Covid-19: Health and social care staff must be vaccinated now, says BMA
The BMA has made an urgent call for all health and social care workers to…
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Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland response to: “Have large increases in fast track referrals improved bowel cancer outcomes in the UK?”
Thompson and colleagues raise concern that a series of UK Department of Health policies have…
Human donor milk also protects against severe retinopathy of prematurity
Tran and colleagues highlight the benefit of pasteurised donor milk in reducing the risk of…
Reforming medical education: student experience during the covid-19 pandemic
Dornan and colleagues suggest the importance of experience over competence and the risks that can…
We need to collect data on race, ethnicity, and community in pandemics
I read with interest your recent news article on the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on…
What level of immobilisation is necessary for treatment of torus (buckle) fractures of the distal radius in children?
What you need to knowEvidence suggests that most children with torus fractures of the distal…
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John Spalding: neurologist who helped to develop mechanical ventilation
bmj;372/jan07_11/m4859/FAF1faJohn Spalding was one of the pioneers of artificial respiration. An old Etonian, he was…
Covid-19: Indian health officials defend approval of vaccine
Health officials have defended India’s decision to approve a homegrown covid-19 vaccine without efficacy data—a…
Covid-19: US cases surge but vaccine distribution is slow
Cases of covid-19 have continued to surge in the US as only five million people…
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{-}{-}Speaking truth to power
Each year we award The BMJ editors’ prize for “persistence and courage in speaking truth…
Covid-19 vaccine: GPs should decide whether to honour second dose appointments, says minister
GPs should use their own discretion to decide whether to honour existing appointments to administer…
Hiatus hernia with oesophageal ulcer
This endoscopy image shows severe erosive reflux oesophagitis (grade D, Los Angeles classification) of the…
Covid-19: High level of non-covid deaths may reflect health system pressures
Excess deaths were higher than deaths involving covid-19 in the week leading up to Christmas,…
What does the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement mean for health?
The announcement, on Christmas Eve 2020, that the UK and the EU had agreed a…
“In the 1980s NHS there wasn’t today’s climate of fear around speaking out”—Allyson Pollock
Allyson Pollock, professor of public health and co-director of Newcastle University Centre of Research Excellence…
Irritable bowel, Brachyspira, . . . and other stories
BrachyspiraBrachyspira is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetes. One species, B hyodysenteriae,…
London trust given warning notice after death of mother during stillbirth
Maternity services at the Royal Free Hospital in London have been rated inadequate and the…
Doctor previously struck off for lying and plagiarism is restored to medical register
A doctor who was struck off in 2013 for lying and plagiarising others’ work in…
Covid-19: Doctors and nurses demand better PPE for wider range of procedures
Healthcare workers are calling on the government to ensure that higher grade personal protective equipment…
Covid-19 vaccination: What’s the evidence for extending the dosing interval?
Why has the government taken the step to delay the second dose?In a letter sent…
Food banks may close as covid cases surge, charity warns
Food banks may be forced to close unless the UK government takes immediate action to…
David Oliver: The false dichotomies in pandemic commentary
Much like the Brexit debate, the narrative on covid-19 has often been reductive, tribally entrenched,…
Please see the whole picture of my eating disorder
Unexplained symptomsFor many years I experienced episodes following binge eating and vomiting where I felt…
A child with multiple hypopigmented lesions
A 3 year old girl presented with multiple hypopigmented body lesions that had been present…
Industry self-regulation fails to deliver healthier diets, again
In common with much of the rest of the world, the UK has inequity in…
Where the mesh inquiry leaves us regarding a register of doctors’ interests
How did it happen that a product approved with little evidence of long term safety…
Portraits of hope among NHS staff
bmj;372/jan06_1/n6/FAF1faJeff McLane, courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New YorkThe stories of NHS workers…
Why were breastfeeding women in the UK denied the covid-19 vaccine?
On 30 December, a month after licensing the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine, the UK’s Medicines…
NICE’s approach to measuring value
Appleby asks whether covid-19 vaccines would be considered cost effective using the National Institute for…
Covid-19: UK study aims to understand effects on ethnic minority healthcare workers
A new study has launched in the UK to understand the impact of covid-19 on…
Covid-19: “Shkreli Awards” go to pandemic’s top profiteers
The Shkreli Awards for profiteering and dysfunction in healthcare, an annual tribute to the worst…
Division of tongue tie: an assault on a baby
I commend Fraser and colleagues for calling division of tongue tie into question once again.1…
Covax must go beyond proportional allocation of covid vaccines to ensure fair and equitable access
The Covax Facility (Covax) is a multilateral initiative aimed at ensuring that all countries have…
Nearly two thirds of doctors have anxiety or depression, BMA survey finds
A survey of over 7000 doctors conducted by the BMA in December found that, while…
Division of tongue tie: surgical complications
The statement that division of tongue tie is “generally a well established and safe procedure”…
Covid-19: London’s Nightingale Hospital will reopen for non-covid cases
London’s NHS Nightingale Hospital is currently being repurposed to take patients without covid-19 who are…
Engagement with Alcoholics Anonymous helps abstinence
In their impressive meta-analysis, Cheng and colleagues find no meaningful evidence for the impact of…
Community support that’s more than a sticking plaster
The covid-19 pandemic has underlined the role now played by general practices in alleviating food…
UK recommendations on opioid stewardship
The effect of the prescription opioid crisis in North America is well documented.1 In 2018…
How can I beat the January blues?
Reminisce about good timesHelen Garr, deputy director of NHS Practitioner Health, says, “Many of us…
Covid-19: Health secretary vows to reduce bureaucracy faced by vaccination volunteers
Doctors volunteering to give the covid-19 vaccine should not have to undertake unnecessary training, such…
Covid-19: Vaccine brands can be mixed in “extremely rare occasions,” says Public Health England
Patients should receive the same type of covid-19 vaccine for their first and second doses,…
Helen Salisbury: Don’t squander patients’ trust in the vaccine rollout
The end of 2020 brought a practical lesson in medical ethics that will no doubt…
BMJ columnist among doctors receiving New Year honour
The BMJ columnist Partha Kar has been awarded an Order of the British Empire for…
Axial spondyloarthritis: new advances in diagnosis and management
AbstractAxial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton associated with significant pain…
The challenges facing the NHS in England in 2021
The NHS in England faces unprecedented challenges in 2021. It will require an equally unprecedented,…
Medical community has a responsibility to promote equality
Khunti and colleagues eloquently explain the problematic use of the acronyms BAME (black, Asian, and…
Covid-19: Hospitals in crisis as ambulances queue and staff are asked to cancel leave
Hospitals across London and the South East and East of England are struggling to meet…
Covid-19: Order to reschedule and delay second vaccine dose is “totally unfair,” says BMA
Healthcare workers in England have been told to reschedule appointments for the second dose of…
The language of ethnicity: blunt, contrived terms should be abandoned
I agree with Khunti and colleagues’ well reasoned editorial on why the collective terms black,…