Surgical simulation training is crucial in the covid-19 era and beyond
Munro and colleagues list several strategies for mitigating the negative effects of the covid-19 pandemic…
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Medical training focuses on treating the white majority
Racial health inequalities have been brought into focus by covid-19, which, as Jeraj mentions,1 has…
Structural racism hide and seek: only one of five official UK reports on health has found structural racism
Gopal and Rao’s editorial made me reflect on five important UK reports published in the…
Covid-19: Variants are spreading in countries with low vaccination rates
With new daily covid-19 cases in steep decline across Europe and North America, and now…
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What does it mean to engage the public in the response to covid-19?
Over the past year, numerous individuals and institutions have called on governments and other authorities…
On the road to Recovery—the world’s biggest covid-19 treatment trial
It’s hard to overestimate the impact of the Recovery trial. In just one year, it’s…
A verrucous plaque on the hand
An otherwise healthy woman in her 80s presented with a two month history of an…
Help me trust you after my misdiagnosis
Debilitating daily lifeFor more than 12 years I lived with undiagnosed chronic pain, spinal problems,…
Periorificial dermatitis and lumbosacral erosions
These are erythemato-squamous lesions on the face of a woman in her 50s along with…
David Oliver: The pandemic has delivered clinical service innovations worth keeping
The NHS’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has shown how necessity can be the mother…
Royal college opens its second home
bmj;373/may26_1/n1330/FAF1faSG PhotographyThe Royal College of Physicians has moved into to its new northern home, RCP…
Covid-19: Local councils initiate surge vaccination to tackle B.1.617.2 variant
Local public health teams in areas with high case numbers of the B.1.617.2 variant first…
NICE recommends inducing pregnant women one week earlier
Pregnant women should be offered induction one week earlier than the current recommendations in order…
Covid-19: Researchers find higher than expected reinfections with P.1 variant among the Brazilian Amazon
A study of blood donors in the city of Manaus has found that 1 in…
Helen Salisbury: Should patients worry about their data?
One of the better things to come out of the pandemic has been a flourishing…
Clare Gerada: Closing the gender wellbeing gap in medicine
Women from all walks of life and age groups have been disproportionately affected by the…
Self-management: diabetes care is getting social
Kar discusses changing the narrative around self-management of chronic diseases and the need to switch…
Patient information on covid-19 vaccines—a vaccine centre lottery
Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s retired pharmacists group committee have been collating our experiences…
Covid-19: Single vaccine dose is 33% effective against variant from India, data show
The UK government has been urged to speed up giving two doses of the covid-19…
Tackling childhood obesity in the wake of covid-19: lessons from Chile
Modi and Hanson highlight the importance of placing the health of children at the centre…
Covid-19: Are high rates of B.1.617.2 linked to vaccine hesitancy?
Last week England’s health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, linked high rates of infection…
Covid-19: Rich countries are putting “relationships with big pharma” ahead of ending pandemic, says Oxfam
Some rich countries are “continuing to put their relationships with big pharma ahead of ending…
Covid-19: Who fact checks health and science on Facebook?
In a move likened to the way governments have assumed emergency powers in response to…
Public health impact of delaying second dose of BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 covid-19 vaccine: simulation agent based modeling study
In this paper by Romero-Brufau and colleagues (BMJ 2021;373:n1087, doi:10.1136/bmj.n1087, published 12 May 2021), the…
Primary trabeculectomy for advanced glaucoma: pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (TAGS)
In this paper by King and colleagues (BMJ 2021;373:n1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.n1014, published 12 May 2021), the…
Covid-19: Public debate is needed to decide how UK will live with SARS-CoV-2, says ethics collaborative
As the UK eases its covid-19 restrictions, and the initial two-dose vaccination rollout nears its…
Hospital admission and mortality rates for non-covid diseases in Denmark during covid-19 pandemic: nationwide population based cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the incidence of hospital admissions and associated mortality rates for non-covid medical conditions…
Low and very low carbohydrate diets for diabetes remission
Definition of low or very low carbohydrate dietsCarbohydrate restriction has a long history of use…
Cardiologist from Poland must improve his English before he resumes practice, says tribunal
A Polish cardiologist who came to work in the UK 15 years ago has been…
Rethinking sex-assigned-at-birth questions
Many scholars support the collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity in clinical,…
GMC backs call for a mandatory register of doctors’ interests
The General Medical Council has backed a call for a mandatory register for doctors to…
Why I . . . lunch with the team
Lunchbreaks are almost a certainty for doctors but ensuring they become a shared, bonding experience…
Creating health promoting schools will improve population health and help reduce inequalities
We agree with Oliver that simply renaming government agencies will not improve population health and…
What went wrong in the UK’s covid-19 response?
In May 2020, Sarah Wollaston, Mike Gill, and I called for a rapid inquiry into…
Reorganisation of UK public health agencies: meaningful change or smoke and mirrors?
Oliver’s commentary on the UK government’s reorganisation and rebranding of public health agencies is incisive.1…
GP leaders pass vote of no confidence in NHS England over appointments letter
The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee has passed a motion of no confidence in NHS England…
Preparing for the next pandemic
“Make it the last pandemic,” urges the report of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness…
Ownership of general practice: some partners take a large profit
For the first time in many months, I slightly disagree with Salisbury.1 She says that…
Egryn Meirion Jones
bmj;373/may21_7/n1289/FAF1faEgryn Meirion Jones was born in Caerwys, Flintshire, North Wales. After qualifying, he worked as…
Brian Gerard Dooley
bmj;373/may21_5/n1287/FAF1faBrian Gerard Dooley’s early years were spent in Essex, but he moved to Ireland in…
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Satya Prokash Mukherjee
bmj;373/may21_6/n1291/FAF1faSatya Prokash Mukherjee was born in Howrah, India, in 1934 and died at the Whittington…
Charlie Dalton
bmj;373/may21_4/n1285/FAF1faCharlie Dalton was born Israel Sholame Rosenbloom near Brick Lane, East London, the youngest of…
Paul Harker
bmj;373/may21_3/n1288/FAF1faPaul Harker, who has died aged 77, devoted his career to working for the NHS….
Ownership of general practice: partnerships are just one organisational model among many
Are general practice partnerships fundamental to providing high quality care?1 Sadly, I don’t think so.Partnership…
Atrial fibrillation: diagnosis and management—summary of NICE guidance
What you need to knowBleeding risk assessment should be used to derive accurate absolute risk…
Briefing: Why do we need a mandatory register of doctors’ interests?
What is a register of doctors’ interests?NHS England defines a conflict of interest as “a…
Homeopathy UK told to take down articles saying remedies can help depression and asthma
The Advertising Standards Authority has told Homeopathy UK to remove articles from its website that…
Covid-19: Advocates urge India’s prime minister to remove barriers to vaccine production and access
A group of 567 prominent figures in India have called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Covid-19: Senior hospital doctors have been left with moral injury, BMA warns
The covid-19 pandemic has left some hospital consultants suffering from moral injuries after they were…
Epilepsy, brain injury, . . . and other stories
Epilepsy after traumatic brain injuryA nationwide study from Denmark tracked 170 000 people who survived…