Family values: the consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist
Family is everything to Geeta Kumar. Not only are her loved ones a source of…
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Covid-19: UK adds sore throat, headache, fatigue, and six other symptoms to official list
The UK’s official list of covid-19 symptoms1 has been updated to include sore throat, fatigue,…
Neonatal units in Manchester roll out genetic test for gentamicin ototoxicity
A bedside test that detects a genetic variant in babies that can leave them deaf…
Covid-19: Hospital admissions continue to climb amid record infection rates
The number of patients admitted to hospitals in England with covid-19 has more than doubled…
Influence is not always best achieved by uni-professional approaches
I welcome Oliver’s comments, particularly those on “influence.”12 He is right that uni-professional approaches might…
Why don’t children and young people engage with diabetes services?
The studySharpe D, Rajabi M, Harden A, et al. Supporting disengaged children and young people…
Efficacy of interventions to reduce long term opioid treatment for chronic non-cancer pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo review interventions to reduce long term opioid treatment in people with chronic non-cancer pain,…
Managing the psychosocial impact of type 1 diabetes in young people
What you need to knowAdolescent and young people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience higher…
David Tennent Baird
bmj;377/apr01_10/o765/FAF1faDavid Tennent Baird, one of the country’s most eminent figures in obstetrics, gynaecology, and reproductive…
Anthony Ashcroft
bmj;377/apr01_9/o849/FAF1faBorn in Stourbridge, Anthony Ashcroft moved to Newcastle at the age of 3. He attended…
Leo Fogarty
bmj;377/apr01_8/o850/FAF1faLeo Fogarty was a past chair of the health informatics group of the Royal College…
James Appleyard: global leader in child health, medical education, and human rights
bmj;377/apr01_7/o863/FAF1faA charming, charismatic paediatrician, James (“Jim”) Appleyard would “request an opinion” rather than “ordering an…
Robin A L Agnew
bmj;377/apr01_6/o848/FAF1faRobin A L Agnew was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College Dublin with…
Alexander Knapton
bmj;377/apr01_5/o853/FAF1faBorn in Reading, Alexander Knapton (“Alex”) was educated at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham, and…
Norman Fielding Jones
Norman Fielding Jones was a consultant physician at St Thomas’ Hospital, London from 1967 to…
Childhood poverty is rising in the UK, but the government continue to ignore it
With mounting food, energy, and housing costs, UK household budgets are becoming increasingly stretched. This,…
Gender identity services for children and young people in England
The long awaited interim report of the Cass review was finally published in March this…
Poland’s buckling healthcare system nevertheless welcomes Ukraine refugees with open arms
Over two million Ukrainian refugees have crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border, with a further one million…
The GP partnership is finished
In the Head to Head on whether the covid pandemic has changed the debate about…
MPs vote to retain provision for women in England to take abortion pills at home
Women in England will be able to continue to access medical abortion pills at home…
Pandemic saw large rise in patients self-funding hip and knee replacements
The number of UK patients self-funding their own hip and knee operations has risen substantially…
The spring statement shows the chancellor hasn’t grasped that health and wealth are fundamentally intertwined
On 23 March 2020, the UK government took the boldest step to protect human health…
Disincentives for vaccine refusal
bmj;376/mar31_13/o865/FAF1faAs the world adjusts to living with covid-19 and its variants such as omicron, the…
Cancer care: Staff shortages are limiting progress in England, says expert panel
The UK government has been given an overall rating of “inadequate” by a panel of…
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English NHS staff wave goodbye to free hospital car parking
Healthcare unions have condemned a decision to end free hospital car parking for NHS staff…
Prosecuting war crimes demands outrage, will, and action
The outrage we now feel over Ukraine—how long will it last and what will it…
Failure to work collaboratively and learn from incidents led to deaths of babies and mothers at Shrewsbury and Telford trust, review finds
Around 200 babies and nine mothers would or might have survived had they received the…
Ockenden report exposes failures in leadership, teamwork, and listening to patients
Donna Ockenden’s final report on maternity failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust once…
Covid-19: Lockdowns spread in China as omicron tests “zero covid” strategy
The force of the omicron BA.2 variant this week met the immovable object that is…
Isolated dilated pupil
A woman in her 50s presented to the emergency department with blurred vision and pupil…
How Japan survived covid-19
On 20 February 2020, the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 36 km south…
Cognitive function, dementia, . . . and other stories
Mild cognitive impairmentParticipants in the Nun study, a longitudinal investigation of members of a religious…
Should families do more to help with addiction?
Sajid Javid, the UK’s health secretary, recently spoke at the Royal College of Physicians to…
Association of computed tomography screening with lung cancer stage shift and survival in the United States: quasi-experimental study
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the effect of the introduction of low dose computed tomography screening in 2013…
We need to increase MMR uptake urgently
In response to a decline in vaccine coverage, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities…
Covid-19: NHS staff will still have access to free tests
NHS and care staff, as well as some vulnerable patients, will continue to have access…
Postnatal care: WHO highlights urgency of physical and mental support
The World Health Organization has issued a list of 63 recommendations that governments around the…
Medical schools should include climate change in their curriculum, says report
Climate change should be embedded in medical schools’ curriculums to help doctors understand the climate…
Covid-19: Americans who are over 50 or immunocompromised are advised to have second booster
Second booster doses against covid-19 for Americans aged over 50 and for certain immunocompromised people…
How data from the United Kingdom has guided covid-19 vaccine policies
Throughout the pandemic, the UK’s covid-19 data systems have been guiding global as well as…
Infantile periocular haemangioma
bmj;376/mar30_9/e067065/FAF1faTop: Appearance at examination. Bottom: Appearance after treatment with propranololThis is an infantile periocular haemangioma…
David Oliver: Is Sajid Javid putting political ideology before prevention?
Politicians and their parties obviously embrace ideology, but problems as serious as preventable disease and…
It’s time for a national doctors’ service
Majeed and Hodes debate the idea of nationalising GPs.1 What is the pay of a…
Health think tanks: what are they and how they shape our NHS
Health policy has perhaps never before been so firmly in the public spotlight. The covid-19…
National experience in the first two years of primary human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical screening in an HPV vaccinated population in Australia: observational study
AbstractObjectiveTo review the first two years of the primary human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical screening programme…
How to design high quality acupuncture trials—a consensus informed by evidence
Acupuncture therapies are used in 183 countries according to a 2013 survey by the World…
Physical activity: manifold benefits for health and wellbeing
Primary care can have an important role in supporting people to increase their physical activity.12…
Covid-19: Taxpayers are still liable for {pound}2.7bn risk from government PPE contracts, say auditors
Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money are still at risk from contracts for personal protective…
Government is to blame for lowest NHS satisfaction rating in 25 years, says BMA
The lowest recording of public satisfaction with the NHS in 25 years should serve as…
Use covid age to assess risk for vulnerability to covid-19
Opinion linked to This Week, 29 FebruaryIn England, all government restrictions on covid-19, including the…