Covid-19: Up to 2% of hospital patients acquired infection after being admitted
Between 95 000 and 167 000 patients are estimated to have caught covid-19 in England’s…
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Doctors’ strikes: Government agrees to hold talks with consultants
The UK government has agreed to hold talks with consultants’ leaders in a bid to…
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Why there is new hope for the care of chronic diseases in Africa
Inequity has always been one of the biggest health concerns in African countries. For decades,…
Florida loses legal battle to keep covid data secret
The state government of Ron DeSantis in Florida, which manipulated covid data to show deaths…
Spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowImmediately contact the MSCC coordinator if a person with a past…
The not-so-average 70 kg man
I welcome Steuernagel and colleagues’ review of sex and gender bias in cardiovascular research1—a poignant…
Stroke patients should be offered at least 15 hours of rehabilitation a week, NICE advises
People who have had a stroke should be offered at least three hours of rehabilitation…
Doctors googling patients is a commonly broken taboo
Priya* is a foundation doctor working for a London NHS trust. Last year she worked…
Charity accuses minister of backtracking over community liver scan pledge
The British Liver Trust has accused the government of reneging on its pledge to introduce…
Implementing Labour’s NHS plans requires leaders to think and act creatively
With a general election in prospect, and opinion polls showing the Labour Party well ahead…
Sexual and reproductive healthcare must be disability inclusive
In May this year, G7 leaders made an unusually political statement denouncing the “well coordinated…
The role of programming code sharing in improving the transparency of medical research
Abbasi says that the importance of sharing data and code from research is obvious.1 As…
A practical strategy for increasing representation of women in research
Abbasi says that the under-representation of women and ethnic minorities in clinical research is “nothing…
Scarlett McNally: Using clear information as a patient and surgeon
I wore a wig for a year after I had a stem cell transplant. The…
Alcohol treatment services should target health inequalities, say draft guidelines
Clinical services for people with alcohol dependency should focus on equitable access and personalised treatment…
BMA chief urges prime minister to engage in strike talks
The BMA’s chair of council, Philip Banfield, has urged Rishi Sunak to accept consultants’ invitation…
We need better care for long covid and ME/CFS
As a patient with severe long covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), I was pleased to…
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail: the decline of life support training for medical trainees
In 2021, Health Education England removed advanced life support as a mandatory component of foundation…
Linda Cardozo: energetic urogynaecologist and researcher whose focus was on women’s health
bmj;383/oct17_6/p2378/FAF1faIn 2014 Linda Cardozo, the UK’s first professor of urogynaecology, received an OBE. Cardozo was…
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Long covid: Researchers “extremely angry” at Boris Johnson’s “bollocks” comment
Clinicians who led research on long covid from early on in the pandemic and who…
Basic income is a popular idea, but small pilots cannot produce generalisable evidence
In June 2023, the thinktank Autonomy announced a proposal for England’s first ever pilot of…
Paramedics and net zero: There is much more we can do to decarbonise our fleet
Although the role of a paramedic is increasingly diverse, most of this profession will have…
How do I prepare for a non-resident on-call shift?
Be ready to leave in a hurryBenjamin Millette, consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthetics,…
Kindness: treating others the way you’d like to be treated
“At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they…
Gaza: Israel’s hospital evacuation orders are “death sentence for the sick,” says WHO
The World Health Organization has condemned Israel’s repeated orders to evacuate 22 hospitals in northern…
Doctors should be competent, curious, and not unkind
Doctors need to be competent and curious. They must not be unkind. But to stipulate…
Kindness: a subjective ideal
McCartney highlights the situations in which kindness is not as simple as being interpersonally pleasant…
Desflurane: Action across Europe is needed to reduce the use of carbon emitting anaesthetic, says expert
A public health expert in Italy has called for a Europe-wide study into the unjustified…
Diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis
What you need to knowVisceral leishmaniasis can cause prolonged fever, massive splenomegaly, peripheral cytopenias, diffuse…
Managing visceral leishmaniasis
What you need to know?Aim to cure the patient, reduce the risk of relapse and…
Sixty seconds on . . . hash brownies
They’re so good—pass me anotherAre you sure? All things in moderation.Lighten up, they’re only littleYes,…
Covid-19: Confusion around vaccination during pregnancy likely to have contributed to deaths of 27 women in the UK
Pregnant women are being urged to get the covid vaccine after an expert group found…
Vaping: UK wide consultation launched in bid to reduce use by children and young people
The government has launched a UK wide consultation on proposals aimed at reducing vape use…
David Oliver: Did the Labour conference offer hope for the future of health and social care?
From 1997 to 2010 the Blair/Brown Labour government saw sustained improvements in the NHS. By…
Promises, promises: what to make of Labour’s and the Tories’ health pledges
Waiting timesIn his keynote speech to his party’s conference in Liverpool on 10 October, the…
GPs can refer patients with low back pain to apps, says NICE
GPs can offer patients with non-specific low back pain access to digital apps to help…
Leadership roles in US surgery lack diversity, study finds
Surgical department leaders in the US do not reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity…
Sharp Scratch episode 93: Baptism of fire
In this episode of Sharp Scratch we talk about all the daunting and worrying feelings…
What are the chances of having a second epileptic seizure?
The studyNeligan A, Adan G, Nevitt SJ, et al. Prognosis of adults and children following…
“Stopping the start”—new tobacco control measures for England
On 4 October 2023 the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced his intention to introduce…
Prevention schemes are failing to achieve their potential, say experts
Efforts to prevent ill health have stalled and are failing to help reduce demand on…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—12 October 2023
Terminating antiDRhesus immunoglobulin (Rho(D), anti-D), has been a game changer for Rh negative pregnant women….
UTIs: NHS awareness campaign aims to cut hospital admissions
A campaign to advise older patients and their carers how to reduce the risk of…
French doctors’ morale is at its lowest point as industrial actions mount
“Even though there have been crises before, I’m convinced that doctors and other healthcare workers…
Diagnosis of venous thromboembolic diseases in people with covid-19: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowThe current pathway for diagnosing pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis,…
Breathlessness after a central line
A woman in her 30s developed acute respiratory distress and persistent hypotension in the minutes…
{-}Martha’s rule: an undeniable right to a second medical opinion
The reason that Martha’s rule has an unstoppable momentum is that everyone who has worked…
Recreational drugs and CVD . . . and other stories
Recreational drug use and acute cardiovascular eventsMore than 10% of people admitted to coronary care…
The surrogacy trade: proliferating bans and an opportunistic industry raise a worrying health risk
It is March 2023, and in the Tblisi office of BeParent, a commercial surrogacy agency…
A serpiginous plaque on the flank
A man in his 40s presented with acute, severe, burning pain and a rash on…