How losing a sense of belonging damages healthcare
“Where are you from” is a question I’m often asked. There was a time when…
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Covid-19 taskforce called for a new national vaccine agency to prepare for future pandemics
The UK needs a permanent ecosystem for rapidly developing, manufacturing, and supplying vaccines for future…
Covid-19 taskforce called for a new national vaccine agency to prepare for future pandemics
The UK needs a permanent ecosystem for rapidly developing, manufacturing, and supplying vaccines for future…
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Bridging the equity gap towards inclusive artificial intelligence in healthcare diagnostics
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are paving the way for innovations in how healthcare…
Bridging the equity gap towards inclusive artificial intelligence in healthcare diagnostics
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are paving the way for innovations in how healthcare…
The twin model: decolonising research and knowledge sharing through equitable collaborations
Helicopter or parachute research in global collaborations in medicine is a long standing and concerning…
Anthony Epstein: pathologist and virologist who jointly discovered the Epstein-Barr virus
bmj;384/feb29_14/q515/FAF1faIn March 1961 a lunchtime talk by Irish “bush surgeon” Dennis Burkitt at the Middlesex…
Refocusing the health and care system: workforce implications
The King’s Fund has recently published a major report calling for a wholesale refocusing of…
The NHS founding principles: we have known for a long time that ill health is linked to external causes
In the first report from the BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS, Crisp…
The impact of housing instability on health and other research
Prescribe comes before a fallDoes prescribing opioids in older people increase their risk of having…
NICE’s clarification of its approach to perspective in response to letter by Brendbekken and Bhopal
Brendbekken and Bhopal1 ask if the growth of high cost gene therapies should motivate the…
Tackling contraceptive misinformation on social media
The involvement of social media in healthcare messaging is becoming increasingly prevalent. The effect on…
Seven days in medicine: 21-27 February
MeaslesInfection continues to spread in EnglandA further 60 laboratory confirmed measles cases were recorded in…
Exposure-response associations between chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and risks of hospital admission for major cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study
In this paper by Wei and colleagues (BMJ 2024;384:e076939, doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076939) the colour coding in the…
Eating disorders: Targets fail to improve children’s access to treatment, warn psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has called for more investment in children’s eating disorders services…
Added benefit and revenues of oncology drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency between 1995 and 2020: retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate the added benefit and revenues of oncology drugs, explore their association, and investigate…
Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the existing meta-analytic evidence of associations between exposure to ultra-processed foods, as defined…
Reasons to avoid ultra-processed foods
Hundreds of epidemiological studies and meta-analyses have reported associations between ultra-processed food consumption and adverse…
Linda Beecham: a love of the arts, the BMA, and The BMJ
bmj;384/feb28_10/q481/FAF1faWere you lucky enough over the past 40 years to have a hot ticket for…
John Launer: Preventing a mismatch of agendas
Some time ago I received a hospital appointment that I wasn’t expecting. I’d seen the…
We need to engage people before they become patients
Morgan’s opinion piece “Do we still really need doctors?” is a thought provoking commentary on…
Helen Salisbury: Blurring the boundaries of the medical profession
The updated 2024 version of the General Medical Council’s guidance document Good Medical Practice came…
Bronx medical students to receive free tuition after $1bn donation
A billion dollar gift will make medical education tuition free for more than 700 students…
The importance of British Sign Language
My son failed his newborn hearing screening, but further tests told us he was able…
Changing policy landscape around elder abuse in England and Wales
Abuse of older people is a global public health problem.1 In 2021, the World Health…
The NHS is failing deaf people
Deaf people have long experienced inequitable healthcare, and the linked account by parent Kirsten Abioye…
The BBC should not normalise practices that harm babies
The nation’s favourite television programme, Call the Midwife, is rightly proud of its close attention…
Pledge to boost medical training places rings hollow, say leaders
Medical leaders have voiced concerns about the pace of the government’s pledge to boost medical…
Osler’s valediction: how might physicians contribute to the effort to postpone human extinction?
In August 2023 the editors of 11 leading medical and health journals called for the…
Scotland’s health visitor investment is improving child health and easing pressure on services
Urgent action is needed to tackle worsening health in children under 5 in the UK,…
Regression discontinuity design studies: a guide for health researchers
Everyday medical practice is largely shaped by evidence from clinical research activities, such as understanding…
Professionalism in 2024: today’s doctors shouldn’t be held to outdated ideas
Professionalism is a term that most healthcare professionals are familiar with, but defining it can…
How to respond when asked where you’re ‘really from’
Fight for acceptance, not toleranceNarut Pakunwanich, academic foundation doctor, interventional neuropsychiatry group, School of Clinical…
Gaza: Excess deaths could exceed 85 000, researchers predict
If the war against Hamas continues its current path or escalates the number of excess…
Nearly half US states limit or ban access to gender affirming care for adolescents, finds report
Some 23 of the 50 US states limit or ban adolescents’ access to gender affirming…
Junior doctors in England strike for 10th time as pay dispute rumbles on
The dispute over pay between the government and junior doctors in England saw its 10th…
Sponge-on-a-string test replaces need for endoscopy in eight in 10 reflux patients
Eight out of 10 patients who underwent a capsule sponge test for Barrett’s oesophagus did…
New isotretinoin legislation is based on misinformation
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA’s) new legislation around the prescription of…
South Korea: Striking junior doctors are threatened with arrest and suspension
Leaders of a rapidly escalating junior doctors’ strike in South Korea have been threatened with…
Dengue fever: Brazil rushes out vaccine as climate change fuels unprecedented surge
Health authorities in Brazil are rushing out limited supplies of a recently approved vaccine as…
Scalpels and spotlights: bringing theatre to the theatre
Stepping into the rehearsal space at the National Theatre in London felt like being back…
Management of chronic pancreatitis
ABSTRACTChronic pancreatitis results from repeated episodes of pancreatic inflammation and associated fibrosis leading to the…
Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study
The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side…
Changes to the UK foundation programme add further challenges for doctors pursuing clinical academic careers
The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) recently announced major changes to the specialised foundation programme…
Gaza: “No health system left,” says MSF
The healthcare system in Gaza is no longer functioning, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières has…
Nancy Patricia McLean
bmj;384/feb23_8/q391/FAF1faNancy Patricia Cruikshank met her future husband, Ken McLean, in Freshers’ Week. She lost a…
Kenneth McLean
bmj;384/feb23_7/q388/FAF1faKenneth McLean (“Ken”) met his future wife, Nancy Patricia Cruikshank, in freshers’ week. As a…
Rosemary Doddington
bmj;384/feb23_6/q459/FAF1faRosemary Doddington was born near Great Yarmouth. Her father was a school caretaker and she…
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Jennifer Ann Salisbury
bmj;384/feb23_5/q465/FAF1faJennifer Salisbury was born in Barnsley, south Yorkshire, and studied medicine at Newnham College, Cambridge,…
Paul Anthony Edmund Hurst
bmj;384/feb23_4/q460/FAF1faA memorial service was held at All Saints’, Laughton, on 7 October 2023 for Paul…