Covid-19: Reinstate routine testing in hospitals to protect vulnerable patients, say charities
Charities representing vulnerable patients have called on the UK government to boost covid precautions in…
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Martha’s rule: the medical profession should embrace it
I agree with Robert Francis in your news analysis on Martha’s rule that we should…
David Oliver: Hunt’s call to cut time spent on NHS paperwork is a hypocritical soundbite
September saw newspaper reports of the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, asking government departments to report on…
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Is rehabilitation a solution to hospital discharge delays?
Recent data from NHS England show that inadequate access to rehabilitation is delaying medically fit…
The mosquito factory fighting disease
The stench of pond water is overwhelming. In this room in a nondescript warehouse, millions…
Northern Ireland: Over half of consultants want to cut their hours
Consistently heavy work pressures have led more than half (59%) of full time consultants in…
GMC clarifies intervention in UK Supreme Court case restricting scope of Montgomery duty of care to patients
We agree that the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of McCulloch versus Forth…
Andrew Diamond
bmj;383/oct10_10/p2312/FAF1faAndrew William Diamond was appointed as a consultant in anaesthesia at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, in…
Urine testing in elderly people—what about the negative predictive value?
Piggott and colleagues raise a valid point about high asymptomatic bacteriuria rates in elderly people…
Doctor apprenticeships in the UK—we need clarification
There is very little information currently available on the soon to be launched doctor apprenticeship…
Hepatitis C: Egypt makes “unprecedented progress” towards elimination
Egypt has become the first country to achieve “gold tier” status on the path to…
John Hanson Hall
John Hanson Hall was born in Stalybridge. His father went to war in 1939, and…
Peter Ian Adnitt
bmj;383/oct10_14/p2311/FAF1faPeter Ian Adnitt was driven throughout his career by a belief that he was here…
Howard Conway Evans
bmj;383/oct10_13/p2315/FAF1faThe Evans family are sad to announce the death of their beloved husband, father, grandfather,…
Martin Hartog
bmj;383/oct10_12/p2321/FAF1faMartin Hartog was born in Germany into a Jewish medical family who left the country…
Christine Miller
bmj;383/oct10_11/p2322/FAF1faChristine Miller made a unique but often unrecognised contribution to public health through her work…
No blame policy is not no blame culture
Mathew’s headline talks of the “limits of a no blame culture” but the text mentions…
Labour’s pledge to cut waiting lists relies on paying staff properly, says BMA
The Labour Party’s plan to clear England’s NHS backlog could be in jeopardy if doctors’…
Letby case: lack of parity in oversight or response
We agree with Dyer that the crimes committed by Lucy Letby raise important questions about…
Thousands killed in Afghanistan quake
bmj;383/oct10_4/p2333/FAF1faAimal Zahir/Xinhua/AlamyThe death toll from a series of earthquakes close to Herat in western Afghanistan…
Matt Morgan: Jumping the queue to make it smaller
The NHS waiting list in England reached 7.57 million at the end of June. It’s…
Calm under pressure: the stroke physician
Geriatrician and stroke physician Mark Barber is passionate about helping patients who have had a…
California gynaecologist accused of abusing hundreds of patients found dead before trial
George Tyndall, a former gynaecologist at the University of Southern California (USC) who faced allegations…
Nutrition could prevent or promote non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an opportunity for intervention
Key messagesNon-alcoholic fatty disease (NAFLD) is a public health issue strongly related to obesity and…
High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action
Nearly every country worldwide has experienced a steady rise in the prevalence of obesity across…
Challenges of obesity and type 2 diabetes require more attention to food environment
Over half of the global population will be living with overweight or obesity by 2035…
Letby case: NHS work should be externally reviewed regularly
I welcome Dobson’s call for organisational change in light of the Lucy Letby case.1 The…
Letby case: the public deserves the truth; whistleblowers deserve protection
Dobson discusses the Letby case and failures at the Countess of Chester Hospital.1 Having previously…
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US spends more than twice as much on health as similar countries for worse outcomes, finds report
The US spends twice as much on healthcare as comparable nations in the Organization for…
US public health agency recommends prophylactic doxycycline to reduce STIs
The US public health agency has proposed that the antibiotic doxycycline is used prophylactically in…
SAS and LE doctors need targeted support, says GMC
The UK’s rapidly growing number of specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors and “locally…
US drug companies will negotiate prices of 10 drugs while continuing to challenge the process
US pharmaceutical companies have agreed to negotiate the prices of 10 drugs with the federal…
Martha’s rule presents a unique opportunity for improving patient care
Much has been written recently about Martha’s rule—the proposal to allow patients in hospitals in…
Sixty seconds on . . . long cold
Don’t you mean long covid?No. It looks like ongoing symptoms in the aftermath of an…
Martha’s rule: a hospital escalation system to save patients’ lives
My daughter, Martha Mills, died a few days before her 14th birthday in the summer…
GLP-1 agonists linked to adverse gastrointestinal events in weight loss patients
The use of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for weight loss has been linked…
Early versus delayed antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: multicentre, open label, randomised, controlled trial
AbstractObjectivesTo compared the effect of early antihypertensive treatment started within 24-48 h of stroke onset…
Traffic may be as important as industrial farming for destroying wildlife
Health professionals have for years been campaigning on the climate crisis, but we have been…
When I use a word . . . Dinitrophenol? Don’t take it
A warningDinitrophenol, or more accurately 2,4-dinitrophenol, is a poisonous chemical that was originally used as…
Covid-19 inquiry: Ministers abandoned public health principles during pandemic, says BMA chief
The UK government “lost control” of the covid pandemic in its early stages through poor…
Balancing climate anxiety with hope: learning from collective climate activism
The climate emergency continues to progress with relentless severity.1 Every day brings news of further…
US dietary committee is plagued with “high risk conflicts of interest,” report finds
Nine out of 20 members of the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) have “high”…
How climate change is affecting child development
Rahul Rao, a student from Hyderabad, India, has had severe allergies and eczema since he…
Sharp Scratch episode 92: Being yourself at work
In this episode of Sharp Scratch, Charlotte, Kayode, and Maz delved back into the topic…
Communities in Northern Canada are feeling the health system implications of climate breakdown
In the northern regions of Canada the climate emergency is not just some distant worry…
Lessons on planetary health from traditional Quilombola communities of the Brazilian Amazon
The effects of the climate emergency on people’s health and quality of life are increasingly…
Neck swelling and fever
A woman in her 30s was admitted to the emergency department with a painful left…
To tackle the climate crisis, we need to transform systems according to ancestral original instructions
In Aotearoa (contemporary Māori language name for New Zealand) we’ve tended to view ourselves as…
Catalysing multi-stakeholder collaboration to tackle climate-related health emergencies in Africa
Today, the negative impact of climate change on health and wellbeing is undeniable.123 Nowhere is…
Bangladesh is facing the consequences of the climate emergency
If global warming continues at present rates, the earth’s average temperature will increase by 2.6°C…