Author: British Medical Journal

The World Health Organization is discarding two opioid guidelines after a report by two members…

Zendle and Bowden-Jones are correct about the methodological shortcomings of research that aims to understand…

bmj;365/jun21_9/l4337/FAF1faShortly before his death, Marshall Marinker spoke at an event at the Royal College of…

Seven NHS trusts made up more than half of all inappropriate out of area placements…

bmj;365/jun21_6/l4347/FAF1faWilliam Pollok Black (“Bill”) joined Miss Wylie’s Class F at the High School of Glasgow…

Venous thromboembolism is a serious healthcare problem affecting over 1 in 1000 adults worldwide annually.1…

bmj;365/jun21_5/l4299/FAF1faSatinder Lal grew up in Delhi and moved to the UK in 1951, where he…

Satisfaction among hospital patients in England has stalled or fallen across many key indicators, show…

A 49 year old man with type 2 diabetes presented with a three day history…

Using economic evidence to support policy decisions to fund interventions for non-communicable diseasesAn editing error…

Medical associate professionals are integral members of the modern medical team.12 This role is new…

Legislation to improve vaccination ratesIn 2016 California tightened its immunisation requirements for schoolchildren. Parental requests…

Sales of alcohol in Scotland have fallen to their lowest recorded level in the year…

The NHS will need to increase the number of acute hospital beds over the next…

The Chinese central government started a first round of health system reform in 1996. The…

Tobacco companies worldwide have gone to great lengths to keep selling products that they now…

Jeba and Murray point out that we did not mention palliative care in our article…

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a nationwide law criminalising violence against doctors…

Every clinician who deals with patients at the frontline understands the stress associated with discharge…

Suicide rates among young people in the US have increased to their highest since 2000,…

Mass forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China over years constitutes crimes against…

The World Health Organization has urged governments around the world to implement a tool to…

It’s not actually the overt comments that really hurt. At least things are out in…

Like many other GPs around the country, I’m spending more and more time writing medical…

A serious lack of training about eating disorders among doctors is contributing to too many…

A leading employment lawyer who specialises in discrimination has been appointed to lead an independent…

NHS staff, teachers, and social workers will get training to spot the signs of mental…

Feras Fares, a gynaecologist trained at Aleppo University, was going about his usual routine in…

Nine Nobel prize winners are among 83 leading scientists and physicians who have written to…

Experts in public health have warned that inequalities in health have worsened since Michael Marmot’s…

The BMJ’s investigation examines links between (Conservative) politicians and the Institute of Economic Affairs and…

bmj;365/jun14_10/l4227/FAF1faHaving experienced six years of general practice in Aberdeen, James Fraser Taylkor (“Jim”) took up…

bmj;365/jun14_9/l4222/FAF1faFleming Carswell was born and raised in Argyll. The first in his family to go…

bmj;365/jun14_8/l4216/FAF1faMarie-Joseph Albert Menagé, known as Albert, was born in Mauritius into an established French-Mauritian family…

In 2014 a “managed approach” model was introduced in a designated area of Leeds that…

Iacobucci paints a bleak picture of working in general practice, particularly in deprived areas.1 But…

The year of fortification?It would seem so. The UK government has announced a consultation1 on…

bmj;365/jun13_16/l4212/FAF1faCredit: World Health OrganizationIn March 2019, Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung left his wife and four…

bmj;365/jun13_15/l4172/FAF1faPhoto credit: James LoweAlan Stevens (called “Steve” by his friends and colleagues) was born in…

There was no cover up or whitewash of what took place at a specialist hospital…

The editor of the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation Research, who was fired over the…

Earlier this year Channel 4’s Dispatches shone a light on misleading marketing practices used by…

The head of the UK General Medical Council has acknowledged that the legal advice the…

Mitchell and colleagues say that primary care teams are crucial in initiating and delivering effective…