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ADHD: how can the NHS deliver better provision?
We are pleased that the conference of local medical committees carried Lucy Clement’s motion calling…
Category: BMJ
US states that ban abortion have had nearly 65 000 pregnancies from rape, data show
An estimated 64 565 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 US states with…
Mark Mortimer Crosse
bmj;384/jan26_9/q192/FAF1faMark Mortimer Crosse was born in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, the second of four sons of…
Michael Hall
bmj;384/jan26_8/q194/FAF1faMichael Hall and his wife, Ann, retired to the Isle of Wight four years ago;…
Consultants in England narrowly reject pay deal
The BMA has urged ministers to put forward an improved pay offer for consultants in…
Carissa Etienne: erstwhile leader of PAHO and WHO who transformed public health in the Caribbean
bmj;384/jan26_6/q199/FAF1faCarissa Faustina Etienne was born in the Dutch Caribbean Island of Curaçao to Antoine Joseph…
Mental Health Act must be overhauled to tackle racial inequalities, say psychiatrists
Proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act must be enacted without delay to tackle the…
New advances in type 1 diabetes
ABSTRACTType 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition resulting in insulin deficiency and eventual loss of…
Assessment of level of consciousness using Glasgow Coma Scale tools
What you need to knowThe Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a well known tool to…
Anthony Eisinger: innovative nephrologist who established a centre of excellence in renal medicine
bmj;384/jan26_2/q190/FAF1faGrandees from the then regional health authority, the Renal Association, central government, and the Department…
Myalgic encephalomyelitis: Charities complain about Dragons’ Den featuring claims about ear seeds
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) charities and support groups have complained about “misleading and potentially…
Treatments for cough and common cold in children
What you need to knowUpper respiratory tract infections are common, self-limiting illnesses that resolve without…
STIs: Rise in young people follows decade of cuts to sexual health service, MPs hear
A government strategy on sexual health is needed to tackle the rising incidence of sexually…
Does the NHS have a productivity problem?
Health service productivity matters for the whole economy. Healthcare spending, both governmental and non-governmental, consumed…
Prisoners with severe mental health needs are too often isolated, say monitoring boards
A lack of secure mental health beds in the community means that many prisoners in…
Physicians’ associates: why we need a pause and an urgent review
A footballer knows their job. Where to stand, what to do with the ball, and…
Gaza-Israel conflict: Hundreds of medics are killed or arrested after intense attacks on healthcare facilities
Since hostilities between Israel and Gaza began on 7 October 138 Palestinian and nine Israeli…
Junior doctors in England to be reballotted over strike action
The BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee for England has announced that it will reballot its members…
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Ann Robinson’s research reviews—25 January 2024
Breast cancer: treatment and screening improve survivalBreast cancer survival has improved hugely since 1975. But…
Patients with the greatest need have least continuity of care
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s findings vividly show the perils of lack of continuity…
A baby with a scalp plaque
This iodine stained, circular, and tender plaque covered with broken hairs and multiple pustules developed…
Data to knowledge to improvement: creating the learning health system
Despite an increased focus on quality improvement in healthcare over the past 50 years, many…
The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: IMF austerity policies are strangling healthcare systems in the Global South
A typical day for volunteer nurse Martha, one of only two healthcare workers at a…
Birthrate bombs . . . and other stories
PhaeochromocytomasIn the past, many cases of phaeochromocytoma came to light only during postmortem examination. A…
The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: Gaza’s mothers and babies need your help
bmj;384/jan25_5/q172/FAF1faAshraf Amra/Anadolu/GettyThis baby in an incubator at al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in the Gaza strip’s central…
An exquisitely painful fingertip lesion
A woman in her 50s presented with a five year history of a painful, slightly…
Essential workers during covid-19: how quickly we forget
There were many heroes during the covid-19 pandemic. Not only did the majority not wear…
Covid-19: Doctors instruct law firm in bid for compensation after developing long covid
A group of doctors with long covid are preparing to launch a class action for…
Caroline Richmond: formidable science journalist, quack busting campaigner, and obituarist
bmj;384/jan25_1/q163/FAF1faThe 1987 Christmas edition of The BMJ featured a hilarious spoof by the outspoken and…
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics: Prescribe only as last resort, says UK regulator
Doctors should prescribe fluoroquinolones only where no other antibiotics are appropriate for use, the UK’s…
Austen Joseph Moore
bmj;384/jan24_9/q154/FAF1faAusten Joseph Moore was the first in his family—and in his school—to go to university….
Edwin Anthony Slater
bmj;384/jan24_8/q141/FAF1faEdwin Anthony W Slater, affectionately known as Tony, was a much respected and very well…
Lola Ethel Barnett
bmj;384/jan24_7/q151/FAF1faIn 1938, aged 12, Lola Zloczower (later changed to Owers) fled Hamburg with her mother…
David Oliver: Social media’s false polarisation is no good for balanced NHS discussion
With the ongoing doctors’ strikes in England, nursing unions re-escalating their own campaign on pay,…
Statins
What you need to knowStatins are the first choice of therapy for hypercholesterolaemia and/or mixed…
Helen Salisbury: Primary care networks in a tangle
When primary care networks (PCNs) were first set up in 2019 they were envisaged as…
Without progressive reforms, the future of Chile’s healthcare system remains bleak
On 17 December 2023 the Chilean people rejected the proposal for a new constitution for…
Fragmented care is failing people with type 1 diabetes related eating disorders, inquiry finds
People with eating disorders related to type 1 diabetes are being failed by systemic flaws…
Give GPs their old jobs back
I agree with McNally about improving the health of older people, but there are two…
Gastroenterologist who was struck off for false pay claims reȷoins GMC register after “ȷourney of remediation”
A doctor who was struck off the UK medical register for making false pay claims…
Matt Morgan: Do we still really need doctors?
Patients can now travel through health systems without ever meeting or needing a doctor. If…
Scarlett McNally: Preventing obesity is different from curing it—and even more urgent
The body positivity movement rightly states that every person should live without judgment, shame, or…
Artificial pancreases for type 1 diabetes: Better access is “watershed moment”—but delivery is key
“People say it’s the closest thing to living without diabetes. They just feel so relieved…
US ethnic minority children get worse healthcare, research finds
Researchers have called for broad reform to many aspects of US life and healthcare after…
Spain remains world leader in organ donation for 32 consecutive years
Spain performed 5861 organ transplants, or 122.1 per million population, in 2023, which is 9%…
Early deaths from cardiovascular disease reach 14 year high in England
The British Heart Foundation has described the rise of premature deaths in England caused by…
Yemen conflict “spells disaster for civilians,” say aid agencies
Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen is likely to worsen the humanitarian crisis in…
From shame to solidarity: how we can reverse harmful narratives on period stigma
Every day more than 300 million people are menstruating across the world,1 yet so many…
Strike escalation and seasonal pressures create perfect storm for the NHS
New year, same industrial dispute. We were just three days into 2024 when junior doctors…
Reforming the WHO regional director elections: an opportunity to restore trust
Despite the polycrisis confronting our world, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres counsels, we must rebuild…