
Investing in community care saves money for the wider NHS, analysis shows
For every £100 spent in the community care sector there is a 31% return on…
For every £100 spent in the community care sector there is a 31% return on…
Polypharmacy is prevalent among older adults aged ≥65 years and often leads to unintended clinical…
Overview of case crossover designThe case crossover study is a self-controlled, outcome anchored design to…
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the association between recently raised anticholinergic burden and risk of acute cardiovascular events…
In this episode of Sharp Scratch, we talk all about doctor self-disclosure with an emphasis…
GPs are seeing a “worrying” rise in the number of patients presenting with problems associated…
Doctors in the US have been advised to avoid engaging in fundraising with their patients…
More than a million NHS hospital appointments have now been postponed this year in England…
The psychiatrist John Bowlby once wrote a paper called On Knowing What You Are Not…
This week I read a report in the Health Service Journal about a baffling plan…
bmj;382/sep26_4/p2219/FAF1faMark ThomasIn their first joint industrial action, consultants and junior doctors in England began a…
It was a day like any other—albeit at the height of a global pandemic. Monkgomotsi…
Put yourself firstBecky Cox, co-founder of Surviving in Scrubs, says, “There is no right or…
The senior coroner who presided over Martha Mills’s inquest1 has alerted the health and social…
Police forces in parts of the UK have stopped answering urgent calls related to mental…
Hospitals could see ambulances queuing outside emergency departments and patients lined up in beds in…
Few phrases are better known than “prevention is better than cure,” and its message seems…
Delegates met last week at the United Nations high level meeting on universal health coverage…
Salisbury outlines the problems around data sharing in the NHS.1 When I was a Caldicott…
I share the concerns expressed by Salisbury about the poor track record of large NHS…
US President Joe Biden has announced that he is establishing the first White House Office…
“They tried everything. I just stood there and told him that I loved him and…
In this paper by Mohraz and colleagues (BMJ 2023;382:e070464, doi:10.1136/bmj.e070464, published 21 September 2023), the…
bmj;382/sep22_10/p2151/FAF1faJames Howard Swallow (“Jim”) was born in Yorkshire. He went up to Queens’ College in…
At three high level meetings of the United Nations General Assembly this week, world leaders…
bmj;382/sep22_8/p2190/FAF1faKar Hao Teoh, who was killed in South Africa at the age of 40, was…
Iacobucci’s article highlights NHS plans to prepare for the winter and tackle urgent and emergency…
A locum consultant in emergency medicine has been struck off the UK medical register for…
World leaders committed to making the world better prepared for a future pandemic on 20…
What you need to knowA collateral history can include information about the patient’s physical and…
In their article Buss and colleagues state: “Furthermore, many common tests, such as serum lipids,…
Understaffing and triage delays that led patients to give up waiting and discharge themselves have…
The southern US state of Mississippi reported a 1000% increase in cases of congenital syphilis…
The 2023 synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change leaves no doubt about…
Manufacturers of scabies treatments are being urged to increase production by the British Association of…
In this episode of Sharp Scratch we talk all about names. We discuss the nuances…
Are covid and long covid occupational diseases? The testimonies of health professionals who work long…
A man in his 60s presented with a six month history of fingernail discoloration. The…
Long term outcomes of medically treated acute appendicitisA follow-up study of a Swedish trial that…
The BMA has accused England’s secretary of state for health and social care, Steve Barclay,…
InsomniaDraft guidance advises new treatment optionThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended…
Helen Salisbury, 29 JulySalisbury voices her disappointment with video consultations in general practice.1 In my…
bmj;382/sep20_10/p2130/FAF1faAt the BMA annual meeting in July, the then foundation year 1 doctor Sai Pillarisetti…
The president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England has apologised for “gaslighting” female…
Specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in England are to be balloted on whether…
Progress towards providing the world with universal healthcare is stagnating and more than half of…
Patients attending general practices in more socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland get significantly less contact…
A lack of global attention on the crisis in Sudan is leading to the deaths…
The Department of Health and Social Care’s new Major Conditions Strategy1 starts strongly, detailing how…
I have AMD, which means I have a hole in each eye that takes away…