Maintaining independence in older adults
Maintaining independence (“ageing in place”) is a priority for older adults, their care providers, and…
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How to make the most of your ophthalmology placement
The demand for ophthalmology services in the UK is eye wateringly high. In the past…
US abortions reached record high in 2023 despite legal restrictions, though access varies
There were more than a million abortions in 2023 in the formal US healthcare system,…
Hypertriglyceridaemia and abdominal pain
A woman in her 60s presented with a two day history of abdominal pain and…
Future roles, responsibilities, and rewards
Doctors’ purchasing power has fallen over the past 15 years, a fact not lost on…
Sleep and type 2 diabetes . . . and other stories
Sleep, diet, and type 2 diabetesCompared with people who slept seven to eight hours each…
Ivor Browne: “visionary and radical” psychiatrist
bmj;384/mar20_15/q702/FAF1faIvor Browne, professor emeritus of psychiatry at University College Dublin, was best known for his…
Early PPROM: women and babies who should not be lost in the system
Maternity services in the UK are rightly under public scrutiny. Mothers in the UK are…
Drug company and former director are convicted of submitting falsified data to MHRA
The drug company Kappin and its former director Kamlesh Vaghjiani have been successfully prosecuted for…
Children’s voices must be included in policy development to mitigate society’s betrayal of children
Abbasi’s assertion of “society’s betrayal of children, their health, and our future” and the appalling…
Flora Dale
bmj;384/mar20_10/q628/FAF1faFlora Dale came from a farming family but chose a career in medicine. She trained…
Physician associates: NHS leader accuses BMA of getting discussion wrong
The BMA has taken the wrong approach when raising “legitimate concerns” around physician associates, the…
Social care problems left unsolved despite government promises, say MPs
The social care sector has been brought “to its knees” with severe staffing shortages, rising…
RSV: Paediatricians call on government to expedite infant vaccination programme
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has called on the UK government not…
Premature ovarian insufficiency
What you need to knowDiagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is based on menstrual disturbance…
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Helen Salisbury: Ensuring the safety of physician associates’ practice
Since 2015 the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has hosted the Faculty of Physician Associates….
US hospitals face collapse as cyberattack on UnitedHealth cuts revenue streams
The US government has announced an investigation into one of America’s leading health insurers, UnitedHealth,…
Rammya Mathew: Could artificial intelligence be the key to transforming general practice?
In the recent budget Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the exchequer, announced £3.4bn of additional capital…
Colin MacKay
bmj;384/mar19_7/q646/FAF1faThe death of Colin MacKay has taken from us one of the few remaining individuals…
How climate change is changing vaccination planning
2023 was a milestone year. Every major climate agency pronounced it the hottest ever recorded,…
Physician associates in the UK: some fundamental questions that need answers now
Healthcare in the UK is facing a crisis. At issue is the creation of new…
Little change in ethnic diversity in top roles at NHS trusts in England
There were more people from ethnic minority backgrounds in executive and senior managerial roles in…
We need medical leadership built on trust
Trust is central to the practice of medicine, but recent events have shown it to…
The BMJ Editorial Scholar 2024/2025
Are you a medical student interested in learning how a medical journal is run? Do…
Medical associates: the introduction of PAs, ANPs, and ACPs is creating new challenges for doctors on rotational training
The addition of new clinical staff on hospital wards is welcome. The steady introduction of…
Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the government’s 2024 priorities
Since its launch in 2022, the Women’s Health Strategy for England has made important progress…
Whistleblower surgeon is awarded {pound}430 000 after career is destroyed
A whistleblowing surgeon who told an employment tribunal that his life had been destroyed after…
Information gaps in England’s independent healthcare sector
At the beginning of 2024, 7.6 million people were on NHS waiting lists in England.1…
Mary Ann Matthews
bmj;384/mar19_3/q648/FAF1faMary Ann Matthews was born into a family who lived by their Christian beliefs, so…
Bill Coode
bmj;384/mar19_2/q644/FAF1faBill Coode died in service. He died looking after the patients he cared for, working…
John Armitage Southam
bmj;384/mar19_1/q653/FAF1faJohn Armitage Southam worked as an anatomy demonstrator at the University of Manchester. He was…
A day in the life of a medical student from Ukraine
You have just set off from home to attend your placement or to meet your…
ONS refines method to estimate excess deaths
As the UK emerges from the ravages of the pandemic, the Office for National Statistics…
Switching from disposable to reusable PPE
What you need to knowGlobally, demand for PPE is rising, despite a recent decrease relative…
BMA demands inquiry into use of physician associates on medical rotas
The BMA has urged the government to launch an independent inquiry into hospitals’ use of…
Peter McGuffin: psychiatrist and researcher who set out to find better ways of defining severe mental illness
bmj;384/mar18_12/q649/FAF1faPhoto credit: King’s College LondonThere was always something different about Peter McGuffin, professor of psychiatric…
Long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are overlapping conditions
Ladds and colleagues’ practice pointer explores the complexities of post-viral cognitive symptoms and provides guidance…
Evidence based exercise prescriptions in primary care
Noetel and colleagues’ study provides compelling evidence supporting the effectiveness of various exercise modalities in…
Sixty seconds on . . . ChatGPT and medical exams
Chat to a GP?No, this is about artificial intelligence rather than human interaction. A new…
Tackling poverty should have equal priority with lowering waiting lists, says King’s Fund
Poverty is taking a heavy toll on the UK’s health and NHS services, and tackling…
Doctors’ industrial action: in search of an endgame
To those, like me, who lived through the miners’ strike in South Yorkshire in the…
Gaza: BMA calls for urgent investigation into mistreatment of doctors
The BMA has called for an urgent investigation into reports that doctors and other healthcare…
The impact of response times on effect of thrombolysis and other research
Waiting for thrombo(lysis)One of the many terrifying aspects of our healthcare system that we seem…
End of life: Ombudsman calls for better training on DNACPR conversations
Doctors and nurses should have better training on end-of-life conversations, England’s health ombudsman has said….
Hypothyroidism . . . and other stories
Subclinical hypothyroidismDon’t be in a hurry to diagnose or treat older adults suspected of having…
Unilateral skin eruptions
A woman in her 40s, with a history of bronchial asthma and hypertension, presented with…
A parrot’s beak in the lumbar spine
This computed tomography (CT) scan shows the spine of a man in his 50s who…
Even short periods of diabetes remission are linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke
The studyDambha-Miller H, Hounkpatin HO, Stuart B, Farmer A, Griffin S. Type 2 diabetes remission…
How general practice is paying for the cost-of-living crisis
“I’ve got one patient—the benefits she gets only cover her rent and bills. She has…
Colin Walker: early pioneer of neonatal intensive care who developed national database for newborn infants
bmj;384/mar13_13/q635/FAF1faWhen paediatrician Colin Walker began his career, the care of frail newborns consisted of little…