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Palliative care: Experts call for major reforms as pandemic accelerates demand by 20 years
Experts at a leading charity have made an urgent call for reforms to the UK’s…
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David Oliver: Covid shows the need for transparency in prioritising acute care
As the covid-19 pandemic has exceeded last spring’s peak, many NHS leaders are warning that…
Covid-19: NHS must tackle vaccine lies to improve uptake among ethnic minorities, says Stevens
The chief executive of NHS England has described “genuine and deep concern” that uptake of…
Gordon Robinson
bmj;372/jan27_8/n206/FAF1faGordon Robinson moved to Kingston upon Hull from his native West Riding in 1957 to…
Donald John Macleod
bmj;372/jan27_7/n202/FAF1faDonald John Macleod (“John”) was born in Thurso, the second of four sons to parents…
Philip Morrison Brown
bmj;372/jan27_6/n198/FAF1faPhilip Morrison Brown (“Phil”) grew up and then studied medicine in Aberdeen. He was proud…
Henry Hugh Gebbie
bmj;372/jan27_5/n199/FAF1faHenry Hugh Gebbie was an Ayrshire boy whose family ran a lace mill in Darvel,…
Elizabeth Maughan
bmj;372/jan27_4/n204/FAF1faElizabeth Maughan (“Liz”) was brought up near Audlem in Cheshire. She trained at the University…
Kirsty Annabel Gillgras
bmj;372/jan27_3/n200/FAF1faFrom a young age, Kirsty Annabel Gillgrass (née Smith) excelled in everything she did, in…
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A woman with headache, hemiplegia, and recent toothache
A woman in her 60s presented to the emergency department with a two week history…
Unusual hand nodules
These hands show crystal storing histiocytosis in a woman in her 70s (fig 1). The…
Covid-19: “We must learn the lessons of this dark death toll”
bmj;372/jan26_13/n237/FAF1faBMAThis week the number of people in the UK who have died with covid-19 passed…
Covid-19: People are not being warned about pitfalls of mass testing
Only a third of local authorities that are rolling out lateral flow testing have made…
Anthony Barrington (“Barry”) Kay: part of the team that unequivocally established the Th2 T lymphocyte hypothesis for bronchial asthma
bmj;372/jan26_11/n229/FAF1faPhoto credit: Rebecca SutherlandAnthony Barrington (“Barry”) Kay, whose work transformed the lives of many patients…
Covid-19: Use social media to maximise vaccine confidence and uptake
We echo Hanif and colleagues’ concerns that some communities, such as ethnic minority groups and…
Cultural competence in vaccine rollout: migrants would face difficulties accessing covid-19 vaccines
Hanif and colleagues highlight the importance of cultural competence in covid-19 vaccine rollout so that…
The hospital bed is broken: beds don’t wear out, staff do
Matt Morgan, 9 JanuaryIt is not the beds that are broken but the staff. Matt…
Covid-19: Moderna plans booster doses to counter variants
The US drug company Moderna has announced that it is developing two new approaches to…
Covid-19: New UK variant may be linked to increased death rate, early data indicate
The new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be associated with an increased risk of death,…
BMJ appeal raises over {pound}53 000 for food aid charity
Food banks across the UK have been able to buy personal protective equipment for staff…
Universal basic income and covid-19 pandemic
The gulf between the wealthiest and poorest had been increasing even before the covid-19 destroyed…
Helen Salisbury: Pedalling vaccines door to door
After the excitement of running big clinics at our surgery with the Pfizer vaccine, things…
Clare Gerada: Tips for surviving leadership
My New Year’s resolution was to declutter paper and create order among my bookshelves and…
Covid-19: Medical MPs in the pandemic
For the 10 members of the current UK parliament with medical training,1 knowing the front…
Mental Health Act: doctors should not use video assessments to detain patients during pandemic, say judges
Guidance from NHS England that doctors may lawfully use video assessments during the pandemic to…
Donating our “Christmas bonus”
The UK government intends to honour its commitments to pay increases above inflation for NHS…
Covid-19: Medical community split over vaccine interval policy as WHO recommends six weeks
The medical community appears to be split over whether the UK has made the right…
Diagnosis and referral of adults with suspected bony metastases
What you need to knowRed flag symptoms for cancer related bone pain include severe progressive…
Sixty seconds on . . . naming strains
What’s in a name?General bewilderment, it turns out, when we’re talking about SARS-CoV-2 variants. More…
How can I boost team morale?
Promote small acts of kindnessHeidi Edmundson, emergency medicine consultant, says, “It’s important to remember that…
The face of CPR: is Annie still OK?
The story behind Resusci Annie and her legacy is interesting,1 but the manikins I have…
Covid-19: Reports from Israel suggest one dose of Pfizer vaccine could be less effective than expected
Concerns have been raised over how much protection a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech…
How is the pandemic affecting non-covid services?
“One of the operating suites that normally does routine surgery has been converted into a…
Now is not the time to change GP contract, leaders agree
The BMA and NHS England have agreed that only minor changes will be made to…
Covid-19: What is happening with the vaccine rollout?
How many people have been vaccinated in the UK?As of 21 January,1 4.7m vaccinations have…
Authors’ reply to Solȷak, Robson and colleagues, and Kelly
We are grateful for the interest shown in our paper and for the responses on…
Individual socioeconomic status is important but hard to measure
I was delighted to see Moscrop and colleagues’ article in an influential medical journal,1 as…
Covid-19: Biden launches national plan based on “science and public health alone”
President Joe Biden has warned that the US death toll from covid-19 may reach 500…
Managing the long term effects of covid-19: summary of NICE, SIGN, and RCGP rapid guideline
What you need to knowThe likelihood of developing long term effects of covid-19 is not…
Covid-19: Infections remain high in England with no evidence of decline since lockdown
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the community has remained very high in the first 10 days…
Inequality is hidden in plain sight
We agree with Moscrop and colleagues that socioeconomic inequalities are being hidden in plain sight…
Covid-19: Government failed to meet procurement standards when spending billions during pandemic
The government did not meet expected standards when spending billions of pounds of public money…
Covid 19: Hope is being eclipsed by deep frustration
There is a palpable sense of hope in the air.1 Perhaps it’s that, in the…
Occupation is still an important health determinant
I support the other responses to Moscrop and colleagues’ article on social determinants of health.1…
Covid-19: Working in medicine is “pretty awful” right now, says college president
The second wave of covid-19 has put doctors under huge pressure, the Royal College of…
Covid-19: Three quarters of UK doctors have had first vaccine dose, BMA survey finds
Three quarters of doctors (75%) have received their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine, a…
Donal O’Donoghue: visionary nephrologist and registrar of the Royal College of Physicians
bmj;372/jan21_7/n170/FAF1faPhoto credit: James O’DonoghueIn 1992 Donal O’Donoghue, aged 36, was appointed consultant renal physician at…
Too little, too late: social media companies’ failure to tackle vaccine misinformation poses a real threat
The major social media companies are facing wide criticism for failing to deal with vaccine…
Sport associated dementia
Recent media reports of high profile former soccer and rugby players with diagnoses of neurodegenerative…
A lichenoid rash with hepatic origins
A woman in her 70s presented with a widespread rash of three months’ duration. The…