Who is accountable for the medical unemployment crisis?

The story of vaccination against human papillomavirus in teenage girls is one of success. Cervical cancer rates have dropped markedly in all socioeconomic groups (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077341).1 An equitable implementation plan has achieved equitable benefits (doi:10.1136/bmj.q996).2 A less good health story is the murky use of dubious medical labels to deflect from unlawful death. “Excited delirium,” a term used to explain protestor George Floyd’s death in police custody, is now banned in California and Colorado and removed from police forms in the UK (doi:10.1136/bmj.q1047).3What binds these extremes is the role of the leadership of health professionals and health systems (doi:10.1136/bmj.q1033 doi:10.1136/bmj.q1069)—the power to do good alongside culpability or complicity in harm. Health professionals need the right environment to best serve the public.45 Health systems cannot tackle health and wellbeing alone: other sectors must contribute. Leadership of a nation, of a health service, of a profession are central to meeting these challenges. Yet,…
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