Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’ Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lost The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch Prof Sir Martin Landray: clinical IT functions are slow and ‘devastatingly user unfriendly’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024
The Observer view on the NHS: If it is to ‘reform or die’, let’s start with the way it handles our data Properly organised, the mammoth database of medical information the health service holds has vast potential in the exploration of new treatments The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024
Dismay as UK government halts cash for world-renowned Covid programme Despite its trials saving thousands during the pandemic, funding is being stopped for the groundbreaking UK Recovery programme The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
The inside story of the ground-breaking Covid-19 Recovery trial When the effectiveness of dexamethasone was first announced, it changed the treatment of the disease overnight, Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim, Leon Peto and Mark Campbell explain how they did it The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022
The inside story of Recovery: how the world’s largest COVID-19 trial transformed treatment – and what it could do for other diseases Guilherme – June 16, 2020. Evening TV news shows across the world were suddenly opening with the result of our research, and rightly so. Dexamethasone was the first drug to be shown to save the lives of people infected with COVID-19. To a young researcher like me, that day felt… The Conversation · Jun 15, 2022
Will AI turbocharge the hunt for new drugs? Advocates point to the pandemic as proof of its value in healthcare even as critics dismiss its use in drug discovery as ‘hype’ Financial Times · Mar 20, 2022
Arthritis drug could help save Covid patients – study Rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib can reduce risk of death from severe Covid by about a fifth The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2022