Brit J Hosp Med
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Patient education is an important part of obtaining informed consent, but can also be used to educate patients about how to prepare for surgery and help them take responsibility for improving their own health to reduce their risk of perioperative complications.
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The UK government recently decided to extend the interval between the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from 3 weeks to 12 weeks to maximise the number of people receiving the initial dose, despite the trials only providing vaccine efficacy data based on a schedule of 21 days between doses. This editorial discusses whether there is evidence to support this policy change.
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Thomas Willis is known for the discovery and description of the circle of Willis, but his contributions to the development of medicine were much broader, including the first use of the term 'neurology'.