
Hampshire consultant’s dismissal for whistleblowing is “unacceptable,” says BMA
A senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who was dismissed after raising patient safety concerns was…
A senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who was dismissed after raising patient safety concerns was…
Keir Starmer is making big, conflicting, and unrealistic promises on health, without a clear plan…
Harassment and discrimination have been my daily work for over two decades as a partner…
“When you make reporting clearer, you get an increase in reported incidents because people understand…
We previously emphasised that undergraduate training in general practice is critical for retaining general practitioners.1…
A senior coroner has called for action from the government to prevent deaths from anaphylaxis.1…
Children and adolescents are endangered by too much use of social media at a time…
When measuring a health state experienced and best known by patients, physiological measures and clinicians’…
What you need to knowManage cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk using an individualised approach, with lifestyle…
A number of major building works included in the government’s “new hospitals programme” will not…
“One day at the beginning of November 2020 I had been told by my consultant…
The UK Fatal Anaphylaxis Registry (UKFAR) thanks The BMJ for highlighting the regulation 28 report…
An initiative to provide care for patients in “virtual wards” such as their own homes…
Inflation in the UK has soared to a rate not seen in four decades. Growth…
“In October 2019 I had just started a job as a junior surgeon at a…
Waking up to diversityWe’ve woken up to the fact that research that focuses on richer…
This man in his 90s with back pain was found to have compression fractures in…
A man in his 20s presented with a two year history of numerous painless tiny…
Rheumatoid arthritis and the gut microbiomeFusobacterium nucleatum is a common anaerobic organism implicated in periodontal…
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that test the efficacy of a drug against a “placebo control”…
In the paper by Jacobs and colleagues (BMJ 2023;381:e074968, doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-074968, published 17 May 2023), “male…
The General Medical Council (GMC) has been ordered to pay the costs of the former…
“I’d been a patient at Island Surgery for 22 years, and Wayne Bronze worked there…
Kate remembers the moment her daughter Emily (names changed), 21, told her that she had…
The NHS in England will soon introduce a new genetic blood matching test for people…
A doctor who was struck off in 2003 and then reinstated in 2018 has been…
This week’s joint investigation by The BMJ and Guardian reveals a culture in the NHS…
As a medical student in the 1980s, I was told that the reason there were…
BMJ Best Practice takes healthcare professionals quickly and accurately to the latest clinical information, whenever…
No one is doubting that general practice is in trouble—but how much, and how can…
Huge issues are facing the UK’s medical workforce: angst among staff, battles for training opportunities,…
AbstractObjectiveTo study the effects of a primary care medication review intervention centred around an electronic…
bmj;381/may24_1/p1186/FAF1faGuy Bell/AlamyThe Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea flower show has long been an advocate of the…
“Brevity is the soul of wit,” says Polonius in Hamlet.1Generative artificial intelligence (AI) could disrupt…
Race equality is essential in universities and the NHS.1 Diversity and inclusion should be one…
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the association between covid-19 vaccination types and doses with adverse outcomes of severe…
The NHS is conducting an urgent review into physical and sexual abuse of staff on…
The government is failing to take a “proportionate and serious approach” to tackling alcohol related…
Health leaders have given a lukewarm welcome to the Labour Party’s newly unveiled policy plans…
Junior doctors in England will go out on strike for 72 hours from 14 June,…
“The economy is not delivering the security and widely shared prosperity expected by large parts…
Evidence shows clearly that much of today’s NHS workload was created by yesterday’s economic policy.1Healthy…
The covid-19 pandemic was an avoidable catastrophe. Moreover, it was an outcome of our collective…
bmj;381/may23_12/p1172/FAF1faKathleen Cecilia Moira Fann was born in London, to Kathleen (née Brennan) and John Fann,…
Whether Pfizer’s maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate increases the risk of preterm birth…
The importance of maternal and child health has long been recognised, and it was made…
The NHS turns 75 this year, but with this birthday milestone comes an urgent need…
GPs fully support junior doctors’ strike action and must consider taking a similar approach to…
GPs should be able to offer their patients private healthcare services that are not routinely…
I have tried on many occasions to ask this: where is the workforce plan?Where is…