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It’s simply not true that the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) rules “safeguard…
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Should the UK vaccinate children and adolescents against covid-19?
The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has now recommended covid-19 vaccination for…
Alternatives to traditional medical work experience for aspiring medical students
Aspiring medical students have always been encouraged to gain work experience to obtain a realistic…
Jeffrey Michael Dolphin
bmj;374/jul23_6/n1847/FAF1faJeffrey Michael Dolphin (“Jeff”) Dolphin was senior consultant surgeon at Walsall and District General hospitals….
Ajit Kumar Shah
bmj;374/jul23_5/n1843/FAF1faAjit Kumar Shah was born in Eldoret, Kenya, and came to the UK as a…
Barry Benster
bmj;374/jul23_4/n1850/FAF1faBarry Benster was born in Prestwich and studied medicine at Manchester University. He trained in…
Vijayapura C Devakumar
bmj;374/jul23_3/n1849/FAF1faVijayapura C Devakumar (“Vijay”) came to England to start his NHS career in November 1966….
Naresh Ambalala Patel
bmj;374/jul23_2/n1845/FAF1faNaresh Ambalala Patel was born in Kenya. He moved to the UK with Minaxi (“Mina”)—his…
Francois Louis Pierre Fouin
bmj;374/jul23_1/n1846/FAF1faFrancois Louis Pierre Fouin (“Pierre”) was brought up in the idyllic setting of Glen Tanar…
US life expectancy plunged in 2020, especially in Hispanic and African Americans
Life expectancy in the United States fell by 1.5 years in 2020 as the covid…
All doctors deserve pay rise not just consultants, says BMA in response to disappointing 3% offer
The BMA has said that it is disappointed by the government’s announced 3% pay uplift…
New mental health waiting time targets to be introduced in England
The NHS has announced plans to introduce five new waiting time targets for mental health…
Covid-19: 1.5 million children have been orphaned by pandemic, study estimates
Covid-19 has not only killed more than four million people worldwide but has also left…
GPs and emergency department doctors need more training to manage head injuries in amateur sportspeople, MPs say
Doctors in general practice and emergency departments need more training in managing patients with head…
US opioids: Johnson and Johnson and drug distributors offer $26bn to end thousands of lawsuits
The United States’ biggest ongoing lawsuit could be drawing to a close after an agreement…
Covid-19: The UK’s political gamble that bodes ill for health and the health service
If you tolerate this, sang the Manic Street Preachers, your children will be next. Are…
Covid-19 makes it harder for GPs to offer the quiet listening that made all the difference to me
How are the kids doing? Did they go to school today? These were among the…
Scooting injuries . . . and other stories
Electric scooter injuriesElectric scooters are cheap, environmentally friendly, and easy to park. In some cities,…
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The power of trusting relationships in general practice
Every medical specialty prides itself on the tools it uses to ply its trade. Physicians…
Accreditation rules ensure that CME serves the needs of patients and the public
Fugh-Berman is correct in recognising the threat to our profession when prescribers are influenced by…
David Oliver: Could separating NHS “hot” and “cold” inpatient sites work?
Is it realistic to think of separating NHS hospital sites more effectively for “cold” (elective)…
Covid-19: Two thirds in India carry antibodies, while research suggests country’s death toll is 10 times official figure
India’s fourth “serosurvey” of the covid pandemic has found neutralising antibodies to the novel coronavirus…
Black fungus: paranasal mucormycosis
This is invasive rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis on the face of a woman in her 50s (fig…
Bullying will continue as long as the GMC accepts referrals without question
Dyer reports that an employment tribunal has ruled for the first time that the General…
A woman with recurrent erythema and vesicles on her legs
A woman in her 20s presented with a two year history of recurrent (20 episodes)…
Drug treatment services are broken, says review
In announcing the second part of her drugs review, focusing on prevention, treatment, and recovery,…
Coastal areas need more doctors, says England’s chief medical officer
Medical staff shortages in coastal areas must be tackled to help narrow stark health inequalities,…
Doctors from ethnic minorities earn 7% less than white colleagues, report finds
Discrimination against doctors from ethnic minorities begins early and continues throughout their careers, the first…
Leaving general practice: all GPs are on a continuum from staying to leaving
Salisbury makes many strong points1 that resonate deeply with me and no doubt many others…
Edward de Bono: physician, psychologist, and inventor who coined the term “lateral thinking”
bmj;374/jul20_7/n1831/FAF1faCredit: Roy ZhaoOne of five children, Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was born in…
Danse macabre on “freedom day”
bmj;374/jul20_6/n1833/FAF1faAlberto Pezzali/AP/ShutterstockClubbers at London’s Piano Works mark the lifting of all remaining covid restrictions in…
Covid-19: Vulnerable children aged 12-15 will be offered Pfizer vaccine, UK announces
Children aged 12-15 who are at increased risk of serious illness from infection with SARS-CoV-2…
Doctors’ early retirement will increase
The early retirement problem is very real.1 I retired last year aged 57, a process…
Matt Morgan: Medicine, the never ending video game
Sonic the Hedgehog was the first computer game I actually managed to complete. Although I…
Helen Salisbury: Will the latest NHS reorganisation help patients?
Another health and social care bill is on its way through parliament, changing yet again…
Aiming beyond equality to reach equity: the promise and challenge of quality improvement
Close to 20 years after the seminal Institute of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm,…
Protecting women and girls from tobacco and alcohol promotion
Women have traditionally consumed less tobacco and alcohol than men because social and cultural norms…
Eating disorders during the covid-19 pandemic
The story often starts in a positive way.“At a consultation, kids tell us that when…
Covid-19: Fully vaccinated NHS staff may not need to self-isolate
NHS and care staff in England who have been told to self-isolate will be permitted…
Covid-19: Experts condemn UK “freedom day” as dangerous and unethical
International health leaders have raised significant concerns over the UK government’s relaxation of all covid-19…
Sixty seconds on . . . the pingdemic
Too much ping pong? The new tennis elbow?No, this isn’t about a boom in lockdown…
Burnout is harming GPs’ health and patient care, doctors warn
High levels of stress are severely harming the health of GPs and their ability to…
Fiona Godlee to step down as The BMJ’s editor in chief
Fiona Godlee is to resign as editor in chief of The BMJ at the end…
Why I . . . photograph nature
When Mihaela Bucur took a simple smartphone snapshot of a woodland scene she little imagined…
Does depression screening in primary care improve mental health outcomes?
What you need to knowInternational guidelines and practice differ regarding screening for depression; it is…
Lolita Mei Wan Chan
bmj;374/jul16_8/n1791/FAF1faLolita Mei Wan Chan was born in Leeds, the youngest and brightest of two siblings,…
Joan Foster Zilva
bmj;374/jul16_7/n1798/FAF1faJoan Foster Zilva was born and lived her whole life in south London, apart from…
Covid-19: Indonesia becomes Asia’s new pandemic epicentre as delta variant spreads
The delta variant of covid-19 is causing an escalating crisis in Indonesia, two months after…
Paul Patrick Coffey
bmj;374/jul16_5/n1795/FAF1faPaul Patrick Coffey was born in Sutterton, Lincolnshire, to Patrick and Mary (“Kit”) Coffey, both…
Mary Joan Danskin
bmj;374/jul16_4/n1796/FAF1faMary Joan Danskin was an only child, born in Gateshead. Her father was a civil…