BMA demands inquiry into use of physician associates on medical rotas
The BMA has urged the government to launch an independent inquiry into hospitals’ use of…
The BMA has urged the government to launch an independent inquiry into hospitals’ use of…
bmj;384/mar18_12/q649/FAF1faPhoto credit: King’s College LondonThere was always something different about Peter McGuffin, professor of psychiatric…
Ladds and colleagues’ practice pointer explores the complexities of post-viral cognitive symptoms and provides guidance…
Noetel and colleagues’ study provides compelling evidence supporting the effectiveness of various exercise modalities in…
Chat to a GP?No, this is about artificial intelligence rather than human interaction. A new…
Poverty is taking a heavy toll on the UK’s health and NHS services, and tackling…
To those, like me, who lived through the miners’ strike in South Yorkshire in the…
The BMA has called for an urgent investigation into reports that doctors and other healthcare…
Waiting for thrombo(lysis)One of the many terrifying aspects of our healthcare system that we seem…
Doctors and nurses should have better training on end-of-life conversations, England’s health ombudsman has said….
Subclinical hypothyroidismDon’t be in a hurry to diagnose or treat older adults suspected of having…
A woman in her 40s, with a history of bronchial asthma and hypertension, presented with…
This computed tomography (CT) scan shows the spine of a man in his 50s who…
The studyDambha-Miller H, Hounkpatin HO, Stuart B, Farmer A, Griffin S. Type 2 diabetes remission…
“I’ve got one patient—the benefits she gets only cover her rent and bills. She has…
bmj;384/mar13_13/q635/FAF1faWhen paediatrician Colin Walker began his career, the care of frail newborns consisted of little…
Why was the review conducted?The review was prompted by concerns raised during the covid pandemic,…
A coroner has written to the health secretary, Victoria Atkins, to report “multiple failures” by…
What you need to knowCo-infections with malaria affect up to half of children in endemic…
Trolls are imaginary creatures in Scandinavian folklore who are dim witted, live far from human…
The number of women worldwide who have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM)…
A seminal moment beckons in the history of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Tomorrow…
“All medical equipment and devices should be assessed for suitability of use with ethnic minority…
Noetel and colleagues have conducted an important network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on the…
There are around 236 000 drowning deaths worldwide each year, most of them young children.1…
The current conflict in Gaza has significantly impacted women in the region, beginning with its…
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has ordered the Homerton Fertility Centre in east…
Women in Gaza are “burying their newborns every day” as they have no way to…
Key messagesFailure to implement minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol is a cause of preventable…
Sometimes I wonder if I’m doing general practice wrong. So many consultations not only take…
AbstractObjectiveTo compare the effectiveness of cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone in the prevention of adverse…
We are in the midst of a political and professional storm over the role of…
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance on the regulation of…
President Joe Biden vowed to safeguard reproductive rights and restore Roe v Wade as “the…
In the funding statement of this paper by Slaunwhite and colleagues (BMJ 2024;384:e076336, doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076336), the…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter continuous blood glucose…
Priory Healthcare has been fined £650 000 for safety failings over the death of a…
Covid was not initially a top priorityBefore 20 March 2020 there had been an assumption…
On 25 January 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith was killed in Alabama in the first state…
What you need to knowFor patients with acute respiratory infection who can be cared for…
The global prison population totals around 11.5 million people,1 and over 30 million people move…
Neurology is such a broad specialty that it can appeal to a range of doctors,…
Junior doctors believe that their senior colleagues have not done enough to safeguard the future…
The International AIDS Society (IAS) and UNAIDS have spoken out against legislation passed by Ghana’s…
I thought that number was arbitraryThe widely used target of 10 000 steps a day…
Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have said that they went on strike this week to…
Blue plaques outside LondonIn 1863 Mr William Ewart, MP for Dumfries Burghs, proposed, in a…
Midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, 1 February is the celebration of…
A year ago (13-16 March 2023) junior doctors in England began strike action, calling for…
The policy paper Faster, Simpler and Fairer: Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry…