{{Short description|UK advocacy group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} '''EveryDoctor''' is a British [[grassroots]] advocacy group made up of doctors.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shepherd|first=Alison|date=18 May 2021|title=Doctors shine light on legal fight against PPE contracts|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1259|journal=BMJ|volume=373|article-number=n1259|doi=10.1136/bmj.n1259|issn=1756-1833|pmid=34006501|doi-access=free}}</ref> The group was established in 2019, and grew during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=23 April 2021|title=I'm a doctor, yesterday I took the government to court over PPE – here's what happened|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ppe-doctor-coronavirus-nhs-b1836398.html|access-date=25 May 2021|work=The Independent|last=Patterson|first=Julia}}</ref> In May 2021, EveryDoctor and the [[Good Law Project]] brought legal action against the British government in relation to [[COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 PPE contracts]] during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing the [[Department of Health and Social Care]] of unlawful procurement procedures and providing inadequate PPE supplies.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Glass|first=Jess|date=20 May 2021|title=Government defends use of 'VIP lane' for PPE supply in first wave of Covid|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ppe-government-department-of-health-and-social-care-deals-high-court-b936362.html|access-date=25 May 2021|work=London Evening Standard}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=22 April 2021|title=Covid-19: VIP fast-track for PPE contracts back in court|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56851877|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=18 May 2021|title=Ministers 'lobbied' officials over PPE contracts, court hears|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/18/ministers-lobbied-officials-over-ppe-contracts-court-hears|access-date=25 May 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref> == See also == * [[COVID-19 contracts in the United Kingdom]]
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== External links == * [https://www.everydoctor.org.uk/ EveryDoctor website] {{COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories}} [[Category:COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:2019 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Medical activism]] [[Category:Health advocacy groups]] [[Category:Political organisations based in the United Kingdom]]