Urologist who referred patients for financial gain is struck off
A consultant urologist who was found to be “financially motivated” when referring patients for treatment…
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The future doctor and the future patient—reaching a true partnership
The growing crisis in the NHS adds greater urgency to our efforts to create a…
China forced Muslims in Xinjiang to be sterilised and have abortions, concludes tribunal
The People’s Republic of China is guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity in its…
Omicron: we must protect the health and wellbeing of the public health workforce
The covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on everyone’s personal and professional lives. The…
US drugs agency approves abortion pill by mail but many states limit access
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided permanently to allow mifepristone to be…
Covid-19 vaccines, immunity, and boosters
Since our previous editorial in September 2021,1 a growing body of evidence about covid-19 vaccine…
Covid-19: The significance of India’s emerging “hybrid immunity”
In January 2021, shortly after India rolled out its plans for nationwide vaccination coverage, a…
The impact of Brexit on health is only just beginning
Two years ago, Boris Johnson won the keys to 10 Downing Street on a promise…
Vaccine inequality may undermine the booster programme
Twenty one months into an unrelenting pandemic and we are entering another unprecedented period. The…
Government commits to public repository of consultant details “in principle”
The government has committed “in principle” to creating a public repository of consultants’ practice details…
Flattening the surgical field: ensuring diversity and maximising inclusion within surgical specialties
Over the past few decades the argument for the need for diversification within the surgical…
Long covid: research must guide future management
Back in February 2021, the UK government announced that £18.5m is being invested into clinical…
When I use a word . . . . The Precautionary Principle: a definition
Being precautionaryDiscussing therapeutic interventions a couple of weeks ago,1 I invoked the benefit:harm balance, and…
Covid-19: Second ȷudge says that “most complex covid patient in the world” should be allowed to die
A 56 year old woman described by doctors as “the most complex covid patient in…
Covid-19: Need for social restrictions will gradually shrink over time, says England’s CMO
The development of polyvalent vaccines and new antivirals should lessen the need for social restrictions…
Covid-19: Runny nose, headache, and fatigue are commonest symptoms of omicron, early data show
The UK government has been urged to update its list of symptoms for covid-19, after…
Covid-19: Omicron is causing more infections but fewer hospital admissions than delta, South African data show
Data from South Africa’s largest private health insurer suggest that omicron is spreading faster than…
Pure imagination
These are extraordinary times. Although the scenes reflected in this year’s Christmas baubles might be…
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Just a smidge, or a bridge too far? Slang use in the ICU
Towards the end of the second covid surge, the intensive care unit (ICU) at Frimley…
Sixty seconds on . . . pregnancy and exercise
A good workout?There’s plenty of evidence that being active during pregnancy and postnatally can support…
NHS leaders aim to maintain elective care in coming months but warn covid may cause cancellations
The NHS intends to maintain elective care procedures over the coming months despite rising numbers…
Effectiveness of public health measures against covid-19: ventilation has a major role
Talic and colleagues’ systematic review and meta-analysis assessed many public health measures for reducing covid-19…
Covid 19: US cases rise amid omicron fears but booster shots offer protection, experts say
Some 800 000 Americans have died from covid-19, the highest number of any country in…
Injections of hope: supporting participants in clinical trials
What you need to knowThe nature and scale of a participant’s personal investment in clinical…
Of research and robots: making sense of chance findings
“I, a reasoning being, am capable of deducing truth from a priori causes. You, being…
The BMJ appeal 2021-22: “We can’t turn women away”—providing maternity care under pressure in Afghanistan
How to donatePlease give generously to The BMJ’s appeal for 2021-22. Donations can be made…
Omicron: a failure to act with a global focus will continue the proliferation of new variants of covid-19
The emergence of the omicron variant of covid-19 serves as a stark reminder that while…
The holly and the ivy: a festive platter of plant hazards
Christmas has come again, and while we merrily adorn our hallways, perhaps few of us…
Ghost in the machine or monkey with a typewriter—generating titles for Christmas research articles in The BMJ using artificial intelligence: observational study
AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) can generate plausible and engaging titles for potential Christmas…
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Boosting the nation against covid-19: are the vaccination targets feasible?
With the number of covid-19 cases from the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant rising exponentially in the…
Covid-19: Long covid symptoms among hospital inpatients show little improvement after a year, data suggest
People admitted to hospital with covid-19 who reported “long covid” symptoms five months after discharge…
Induction of labour at 41 weeks versus expectant management and induction of labour at 42 weeks (SWEdish Post-term Induction Study, SWEPIS): multicentre, open label, randomised, superiority trial
In this paper by Wennerholm and colleagues (BMJ 2019;367: l6131, doi:10.1136/bmj.l6131, published 20 November), the…
Kamran Abbasi appointed as editor in chief of The BMJ
Kamran Abbasi has been appointed as the new editor in chief of The BMJ. He…
The BMJ Interview: in conversation with Fiona Godlee
How would you describe yourself?“I’m a doctor, and I chose that path very early on,…
Robert Newton Smith
bmj;375/dec15_4/n3078/FAF1faRobert Newton Smith (“Bob”) was born and brought up in Loughborough and attended Loughborough Grammar…
HIV: People at highest risk of infection should be offered PrEP, says NICE
People at the highest risk of being infected with HIV should be offered pre-exposure prophylaxis,…
Doctors are under more work pressure than during height of covid-19 pandemic in 2020
The pressures on doctors generated by the covid-19 pandemic have worsened during 2021 and this…
The right to a healthy environment: making it matter
As we reflect on the lessons of COP26, what it contains and must be acted…
Protection from covid-19 at work: health and safety law is fit for purpose
The 2020 Coronavirus Act and ensuing secondary legislation, as well as official government coronavirus guidance,…
Covid-19: Almost 100 ICU staff from Malaga hospital test positive after Christmas lunch
Several healthcare organisations in Malaga, Spain, have cancelled all Christmas social events after nearly 100…
Condemning consensus is not helpful
Abbasi cautions against reliance on consensus based clinical guidelines and he questions consensus led views…
Covid-19: GPs are told to postpone routine care to focus on vaccine boosters in response to omicron
The UK government has announced a further acceleration to the covid booster vaccine programme in…
Covid-19: Omicron and the need for boosters
Has omicron increased the need for boosters?Booster doses of covid-19 vaccines have been rolled out…
The end of the pandemic will not be televised
As the year 2021 started, the covid-19 pandemic seemed to be receding. Discussions and predictions…
Low risk presentations have increased in ambulatory care units with increased e-consultations
In acute medicine we have a similar problem to that in primary care, as described…
E-consultations increasing GP workload: the problem is capacity, not access
Salisbury argues that e-consultations are increasing the workload of general practitioners.1E-consultations are a good solution…
Covid careers: how the pandemic changed my working life
Michael FarquharPaediatric sleep consultant, Evelina London Children’s Hospital“I’ve been a consultant for 10 years and…
Retaining trial participants takes more than a Christmas card
“Bah humbug! Sending Christmas cards to trial participants does not increase retention.” So conclude Coleman…
Building utopia from disaster: could the pandemic show a way to better healthcare? An essay by Agnes Arnold-Forster
As soon as the covid-19 pandemic started, commentators began to predict the radical social, political,…
Bah humbug! Association between sending Christmas cards to trial participants and trial retention: randomised study within a trial conducted simultaneously across eight host trials
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the effectiveness of sending Christmas cards to participants in randomised controlled trials to…