Scrap NHS fees for overseas healthcare staff, says Labour
The Labour party has called on the government to scrap the NHS surcharge for overseas…
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Peter Khin Tun
bmj;369/may21_13/m2029/FAF1faMy father, Peter Khin Tun, who has died aged 62 from covid-19, travelled in 1994…
Covid-19: Each discarded face mask is a potential biohazard
Javid and colleagues say that “population benefits are plausible and harms unlikely” if the public…
Carlo Lorenzo Acerini
bmj;369/may21_9/m2024/FAF1faCarlo Lorenzo Acerini was born in Greenock, Scotland, and was educated at Holt School, Haddington,…
Covid-19: Important potential side effects of wearing face masks that we should bear in mind
In their editorial Greenhalgh et al advise that surgical masks should be worn in public…
How the erosion of our public health system hobbled England’s covid-19 response
The covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the impact of years of spending cuts and muddled…
Covid-19: A wake-up call
There will be things that the UK government has got right in managing the covid…
Ethical road map through the covid-19 pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic has created profound ethical challenges in health and social care, not only…
Irritable bowel, mortality, . . . and other stories
Irritable bowel syndromePeople with irritable bowel syndrome can be reassured that, unpleasant though their symptoms…
Covid-19: face masks could foster distrust and blame
“We should advise the public to wear face masks”—Greenhalgh and colleagues detail the absence of…
World leaders adopt resolution to study WHO’s response to covid-19
The World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution sponsored by the European Union aimed at…
Covid-19: are face masks a good long term strategy?
Greenhalgh and colleagues1 and Javid and colleagues2 argue for public use of face masks or…
Covid-19: Nearly half of care homes in northeast England have had an outbreak
More than a third of England’s care homes have now had cases of covid-19, the…
Medicines with one seller and many buyers: strategies to increase the power of the payer
Health system budgets face increasing pressures from ageing populations, epidemiological transitions, and technological innovation. One…
Variable uptake of face masks could reinforce health inequalities
Greenhalgh and colleagues present a pragmatic argument for face mask use by the public in…
Covid-19: Experts urge strategies to prevent further outbreaks in care homes
With data showing that covid-19 outbreaks are occurring in 38% of care homes, a concerted…
Covid-19: Intensive care consultant has suspension cut short to help fight pandemic
A consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia who was suspended from the UK medical…
Physician trainees raise concerns about modified recruitment process
Changes to the physician specialty training recruitment process have caused distress and led to many…
Covid-19: Cycle of 50 day lockdowns and 30 day relaxations could be effective, study finds
An alternating cycle of 50 days of lockdown followed by 30 days of easing could…
David Oliver: Covid-19 has made news out of old news
The coronavirus pandemic has brought many health and social care issues to the fore. It’s…
Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease
Guideline: Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease during the covid-19 pandemicPublished by the European Society…
DNACPR notices: campaigner for patients’ right to be consulted says government has misunderstood her demands
A campaigner for the rights of patients to be consulted before a “do not attempt…
Update
This NICE guideline summary (BMJ 2012;344:1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.e3979) has now been superseded by a summary of…
Covid-19: Doctors sound alarm over hospital transmissions
Doctors have told The BMJ they are deeply concerned at the number of patients becoming…
Covid-19: Two hundred thank yous
bmj;369/may19_6/m2015/FAF1faThe Cardiff artist Nathan Wyburn created this collage during the covid-19 lockdown from hundreds of…
Agency is criticised over its investigation into baby’s death from hypoxia
The coroner investigating the botched birth of a baby boy who died from hypoxia has…
Lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in covid-19
Some have trumpeted the 4-aminoquinoline antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquinine, for the treatment of covid-19,…
Covid-19: MPs call on Public Health England to publish evidence for decision to drop community testing
A cross party group of MPs has said that Public Health England’s failure to publish…
Venous thromboembolism in adults: summary of updated NICE guidance on diagnosis, management, and thrombophilia testing
What’s new in this guidance?If clinical suspicion of pulmonary embolism is low, consider using the…
Sixty seconds on . . . following the science
Sounds like a sensible approachEvidence based policy does feel rather important during a pandemic. But…
How covid-19 is accelerating the threat of antimicrobial resistance
The global threat of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and other superbugs is worsening as many patients…
Alarm bells ring for patient data and privacy in the covid-19 goldrush
Among the few success stories of the covid-19 pandemic has been how South Korea remarkably…
Reassessing advance care planning in the light of covid-19
Compared with younger people, older people and those with frailty are more likely to die…
Decontamination of respirators in the covid-19 pandemic
We are in a public health crisis, with frontline healthcare workers at increased risk of…
What are patients and carers looking for in the OSCE?
“Healthcare staff should work together with patients and carers to educate the next generation of…
Covid-19: Surveys indicate low infection level in community
Just 0.27% of people—one in 370—are estimated to have had covid-19 outside of hospitals and…
Covid-19: “Unacceptable” that antibody test claims cannot be scrutinised, say experts
Two tests for covid-19 antibodies have been assessed and validated by Public Health England (PHE),…
Public health policies can reduce inequalities as we come out of lockdown
As the UK moves beyond the first wave peak, the national conversation surrounding covid-19 has…
Judith Darmady: supercharged childcare visionary
bmj;369/may18_2/m1988/FAF1faIt is hard to imagine how a consultant paediatrician from Basingstoke initially reacted to the…
Foundation and medical training posts will rotate in August
Health Education England (HEE) has announced that all trainees in foundation training and core medical…
Covid-19: Questions remain over UK government’s PPE guidance
Staff should not need to fight for adequate protection at work, but the legal challenge…
Covid-19: Cases of inflammatory syndrome in children surge after urgent alert
There has been a surge in cases of an inflammatory syndrome in children, believed to…
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Michael Antony Rollin Taylor
bmj;369/may15_8/m1982/FAF1faMichael Antony Rollin Taylor was head boy at Holme Valley Grammar School. Before his consultant…
PPE: what now for the global supply chain?
As 2020 dawned, the idea that a healthcare procurement team should maintain national supplies of…
England’s health policy response to covid-19
The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced plans for the next phase of the government’s…
It felt like I was living in a fog
After I started chemotherapy, I spent several days feeling like a zombie. As I received…
The UK needs a Health and Care Workers Covenant
Abbasi mentions the vast number of problems that covid-19 has uncovered.1 To which we might…
Is surveillance colonoscopy necessary for all patients with bowel polyps?
What you need to knowSurveillance colonoscopy is advised in some patients who have had bowel…
Political reverence towards the NHS is a smokescreen
It is the nature of politics to be fickle.1 Branded unprofessional and lacking vocation four…
Covid-19: Rest and PPE reassurance are needed before NHS services can restart, MPs hear
NHS staff are exhausted from the covid-19 pandemic and will need time to rest and…