Children are “highly unlikely” to be able to consent to taking puberty blockers, rules High Court
Children under 16 cannot consent to the use of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria unless…
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Fictional doctors who inspire
Have you ever read a depiction of a doctor in a novel, or seen one…
Covid-19: Asymptomatic cases may not be infectious, Wuhan study indicates
A mass screening programme of more than 10 million residents of Wuhan, China, performed after…
Declarations of pharma funding are still not transparent enough, say critics
Exact details of the £542.9m (€605.8m; $725m) that drug companies spent on healthcare organisations and…
Covid-19: US faces “surge upon a surge”
The US is likely to experience “a surge upon a surge” of covid-19 cases as…
Test for HIV wherever blood is taken, commission recommends
An independent commission has called on the UK government to end new HIV transmissions by…
Helen Salisbury: Poverty as a pre-existing condition
Whether a person develops a condition, and how severe its effects are, is usually determined…
Treatment variation in early breast cancer in the UK
One in seven women will develop breast cancer. Although the number of people diagnosed with…
Malnutrition: the silent pandemic
Public health has come to the fore in 2020 like no time in recent history,…
Girl’s sight deteriorated while trust delayed court action for cataract surgery, says ȷudge
A High Court judge has criticised an NHS trust for a two and a half…
General practice public relations storm: shaped in broadcast, fixed in narrowcast
General practice is in the throes of a public relations storm.1 We have come a…
Covid-19: Infections fell by 30% in England during second lockdown
The prevalence of covid-19 fell by 30% across England, from 132 to 96 people infected…
GPs call for partners to receive same pay rise as salaried colleagues
The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) in England should negotiate a pay rise for all…
NHS England’s media briefings caused rise in complaints against GPs, say doctors
GP leaders have demanded that NHS England and NHS Improvement apologise and retract any communications…
Pandemic communications: follow the science but lead with psychology
The evolving pandemic has exposed weaknesses in our society. This is particularly obvious in countries…
Covid-19 could prompt an end to our continued betrayal of childhood
Our children have some of the worst outcomes in the developed world for health, education,…
How can I ask a colleague to work my Christmas shift?
“I don’t need a sob story”Simon Fleming, orthopaedic registrar, says, “This feels like a confession,…
Engineering masks that are fit for all
The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a headline generating problem from the…
Vaccinating the UK against covid-19
The global covid-19 pandemic has led to over 50 000 deaths in the UK, disrupted…
Sixty seconds on . . . NHS reserves
Running about in camouflage gear at the weekend?No, silly, that’s NHS army reservists. We’re talking…
Investigation into baby’s death reveals “20 year cover-up” of failures
The UK government has apologised for “shocking and harrowing” mistakes in the care of a…
New rule allows US government to execute prisoners by means other than lethal injection
A new rule created by the Trump administration will allow the US federal government to…
Covid-19: UK government asks regulator to assess Oxford vaccine as questions are raised over interim data
The UK government has asked the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to evaluate…
Covid-19: GPs have “stepped up” in time of national crisis, says profession’s leader
GPs have gone the extra mile to support their patients during the covid-19 pandemic and…
Covid-19: What Sweden taught Scandinavia for the second wave
More than half a year since the pandemic began, the Public Health Agency of Sweden…
Judge criticises NHS trust for delaying legal request to carry out elective caesarean on woman with severe learning disabilities
A High Court judge has criticised a London NHS trust for leaving it until the…
Ethnic minority doctors are less likely than white colleagues to report workplace improvements during pandemic
Doctors from ethic minority groups were less likely than white colleagues to experience improved team…
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Covid-19: NHS will get {pound}3bn of “recovery” funding to tackle pandemic fallout
The NHS will receive an additional £3bn (€3.4bn; $4bn) next year to help services recover…
Scotland becomes first country to provide free period products
Period products will be obtainable free of charge in Scotland for every person who needs…
GP is struck off for alleged sexual assault of which jury acquitted him
A GP has been struck off the UK medical register for an alleged sexual assault…
Partha Kar: Delivering covid vaccine—a team effort
Ripples of hope have emerged in recent weeks, with the possibility of a working covid-19…
David Oliver: Should we bring the curtain down on NHS social media performances?
Should anyone care if NHS staff post a few loosely choreographed dances on TikTok, a…
The curious case of the Danish mask study
DANMASK-19, the first trial of mask use during covid-19, was “negative.” Masks didn’t work. We…
Doctors welcome report’s call for universities to tackle racism
The BMA has welcomed a report offering practical guidance to UK universities on tackling racial…
Painful nasal and oral lesions
A man in his 60s presented with painful erythematous plaques and vesicles on the right…
Sarita Rai Gurung
bmj;371/nov25_19/m4520/FAF1faSarita Rai Gurung moved to the UK in 2004 to start as a clinical observer…
James Finbarr (Barry) Cullen
bmj;371/nov25_18/m4515/FAF1faJames Finbarr Cullen (“Barry”) was one of the great names in ophthalmology, although he would…
James Charteris Lea Rawes
bmj;371/nov25_17/m4526/FAF1faJames Charteris Lea Rawes was the middle son of three children. He, his older sister,…
Malcolm Keene
bmj;371/nov25_16/m4524/FAF1faMalcolm Keene trained as an ENT surgeon at University College and the Middlesex hospitals and…
Vincent Hong
bmj;371/nov25_15/m4523/FAF1faVincent Hong was an industrious, passionate, and highly principled doctor, who lived guided by his…
Michael Allbeson
bmj;371/nov25_14/m4513/FAF1faMichael Allbeson (“Mike”) was humane, irreverent, inspiring, and occasionally exasperating. He was also a bibliophile,…
Priadel: bipolar drug will remain on market after new price is agreed by government
Priadel, a brand of lithium widely used to treat bipolar disorder, will remain on the…
Shining a light on wellbeing
bmj;371/nov25_12/m4565/FAF1faAs fears grow for the mental health of people forced to endure winter in lockdown,…
Scientific divisions on covid-19: time for open debate
McKee and Stuckler, two notable policy analysts, present their personal view that scientific splits on…
Government pledges shorter appraisals for doctors as part of drive to cut bureaucracy
The government has said it wants shorter appraisals for doctors as part of its drive…
Covid-19: Government was too slow to respond to ventilator shortages, say MPs
The NHS managed to provide care for all patients affected by covid-19 who needed ventilators…
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
This endoscopy image (fig 1) shows multiple gastric polyps (white arrows) in a man in…
England set to open specialist surgical mesh removal centres in April
A network of specialist surgical mesh removal centres is to be set up around England,…
Trainees call for transparency over raised pass marks for Royal College of Surgeons exam
Over 1300 doctors have signed a petition voicing concerns over changes to the Membership of…
Association between neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for lower limb revascularisation surgery in adults and clinical outcomes: population based comparative effectiveness study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the associations between neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia and clinical outcomes, length of…