses and providing a way forward to global research teams who wish to implement similar rapid qualitative studies.

TL;DR: The perceptions and experiences of healthcare workers in relation to COVID-19 and care delivery models implemented to deal with the pandemic in the UK were explored to highlight the importance of taking into consideration the experiences and concerns of front-line staff during a pandemic.

TL;DR: In this paper, a rapid qualitative appraisal study combining three sources of data: semistructured in-depth telephone interviews with frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) experiences with personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

TL;DR: It is found that frontline HCWs persisted in caring for their patients despite multiple challenges including inappropriate provision of PPE, inadequate training and inconsistent guidance, which must be addressed to protect the health and well-being of the most valuable healthcare resource in the COVID-19 pandemic.