MANY years ago, ­during my training to become a doctor, I worked in the obstetrics and gynaecology department of a busy east ­London hospital.

WHEN I pick up a male patient’s notes for the first time, there are some conditions I tend to rule out. Ovarian cancer is one of them.

MY PARTNER’S father is 88 and earlier this year his health began to deteriorate. Over a three-week period, we repeatedly requested a home visit from his GP without any success.

By Dr Renee Hoenderkamp for Mail+

THE Government last month signalled its intention to scrap the legal requirement for infected people to self-isolate on March 24, and yesterday it was claimed that it will stop releasing daily Covid updates in April.

By Dr Renee Hoenderkamp for Mail+

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Ten weeks have now passed since the Prime Minister announced 'Freedom Day', yet the debate on the morality of mask wearing still rages on, and as with all parts of the Covid discussion, it is polarising and divisive - and I fear it’s meant to be.

Exclusive comment from Dr Renee Hoenderkamp: As a GP, there is no greater joy than meeting a newly pregnant woman and anticipating the journey she is embarking on. I always feel privileged to be one of the many people accompanying her on that road.

Mail+ exclusive comment by Dr Renee Hoenderkamp: The care home industry must be wondering why they’re being made to wade through treacle when it’s all been so hard for them anyway.

THE expected delay to the end of lockdown restrictions doesn’t just mean another month of compulsory masks and social distancing, the suspension of international travel and prolonged agony for the arts and hospitality sectors.

Exclusive comment by Dr Renee Hoenderkamp I allowed myself a little private cheer on Wednesday when I heard Boris Johnson declare that there was ‘nothing in the data’ to stop the lifting of the remaining Covid restrictions on June 21.

AS A woman whose entire life has embodied public service, the Queen would never have considered any tweaking of the Covid restrictions, even for the funeral of her husband of 73 years.

By Dr Renee Hoenderkamp, NHS GP

Just imagine that this time last year someone had described to you what Britain would look like in December 2020. They would tell of a country in which vast swathes of the population had spent endless months locked down at home.

Dr Renee Hoenderkamp

As winter approaches, the catastrophic impact of the coronavirus national lockdown is becoming ever more tragically clear. In a bitter irony, an approach that was supposedly designed to save lives appears to have achieved the exact opposite