What’s happening in covid-19 ICUs? An intensive care doctor answers some common questions
How has it been possible to significantly increase the number of intensive care beds?Intensive care…
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Covid-19: ibuprofen can be used for symptoms, says UK agency, but reasons for change in advice are unclear
UK medicines agencies have changed their advice on ibuprofen to say that the drug can…
Muriel Dorothy Dalby
bmj;369/apr17_8/m1475/FAF1faMuriel was born in Singapore and attended Grimes Tutorial College, Manchester (c 1943). She studied…
Muriel Dorothy Dalby
bmj;369/apr17_8/m1475/FAF1faMuriel was born in Singapore and attended Grimes Tutorial College, Manchester (c 1943). She studied…
Jimmy James
bmj;369/apr17_7/m1481/FAF1faJohn Henri James, known as Jimmy, was born in Lusaka (then Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia)….
Jimmy James
bmj;369/apr17_7/m1481/FAF1faJohn Henri James, known as Jimmy, was born in Lusaka (then Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia)….
Donald William Ebrahim
bmj;369/apr17_6/m1480/FAF1faDonald William Ebrahim (“Don” or “Don Willy”) was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He…
Donald William Ebrahim
bmj;369/apr17_6/m1480/FAF1faDonald William Ebrahim (“Don” or “Don Willy”) was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He…
David Abbott
bmj;369/apr17_5/m1476/FAF1faDavid Abbott started his medical life studying dentistry but quickly switched to medicine. After registrar…
Charles Ivan Backhouse
bmj;369/apr17_3/m1478/FAF1faCharles Ivan Backhouse was born in Penzance and later educated at Marlborough College in 1948,…
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Jessamine Akhurst
My mother, Jessamine Akhurst (known as “Jem”), was a general practitioner in Chelmsford from 1960…
PPE guidance for covid-19: be honest about resource shortages
Healthcare workers are acutely aware of the regional and international differences in personal protective equipment…
Covid-19: European officials warn that exiting lockdown will be “very long” and will require cooperation
European Union officials have unveiled their “roadmap” to phase out the ongoing coronavirus containment measures.1…
Covid-19: Coronavirus was first described in The BMJ in 1965
The first description of human coronavirus—a family of viruses that now includes SARS-CoV-2, the cause…
Safety of referred doctors: GMC is resistant to change
I was at the coroner’s inquest into the death by suicide of Sridharan Suresh after…
Covid-19: Japan prepares to extend state of emergency nationwide as “untraceable” cases soar
The Japanese government has announced that it will extend the state of emergency to the…
Ronald Wellesley Pigott: plastic surgeon who specialised in cleft lip and palate repairs
bmj;369/apr16_7/m1514/FAF1faRonald Wellesley Pigott was born in Isfahan, Persia (now Iran), the son of a general…
William Brumfitt: pioneer of modern microbiology
bmj;369/apr16_6/m1495/FAF1faBorn in Ilkley, William Brumfitt was educated at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire, where he shone…
Covid-19: Mental health consequences of pandemic need urgent research, paper advises
Research is urgently needed to help understand the mental health consequences of the covid-19 pandemic…
How can I feel less isolated from colleagues?
“Keep in touch and chat as usual”Steve Miller, a consultant psychiatrist, says, “The first thing…
Ptosis that resolves with application of an ice pack
A man in his 50s presented with a one week history of left sided ptosis…
Obstetrician who was suspended for 21 months is allowed back to work under supervision
An NHS locum registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology who internally examined a patient so roughly…
Revitalising audit and feedback by understanding and responding to local contexts
Foy and colleagues summarise the challenges and opportunities for using audit and feedback to improve…
Covid-19: UK government is urged to publish daily care home deaths as it promises more testing
The UK government’s pledge to boost covid-19 testing for staff in care homes must be…
Covid-19: Guidance is urgently needed on who should be treated in event of shortages, say lawyers
Healthcare lawyers and doctors’ defence bodies have said that national guidance is urgently needed on…
Covid-19: Trump halts WHO funding in move labelled “petulant” and “short sighted”
President Donald Trump has announced that the US has officially halted its funding to the…
Death and dying during the pandemic
Covid-19 has rapidly forced utilitarian priorities to dominate decision making. As basic freedoms are restricted,…
Covid-19: WHO and South Korea investigate reconfirmed cases
The World Health Organization and South Korea are investigating how several covid-19 patients who were…
Covid-19: Third of surgeons do not have adequate PPE, royal college warns
Over half of surgeons and trainees in the UK have experienced shortages of personal protective…
Man is jailed for hitting emergency department doctor in the face
A man has been jailed for six months for punching an emergency department doctor who…
Ebola: DRC’s declaration of victory over outbreak is postponed after new deaths
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) worst ever Ebola outbreak is back on, at…
Covid-19: Death rate in England and Wales reaches record high because of covid-19
The death toll in England and Wales is at its highest level since weekly statistics…
Revitalising audit: focusing on a few core capabilities brings learning and improvement into everyday work
Foy and colleagues describe some of the frustrations with current practice in audit and feedback,…
Covid-19: Nine in 10 pregnant women with infection when admitted for delivery are asymptomatic, small study finds
Nearly 90% of pregnant women admitted to hospital for delivery who test positive for SARS-CoV-2…
Covid-19: why we need a national health and social care service
Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes expose serious inadequacies in social care services across the UK….
Covid-19: Black people and other minorities are hardest hit in US
In the United States, black people are being admitted to hospital and dying in disproportionate…
Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis in Covid-19
The covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly developing global emergency. Healthcare providers are facing critical time…
GMC as bogeyman: the rule of law has broken down in medicine
Gerada says the General Medical Council is the bogeyman,1 but I think the legal process…
GP who ran medical report “factory” and made dishonest witness statement is struck off by High Court
A GP who ran a medical report writing “factory” and abused his position of trust…
Patient in hospital for over a year must leave for community care, says judge
A UK hospital trust has been granted a High Court injunction requiring an overstaying patient…
Child health in the UK: we need to help children survive and thrive
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s latest report—State of Child Health 2020—continues to…
Prospective registration and reporting of trial number in randomised clinical trials: global cross sectional study of the adoption of ICMJE and Declaration of Helsinki recommendations
AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate the compliance with prospective registration and inclusion of the trial registration number (TRN)…
ANCA associated vasculitis
What you need to knowConsider ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) in people with chronic systemic symptoms…
A change of climate for climate change: the environmental benefit of specialty outreach clinics
Climate change is a devastating threat to global health.1 Gill and colleagues draw our attention…
Covid-19: Staff at Nightingale Hospital in London get wellbeing area courtesy of John Lewis
A wellbeing area for staff and volunteers at the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London…
Covid-19: Quarantine works when introduced early alongside other measures, finds review
Quarantine is effective at reducing incidence and mortality during the covid-19 pandemic, according to a…
Covid-19: Antibody tests will not be rolled out in UK until at least May, MPs hear
Antibody tests to determine whether someone has had covid-19 will not be available until at…
Clinicians are leading service reconfiguration to cope with covid-19
As the NHS Nightingale hospitals attract widespread publicity,1 clinically led innovation is quietly—and quickly—transforming practice…
Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis
The precautionary principle is, according to Wikipedia, “a strategy for approaching issues of potential harm…
Covid-19: Japan declares state of emergency as Tokyo cases soar
Japan has declared a month long state of emergency in seven major prefectures after a…