Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine to be available privately at pharmacy chain Boots from April
High street pharmacy chain Boots will start providing a private covid-19 vaccine service in England…
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Frontiers’ ȷournals saw large scale retractions—where does that leave the publisher’s reputation with researchers?
In September 2023 Frontiers—one of the world’s largest open access scientific publishers, with a stable…
One in two may be prepared to pay more for NHS through taxation, survey shows
Nearly half (48%) of respondents to a survey that has found record low public satisfaction…
Involve doctors in NHS purchasing decisions to get best value care, say MPs
The NHS should involve doctors in decisions about buying medical goods and equipment so that…
The GMC’s future vision for medical training must be challenged
On 12 March the General Medical Council (GMC) published Our Vision for the Future of…
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John Launer: Why we should all #sayhellotopatients
I’ve just had some imaging done at a hospital I attend. I had to wait…
Covid remembered in NHS portraits
bmj;384/mar26_17/q741/FAF1faStockport CouncilExperiences of working through the pandemic in Stockport have been captured in portraits of…
Ultra-processed foods and adverse health outcomes: other approaches and evidence needed to prove genuine causal effect
The association between consumption of ultra-processed food and adverse health outcomes seems to be established.1…
Hasan Khurshid Mazhari
bmj;384/mar26_14/q753/FAF1faHasan Khurshid Mazhari moved from his native India to the UK in 1973. He moved…
David Lindsay Maxwell
bmj;384/mar26_13/q750/FAF1faDavid Lindsay Maxwell was born in Nairn, Scotland, the eldest son of a Black Watch…
Consultant erased in 2011 is allowed back on the medical register at his third attempt
A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist has been allowed back on the medical register on his…
Charity calls for Scottish government to increase access to diabetes technology
Pressure is mounting on NHS Scotland to speed up the delivery of medical technology for…
Centralising human resources paperwork would improve rotational training
Best’s article highlights eight ways in which rotational training could be improved.1 I strongly support…
Medical apprenticeships: using longitudinal integrated clerkships to tackle concerns of education and training
Lynn’s article clarifies what is known about the development of medical apprenticeships.1 Little is currently…
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Our leaders must urgently implement comprehensive policies to reduce harm caused by homelessness
Homelessness is a global public health issue, and in many countries the number of homeless…
Helen Salisbury: Practising at the top of your licence
Doctors in every branch of practice grumble about time wasted trying to fix malfunctioning printers…
Scarlett McNally: Retrofitting simple education into the NHS
I competed in a karate competition recently and found it a bit like surgery: you…
Marmot Places: the areas taking a proactive local approach to health inequalities
Yorkshire GP Hasantha Jayasinghe knows exactly what health inequality looks like. He sees it in…
Northern Ireland’s government faces UK’s longest list of health woes
Healthcare is the largest public service in all UK nations1 and a totemic symbol of…
Air quality near new schools in England is “alarmingly poor,” say researchers
The air quality around planned new schools in England has been described as “alarmingly poor”…
Transgender care: doctors are advised to return to “ordinary best practice”
Doctors have been urged to return to “ordinary best practice” involving non-medicalised methods such as…
Virologist who was fired from research laboratory in Canada over security threat resurfaces in China
A distinguished virologist who was fired from Canada’s most secure government laboratory and stripped of…
Type 1 diabetes: Randox removes adverts after claims that it was using fear to sell genetic test
The diagnostics company Randox Health has removed advertisements for its type 1 diabetes genetic test…
Supporting health can help to boost employment
The rise in the number of people claiming disability and health related benefits is unlikely…
Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline
More than 100 world leaders have come together to push negotiators to finalise a global…
UK foundation programme: Why are some trainees so unhappy with the new allocation system?
On 8 March medical students were told which deanery they’d be working under from August,…
Effectiveness and safety of drugs for obesity
AbstractRecent publicity around the use of new antiobesity medications (AOMs) has focused the attention of…
Why I . . . am a cricket umpire
Rodger Charlton is known as the “Spin Doctor” by members of his local village cricket…
Dry eye disease management
What you need to knowDry eye disease is a highly prevalent chronic ocular conditionThe mainstays…
RCP members vote to limit physician associate roles amid calls for president to resign
Members and fellows of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have voted overwhelmingly to limit…
Sixty seconds on . . . pig kidney transplants
What’s this all about?Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has announced the world’s first successful transplantation…
New allocation system for foundation training leaves doctors demoralised before they’ve even started work
Earlier this month, I was among the first cohort of medical students to be assigned…
Whooping cough: over 3000 cases reported in Czech Republic so far this year
The Czech Republic is experiencing a serious outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough,…
Jane Mitchell
bmj;384/mar22_8/q697/FAF1faJane Higson was born in Stockton-on-Tees. Her parents were both chemistry graduates and she followed…
Bernard Stephen Jenkins
bmj;384/mar22_7/q695/FAF1faBernard Stephen Jenkins (“Stephen”), one of identical twins, was born in Croydon to Reverend Bernard…
John Holman Bentley Williams
bmj;384/mar22_6/q700/FAF1faJohn Holman Bentley Williams was born in Eastbourne, where his father was a GP. He…
Ian Peter Hine
Ian Peter Hine was born in in Blackpool but educated at Kent College after his…
Government criticised over failure to implement patient safety recommendations
Experts have rebuked the government for failing to implement accepted patient safety recommendations—some nearly a…
Caring is the invisible piece of the stroke recovery puzzle
In early 2008 my mum had a severe stroke. She was left with hemiparesis and…
Long waits in child mental health are a “ticking time bomb” regulator warns
Underfunding and a shortage of staff are creating long waits for children and young people…
Stroke rehabilitation in adults: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowStroke rehabilitation total therapy time should be based on the person’s…
Senile non-rheumatic mitral valve calcification
This is the chest radiograph of a woman in her late 80s with a history…
Doctors’ pay should reflect the cost of where they live and work, say experts
Doctors need to be paid to live and work where they are needed, BMA negotiators…
French government looks to immigration to help plug health workers gap, but candidates are not always up to scratch
France’s government, like many across Europe,1 is turning to non-European Union (EU) trained doctors to…
Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo synthesise evidence of the effectiveness of community based complex interventions, grouped according to their…
Junior doctors in England back six more months of strike action over pay
Junior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted in favour (98%) of extending their mandate for…
“Broken” mental health services: government promises must be monitored
Rimmer highlights the perception that mental health services in the UK are failing.1 Services continue…
Mortality of anabolic steroids users and other research
Risks of anabolic steroidsThe new series of Gladiators is nearly over, although I didn’t get…
Health visitors provide essential support for children, mothers, and families
Those GPs of my generation (I qualified in 1982) will not be surprised by the…
US president expands government research into women’s health issues
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on 18 March that broadly expands the US…