Humanising medical care after the pandemic
Rage and despair about the NHS spurred me to start a charity called the Point…
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Global covid-19 vaccine rollout and safety surveillance—how to keep pace
The first vaccines against the novel pathogen SARS-CoV-2 were deployed just nine months after the…
Use of critically important antibiotics class has more than doubled on UK pig farms
The use of a class of antibiotics critically important to human health more than doubled…
Covid-19: Regeneron’s antibody combination cuts deaths in seronegative patients, trial finds
Regeneron’s antibody combination treatment cut deaths in seronegative patients—meaning those who had not mounted their…
Authors’ reply to Bradley
As Bradley says,12 there is no evidence that early treatment of suspected sepsis in primary…
Covid-19: Exponential growth in infections in England is driven by young people
Coronavirus infections in England grew exponentially between 20 May and 7 June, with a doubling…
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Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections with and without sepsis—a dilemma or not?
After analysing data from 13 community based studies involving 55 682 patients, Stuart and colleagues…
Covid-19: Scottish government failed to act on pre-pandemic advice to bolster PPE supplies, report finds
The Scottish government did not heed warnings before the pandemic that improvements were needed to…
Sixty seconds on . . . Ronaldo and Coke
Have they teamed up?Quite the opposite. Cristiano Ronaldo—the footballing superstar and global icon—has been widely…
Valuing life . . . and other stories
The value of a human lifeIt is impossible to put a monetary price on a…
Covid-19: Failures of leadership, national and global
How well prepared were countries for this pandemic? Back in October 2019 the US and…
Accuracy of depression score: a positive HADS score may only be the tip of the iceberg
Wu and colleagues’ study on the accuracy of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Depression…
NHS must prioritise tackling ethnic health inequalities “at every level,” says report
The NHS must give as much priority to tackling ethnic minority health inequalities as other…
Physicians to be better trained on effects of air pollution on health, says college
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) will review the medical curriculum to make sure physicians…
Covid-19: Delaying end of lockdown will allow more people to be vaccinated, UK government announces
The final stage of easing covid-19 restrictions in England, which would have seen all restrictions…
Covid-19: Extended emergency and Olympic concerns overshadow Japan’s accelerated vaccine rollout
After a slow start, Japan is racing to vaccinate its healthcare workforce and its most…
Vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2: maximise uptake among adults while prioritising the most vulnerable
Lavine and colleagues call for a much needed reconsideration of the push to vaccinate children…
Online consultations are the solution—but to which problems?
Widespread adoption of online consultations during the pandemic has meant that they have been tested…
The seven year wait: Northern Ireland’s disintegrating secondary care services
Almost 450 000 patients in Northern Ireland are waiting for an inpatient or first outpatient…
A rare complication of recurrent pressure ulcers
This is a magnetic resonance image (MRI) showing a squamous cell carcinoma of the sacral…
David Oliver: Deaths from hospital acquired covid are everyone’s problem
Last month the Guardian reported that, since March 2020, “Up to 8700 patients died after…
P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy or dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary revascularisation: individual patient level meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the risks and benefits of P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy compared with dual antiplatelet therapy…
An unusual presentation of prolonged delirium
A woman in her 20s had a three week history of acute headaches, slurred speech,…
Covid-19: Eight in 10 doctors have experienced moral distress during pandemic, BMA survey finds
Nearly 80% of doctors say that the term “moral distress” resonates with their experiences of…
Covid-19: Deaths in Brazil near half a million as controversial football tournament gets under way
Brazil continues to report a high number of covid-19 infections and deaths against the backdrop…
NHS to trial “artificial pancreas” for patients with type 1 diabetes
Up to 1000 patients with type 1 diabetes will be fitted with an “artificial pancreas”…
Trying out nature’s cure
bmj;373/jun15_8/n1521/FAF1faMark Waugh/RHSGPs in Salford, Greater Manchester, have joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society to…
Covid-19: Vaccine doses expire in US as uptake falls by 68%
Millions of vaccines are in danger of being thrown out as the US immunisation campaign…
Rammya Mathew: Should GPs be more like hospital specialists?
Earlier this year the General Medical Council unveiled plans that would see GPs finally included…
The BMJ Awards: Deadline approaches for 13th annual excellence awards
Healthcare teams across the UK have until midnight on 21 June to submit their entries…
Helen Salisbury: When did you last see your doctor?
GPs are feeling tired, bruised, and battered. The promised increase in GPs hasn’t materialised, but…
Risk of hospital admission for patients with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: cohort analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the relation between diagnosis of covid-19 with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 (also known as…
Covid-19: an economic perspective on vaccinating the world
The most recent vulnerability of societal structures exposed by covid-19 is the inability of pharmaceutical…
Delta variant: What is happening with transmission, hospital admissions, and restrictions?
Are covid-19 hospital admissions increasing?Yes. The number of new cases of covid-19 has been rising…
GMC and trust facing legal action over case of doctor who took his own life
The widow of a doctor who took his own life within hours of receiving a…
Covid-19: G7 vaccine promises fail to meet scale of challenge, say critics
G7 leaders have committed themselves to provide one billion covid-19 vaccine doses for low and…
Pensions: government policy has affected the NHS workforce, say MPs
NHS pensions rules led to doctors reducing their working hours or retiring early, MPs have…
Covid-19: US regulator raises “significant concerns” over safety of rapid lateral flow tests
The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has raised concerns about the safety and the…
Myanmar: order to close clinics could be “life threatening” for thousands of people with HIV and TB, says MSF
Humanitarian agency Médecins Sans Frontières has been instructed to suspend medical activities in Tanintharyi, Myanmar,…
A new deal for surgery: but what does it really mean?
The covid-19 pandemic has caused the largest ever waiting list for NHS treatment, with 4.95…
General practice on the brink: three key solutions the government must implement
Salisbury provides an accurate description of the importance of general practice to the NHS and…
Why I . . . birdwatch
For Lincolnshire GP Ray Shrouder, birdwatching is not just about the birds. “It’s about fresh…
“Arrogant” surgeon who put his initials on patients’ livers can practise again
A consultant surgeon who was convicted of assault for branding his initials on the livers…
The need for compassionate self-harm services
The anonymous author of a recent What Your Patient is Thinking article shares a powerful…
Covid-19: Science the fall guy as Hancock seeks to shift blame
England’s health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, blamed “scientific consensus” for key government failings…
Covid-19: How did the health secretary respond to Dominic Cummings’s allegations?
In a four hour session with MPs on 10 June, England’s health secretary responded in…
Three FDA advisory panel members resign over approval of Alzheimer’s drug
Three members of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee, which advised against…
Pandemic preparedness: UK government kept coronavirus modelling secret
The UK government modelled a coronavirus pandemic five years ago but kept the fact secret…
Sixty seconds on . . . dengue
Not another epidemic?This is good news. A three year randomised controlled trial, published in the…
Investigating hypothyroidism: how to take levothyroxine
Thank you for this article on the investigation and management of hypothyroidism.1One additional point is…