Ockenden report exposes failure in national policy for maternity services
Vize is correct,1 the Ockenden report does expose critical failures in England’s maternity services. It…
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Why covid vaccine studies are still needed
With spring booster jabs being deployed across the UK for people aged 75 and over…
EU sets out plans to digitise health records across member states
The European Commission is looking to digitise all medical records in the European Union by…
Virtual access to healthcare . . . and other stories
A different sort of tabletGiving video enabled tablet computers to US veterans living in rural…
Choices that fail health and wellbeing
Would you spend £2bn of taxpayers’ money on an unproved treatment for covid-19 (doi:10.1136/bmj.o1053)?1 Would…
A woman with erythema and pustules
A woman in her 60s presented with a one week history of widespread erythema accompanied…
Hepatitis: Ukrainian refugees should be offered vaccines and free treatment, says WHO
Governments in Europe should provide free and accessible hepatitis care, as well as vaccinations, to…
The pollution of health discourse and the need for effective counter-framing
The UK Health Foundation argues that to better communicate on the social determinants of health,…
US abortion: Leaked document shows Supreme Court plans to overturn rights
A leaked draft of the US Supreme Court’s coming decision on abortion law indicates that…
French research institute faces criminal charges over “serious breaches”
The French Medicines Agency (ANSM) has said that it will file criminal charges with the…
Covid-19: Remdesivir has “small effect” against death or progression to ventilation, WHO trial finds
Remdesivir has no significant effect on patients with covid-19 who are already being ventilated but…
Paroxysmal purple palmar macules
This is Achenbach’s syndrome on the left wrist of a woman in her 50s (fig…
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with acute covid-19 associated respiratory failure: comparative effectiveness study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) compared with conventional mechanical ventilation on…
New calorie labelling regulations in England
Regulations came into effect on 6 April1 requiring restaurants, cafes, and takeaways in England to…
David Oliver: Facts the Daily Mail omits in its GP bashing
The newspapers owned by DMG Media (including the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday)…
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Rammya Mathew: Tough times ahead for a depleted workforce
The recent changes to covid-19 restrictions indicate a new phase of the pandemic, where we…
Disgraced surgeon goes on trial in Sweden over experimental trachea transplants
The disgraced Italian surgeon and researcher Paolo Macchiarini has gone on trial in Sweden charged…
No minister, a “protective ring” was not thrown around care homes
Margaret Thatcher famously said “Advisers advise, ministers decide.”1 Yet, throughout the covid-19 pandemic this distinction…
An ostrich strategy for covid-19 is too risky
Opinion, 2 AprilYates’s1 and Chiolero and colleagues’2 comments are pertinent and can be applied to…
Helen Salisbury: Adjusting our expectations
I recently attended a workshop exploring the effects of switching to a “remote by default”…
Medics demand funding review to stop students dropping out because of poverty
Medical students in England are calling for a review of funding arrangements in the fifth…
Medical supplies for musculoskeletal infections are needed in Kharkiv and throughout Ukraine
Since 24 February 2022, numerous soldiers and civilians have been killed in the Ukraine-Russia war,…
Can the world become a place where the planet and all people flourish after the pandemic?
In 2015, the world adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) with 169 targets to be…
Exploratory analyses in aetiologic research and considerations for assessment of credibility: mini-review of literature
AbstractObjectiveTo provide considerations for reporting and interpretation that can improve assessment of the credibility of…
From Ukraine to remote robotics: how videoconferencing and next generation technology are transforming surgery
When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February, medics and surgeons across Europe and beyond…
A true family doctor: the general practitioner
Biplab Das is a family doctor in the truest sense of the word. His family…
How to tackle inequitable access, vaccine hesitancy, and other barriers to achieve high vaccine uptake
World Immunisation Week is an opportune moment to reflect on the importance of vaccination as…
When I use a word . . . . Medical magic
Magic rootsThis week I went to the Royal College of Physicians in London for an…
Putting economic policy in service of “health for all”
The work of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health for All12…
Ukraine’s private clinics step into the breach of a targeted health system
As war spreads to new Ukrainian cities, access to basic medical services has been hampered,…
David Evan Hoffler
bmj;377/apr29_6/o1025/FAF1faDavid Evan Hoffler followed in his father’s footsteps to train at the London Hospital and…
Kenneth Sanders
bmj;377/apr29_5/o1034/FAF1faKenneth’s mother, Florrie Salinsky, completed only the first year of medical training but produced three…
George Dick Forwell
bmj;377/apr29_4/o1023/FAF1faAfter his house physician post, George Dick Forwell completed national service, performing physiological studies on…
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Roger Llewellyn Meyrick
bmj;377/apr29_3/o1032/FAF1faRoger Llewellyn Meyrick joined his father, Francis Meyrick, in general practice in Catford shortly after…
Pradip K Datta
bmj;377/apr29_2/o1007/FAF1faPradip K Datta, born in Kolkata (India), came to the UK in 1967 in pursuit…
John Noel Gleave Evans
bmj;377/apr29_1/o1015/FAF1faJohn Noel Gleave Evans was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, where his parents were in…
UK-Rwanda migration plan fails to safeguard refugees’ medical care, say campaigners
An outcry has greeted the UK’s plan to tackle what it calls “illegal” migration by…
Better measuring and reporting of adverse events are needed in back pain trials of non-drug interventions
Ho and colleagues’ review of psychological intervention for chronic low back pain shows that we…
Asylum seekers’ health suffers from “unsafe” UK accommodation, report claims
Accommodation provided to asylum seekers in the UK does not meet basic standards and is…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 April 2022
All the world’s a stageWith the term “pre-diabetes” safely embedded in healthcare and wider society,…
Ukraine: the British doctors who have travelled to a war zone to help
Andy Kent was in Yemen on 1 March 2022, working with local doctors to try…
A young child in respiratory distress
A 21 month old girl presented to the emergency department after her mother saw her…
Covid-19: China installs fences and alarms in Shanghai in effort to curb cases
The Chinese government has introduced unprecedented public health measures in the city of Shanghai in…
Why is respiratory protective equipment still an issue in the NHS?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Covid-19: Stockpiling antivirals risks repeating Tamiflu mistakes, experts warn
The government’s Antivirals Taskforce has procured more antivirals per population than any other country in…
Africa’s lifesaving medical drones fly into action
bmj;377/apr27_11/o1035/FAF1faAfrica’s vast and difficult terrain makes the delivery of healthcare to its many remote communities…
Link women’s drinking in pregnancy to child’s health records at birth
I was delighted to see the prominence given to the newly published NICE quality standard…
Covid-19: What is the evidence for the antiviral Paxlovid?
What is it?Paxlovid is an antiviral combination developed by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The treatment…
David Oliver: Tackling noise pollution in hospital
Hospital wards are meant to be therapeutic and healing environments, so we need more concerted…
Leukaemic retinopathy as the first manifestation in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
This is a fundoscopic image showing leukaemic retinopathy in the eyes of a man in…