Practical thematic analysis: a guide for multidisciplinary health services research teams engaging in qualitative analysis
Through qualitative methods, researchers can provide deep contextual understanding of real world issues, and generate…
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Folic acid: The case to rethink the UK’s food fortification plans
“The importance of folic acid has been known for some 30 years, enough time for…
Recurrent episodes of confusion, weakness, and unsteadiness
A woman in her 50s presented to her general practitioner with recurrent episodes of confusion,…
Considering tomorrow’s patients in today’s drug approvals
Responding to pressure from patients seeking access to promising new medicines,1 drug regulatory agencies have…
Palliative care in dementia: referring to “end of life” is unnecessary
Nobody could disagree with Yorganci and Sleeman that many people with dementia would benefit from…
GMC says it’s making progress in stamping out discrimination in referrals
The gap between doctors from ethnic minority groups and white doctors in the proportion of…
Helping people plan their end of life
In his response to Yorganci and Sleeman’s article on the benefits of palliative care for…
The imprinting effect of covid-19 vaccines: an expected selection bias in observational studies
Antigenic variation in the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and subvariants are substantial compared with previous variants…
Doctors are told to stay alert as cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis reach record highs
Gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by 50% between 2021 and 2022—from 54 961 to 82 592, the…
Scarlett McNally: Considering the impact of human factors on teamworking and behaviour
The NHS needs every one of its 1.4 million staff,1 but nobody is perfect every…
Is the UK losing its world leading covid surveillance network just when it needs it most?
In early March 2020 a group of scientists set up the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium…
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Selection bias due to conditioning on a collider
Definition of a colliderIn a causal graph, a collider is a variable that is affected…
Candida auris: another frontier in the battle against antimicrobial resistance
Recently there has been increased news coverage of a drug resistant fungus infecting patients across…
David Oliver: The “40 new hospitals” pledge was always a mirage
In 2020, when he was prime minister, Boris Johnson pledged to build “40 new hospitals…
Why occupational health should be universally accessible
Employers, workers, and the healthcare profession can all benefit from occupational health, but only if…
Thomas Powell
bmj;381/jun06_15/p1292/FAF1faAfter qualifying Thomas Powell (“Tom”) trained in radiology, and was appointed consultant radiologist in 1967….
Brian John Sweetman
bmj;381/jun06_14/p1294/FAF1faBrian John Sweetman was born on 23 May 1945 in Sydney, Australia. His father was…
Weakened by a decade of austerity: why the UK’s covid-19 inquiry is right to look at policies since 2010
Any concerns that the UK’s covid-19 inquiry would give ministers an easy ride seem to…
The politics of health
Salisbury rightly points out that debates about funding the NHS often come down to the…
“Vocation” won’t prevent the impending workforce crisis
Matt Morgan, 6 MayMorgan questions whether vocation in medicine is dead.1 In my experience as…
Why I . . . carve spoons
Sitting at his kitchen table, Matt Gardiner enjoys creating what may become cherished pieces of…
Helen Salisbury: Retention, not just training, is key
Achieving a place at medical school is the ambition of many school leavers. Competition is…
Gender equality and vocation
Morgan raises an interesting question in asking if the concept of vocation can still be…
No magic way to curb rising healthcare costs
There are no systems in which healthcare has been made “magically cheaper,” as Salisbury rightly…
Australia tightens its prescription-only regulation of e-cigarettes
Australia recently announced further tightening of e-cigarette regulations introduced in 2021 that designated all e-cigarettes…
Government must end “gross inȷustice” of excluding SAS doctors from pay rises, BMA says
The government must stop excluding some specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in England…
Should doctors apologise to patients?
A recent decision of the medical practitioner’s tribunal (the tribunal service for doctors in the…
The human right to a healthy environment: implications for climate action
The final hours of COP27 saw a dramatic shift from entrenched gridlock to historical firsts….
The government’s antisocial behaviour action plan risks exacerbating the homelessness crisis
Since 1824, the Vagrancy Act has made it a criminal offence to sleep rough or…
GPs routinely deliver palliative care to people with dementia
If Yorganci and Sleeman are concerned about palliative care for people with dementia, they might…
Sixty seconds on . . . the NHS workforce plan
Has it finally arrived?Alas, no. The 15 year strategy, unofficial titled “The Long Awaited NHS…
On the ethical requirement to inform patients about potential treatment benefits
Davis and colleagues found that the benefits of prescription drugs are often poorly communicated to…
Cash transfers save lives of women and children in poor countries, study finds
Distributing money from the government to poor individuals or families in low and middle countries…
WHO ends public health emergency designation for mpox
On 11 May 2023 the World Health Organization declared that the 2022-23 mpox epidemic was…
Yemen: current peace talks must also prioritise health
Yemen may at last have some cause for optimism after eight years of armed conflict.1…
Recognising a child with isolated craniosynostosis
What you need to knowCraniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial sutures in children, which…
What could the next pandemic be?
It’s been over three years since SARS-CoV-2 spread across the world and covid-19 is still…
Male sling is as good as more complex surgery for incontinence after prostate surgery
The studyConstable L, Abrams P, Cooper D, et. Synthetic sling or artificial urinary sphincter for…
Sixty seconds on . . . liver dialysis
Does that even exist?It’s under investigation. After the first clinical trial in humans, researchers have…
Situational judgment test is scrapped under new system for allocating foundation training places
The way medical students are allocated to foundation training places in the UK will undergo…
Anthony David Clift
bmj;381/jun02_9/p1260/FAF1faAnthony David Clift (“Tony”) was born in Manchester, where he also went to medical school,…
Roger Gabriel
bmj;381/jun02_8/p613/FAF1faRoger Gabriel was born in Canton, Cardiff, on 13 January 1938. His family lived in…
John Francis Doran
bmj;381/jun02_7/p1236/FAF1faJohn Francis Doran studied dentistry at the Royal Dental Hospital, London, achieving his bachelors degree…
Nicholas Hanson Sheldon
bmj;381/jun02_6/p1237/FAF1faNicholas Hanson Sheldon (“Nick”) was born to Dennis and Nadine Sheldon in Derby City Hospital….
Gambleaware: what does “independence” from industry really mean?
The charity Gambleaware says on their website that they are “wholly independent.” They make grants…
Genetic test “screening campaign” may be causing unnecessary alarm, experts warn
The UK National Screening Committee does not recommend screening for haemochromatosis, an inherited condition that…
The problem with Silicon Valley medicine
Modern medicine has been shaped by technology, but there’s no guarantee that the newest iteration…
Are hard collars necessary for older people with odontoid neck fractures?
What you need to knowPatient age, frailty, comorbidities, and injury severity are important predictors of…
Obituary: Traute Lafrenz—doctor and White Rose member
The online version of this obituary (doi:10.1136/bmj.p695, published 23 March 2023) features a photograph of…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—1 June 2023
Scanning for pulmonary embolismWe all know that feeling when a colleague comes up to you…