Category: BMJ

Preserving independent mobility is central to maintaining a good quality of life, including retention of…

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether a multicomponent intervention based on physical activity with technological support and nutritional…

Hundreds of organisations including pharmaceutical companies, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), and universities have breached patient…

The BMJ has uncovered failures by NHS data users to comply with the terms of…

The mandatory use of face masks in indoor public areas and on public transport as…

A lack of skilled staff to care for a growing number of patients requiring specialist…

It’s my body and my health so why can’t I be the legal owner of…

Health experts in Northern Ireland have expressed frustration and dismay over the fact that the…

This is a keratoacanthoma on the head of a man in his 70s (fig 1)….

Scientists have sounded the final warning. Without urgent action, climate change will soon be irreversible,…

The atrocities unfolding in Ukraine are shocking to watch. After the destruction of cities and…

This week marks the 22nd annual mental health awareness week. Raising awareness helps to reduce…

Doctors and researchers have been urged to adopt a new scale for describing the range…

Just two pages before Manasseh and colleagues’ article about conjunctivitis in newborns1 in the print…

bmj;377/may10_13/o1165/FAF1faAnas AlkharboutliThe International Rescue Committee is highlighting the plight of women and girls in the…

I would argue for caution in interpreting the public health impact against dementia of Dhana…

The Kirkup report, the Francis report, and now Ockenden1—the history of patient safety and leadership…

What you need to knowOne third of women experience giving birth as traumatic, and consequently…

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the validity of data extraction in systematic reviews of adverse events, the effect…

Don’t be drawn into an online argumentSusan Michie, professor of health psychology and director of…

In 2019, the NHS long term plan set an ambition of halving stillbirths and neonatal…

Around a third of the primary care workforce in London have faced racial discrimination or…

In this paper by Cram and colleagues (BMJ 2022;377:069164, doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-069164, published 4 May 2022), some…

Doctors and scientists advising the UK government on covid-19 during the past two years have…

Hong Kong’s strict guidelines on social distancing and its restrictions on travel ensured months of…

The urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the probable consequences of failing to…

The leak of a draft opinion in the US Supreme Court’s coming decision on abortion…

bmj;377/may06_10/o1129/FAF1faChristine Anne Abercrombie qualified at the young age of 22 and while working as a…

bmj;377/may06_9/o1130/FAF1faFrederick Raymond Sutton was born in Edinburgh to William Frederick and Joanna Steel (née Ritchie)…

bmj;377/may06_8/o1131/FAF1faBryan Wilcox attended Cardiff Medical School at the age of 17. After completing his national…

Anupam Chatterjee always lived life to the fullest. He forged lifelong friendships at each stage…

bmj;377/may06_6/o1124/FAF1faJohn Clive Gingell was born in his grandfather’s house in Penygraig in the Rhondda Valley,…

Employing retired doctors and attempting to persuade those planning their retirement to begin a new…

While it is currently popular to view all problems through the prism of identity politics,1…

bmj;377/may06_1/o1141/FAF1faAnaesthesia is reported to be the first medical specialty to champion patient safety as a…

Resistance is futileStudies of surgical procedures and devices don’t have a great reputation. This study’s…

Vize’s summary1 of the Ockenden report2 highlights the government’s inadequate investment in workforce planning.Over decades…