Helen Salisbury: Physician associates in general practice
Last week, the tragic and avoidable death of a young woman was discussed in parliament.1…
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Consider intramuscular injections for older people with vitamin B12 deficiency, says NICE
Clinicians should consider the use of intramuscular injections for people with vitamin B12 deficiency when…
Australia’s approval of MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression is premature, say critics
Australia’s approval of MDMA and psilocybin for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment resistant major…
One in four trainee doctors report discriminatory behaviours from colleagues, GMC finds
Over a quarter of doctors in training (27%) say that they have experienced microaggressions, negative…
Targets for measuring health and wellbeing are critical to success of levelling up
The UK government’s Levelling Up white paper,1 and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill set…
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Joseph deGiovanni: paediatric cardiologist who taught practical interventions all over the world
bmj;382/jul11_12/p1583/FAF1fadegiovanni070723.f1Credit: Milica Lamb/PA/AlamyThe international award winning paediatric cardiologist Joseph (“Jo”) deGiovanni had a lifelong passion…
We need to understand why data on ethnic inequalities in health and care are so unsatisfactory
Scobie notes the serious challenges associated with interpreting health outcome data in relation to ethnicity.1…
Inquiry into maternity failings at Nottingham trust expands to more than 1700 cases
An inquiry into failings in maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is to…
Pre-eclampsia: FDA approves blood test to identify pregnant women at risk
A blood test that predicts the risk of pre-eclampsia, intended as an early warning in…
Racism is a “stain on the NHS” and is driving out staff, warns top psychiatrist
Institutional racism in the NHS is harming patients and driving out healthcare workers, and employers…
UK reȷects Scottish government’s plan to decriminalise drugs
The UK government has been urged to decriminalise all drugs for personal use and to…
Association between Medicare eligibility at age 65 years and in-hospital treatment patterns and health outcomes for patients with trauma: regression discontinuity approach
AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether health systems in the United States modify treatment or discharge decisions for…
Prevalence and predictors of data and code sharing in the medical and health sciences: systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data
AbstractObjectivesTo synthesise research investigating data and code sharing in medicine and health to establish an…
Making data sharing the norm in medical research
Reuse of medical research data—which is conditional on access to individual participant data—is expected to…
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The NHS workforce plan
The government’s long term workforce plan, developed by NHS England, was finally published on 30…
How can I make international trainees feel welcome?
Practical advice is invaluableVijayan Suresh, divisional medical director and consultant renal physician at the University…
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma in people with breast implants
What you need to knowMost cases of breast implant associated anaplastic lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) are indolent…
WHO fired seven people for sexual misconduct in six months
The World Health Organization has fired seven people, including at director level, for sexual misconduct…
Ignoring the role of town planning in health perpetuates inequalities
The places where we live, work, and play—and how we access them—are fundamental determinants of…
Associations rename fatty liver disease to reduce stigma
Three national liver associations have renamed fatty liver disease as steatotic liver disease to be…
Did covid-19 come from a lab leak in China?
Why is the laboratory leak theory in the news again?As a mystery with no definitive…
Familial hypercholesterolaemia
What you need to knowFamilial hypercholesterolaemia is a common genetic condition affecting 1 in 310…
Workforce planning: the NHS is stuck in the present
The NHS workforce plan and “Labour’s health mission” have something in common. Neither is fit…
Who do patient representatives represent?
Lynch and Largent discuss the contribution of patients—current and future—to regulatory approvals for promising new…
Patient experts should reflect the spectrum of patient views
Lynch and Largent discuss how the wishes and interests of current patients might not align…
When I use a word . . . Medical slang: neologisms
Coining new wordsMost words in general use have arisen through natural evolution of the language,…
Raghu Gaind
bmj;382/jul07_7/p1563/FAF1faRaghu Gaind was born in Kashmir to a family that had served the Maharajah for…
Jonathan Charles Coleman
bmj;382/jul07_6/p1562/FAF1faJonathan Charles Coleman (“Jon”) trained at Charing Cross Hospital and worked in London apart from…
Anne Lambie
bmj;382/jul07_5/p1566/FAF1faAnne Lambie was a pioneering female consultant physician who overcame early discrimination and went on…
Malcolm R Laing
bmj;382/jul07_4/p1565/FAF1faMalcolm Laing was born in Dundee and brought up in Monifieth in Angus before moving…
Sixty seconds on . . . Instagram censorship
Is this social media combating misinformation?Not this time. This is about the photo sharing social…
Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies: urologist who pioneered the treatment of kidney disease
bmj;382/jul07_2/p1564/FAF1faReginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was born into a family of seven generations of doctors in Wolverhampton,…
Ask the expert: assessment of shoulder pain in primary care
What you need to knowSimple screening examinations can identify the anatomical location of pain in…
England’s new workforce plan is a propaganda masterclass in glossing over the gaps
When the analysis is done on the new workforce plan for England’s NHS, the verdict…
Diets of under 5s in the UK are not meeting recommended standards, report warns
A review into the current diet of young children in the UK has found that…
Doctor launches legal challenge over GMC’s failure to investigate fellow medic’s covid vaccine claims
A doctor has launched a judicial review against the General Medical Council (GMC) over the…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—6 July 2023
Anticoagulants for life?People with an unprovoked venous thromboembolism often continue taking anticoagulants for their whole…
How data are changing the way clinicians prioritise patients and tackle waiting lists
Consider two patients with back pain waiting for a therapeutic lumbar injection, says Daniel Hayes,…
Great Britain’s laws need urgent reform to end the criminalisation of abortion
This June, a woman was sentenced to 28 months in jail for ending her own…
Acute knee pain
A teenage boy presented to the emergency department with an injury to his right knee…
Sleeplessness, stroke, . . . and other stories
Insomnia and strokeThe Health and Retirement Study, a survey of Americans older than 50, finds…
New UK clinical trials legislation will prioritise transparency
The AllTrials campaign launched in 2013, calling for all clinical trials to be registered, with…
NICE advises GPs to offer home tests to all patients with bowel cancer symptoms to reduce waiting lists
GPs should offer all patients presenting with signs of colorectal cancer a faecal immunochemical test…
Vaping: BMA to review effects of “growing public health epidemic”
The BMA will review the dangers posed by e-cigarettes, after its annual representative meeting passed…
BMA will ask members about “lived experience” of sexism and racism in the organisation
The BMA must conduct an annual anonymous survey of its members about whether they have…
Northern Ireland: Seriously ill doctors are forced to delay retirement because of occupational health inadequacies
Doctors in Northern Ireland who need to retire because of ill health or terminal illness…
Tomorrow’s patients: preferences and interests are not synonymous
In their otherwise excellent article Lynch and Largent conflate “preferences”—informed by hope—with “interests”—which should be…
Doctors call for drink driving limit to be lowered to match other European countries
The legal blood alcohol limit for drivers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland should be…
Care, captured by NHS workers
bmj;382/jul05_6/p1522/FAF1faEwa Gasior, a senior research nurse, captured the many hands that contribute to delivering patient…
Surgeons’ leaders promise to increase respect for SAS colleagues
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has said it will drive a…