Institutionalising community engagement for quality of care: moving beyond the rhetoric
Key messagesComprehensive and appropriate community engagement is critical for quality improvement initiatives and improving health…
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Reviving the NHS—lessons from Labour 1997-2005
We have a great deal to learn from the period 1997 to 2005 when, as…
Cerebral regional tissue Oxygen Saturation to Guide Oxygen Delivery in preterm neonates during immediate transition after birth (COSGOD III): multicentre randomised phase 3 clinical trial
This paper by Pichler and colleagues (BMJ 2023;380:e072313, doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-072313, published 24 January 2023) has been…
Paediatricians condemn “national scandal” of 400 000 children waiting for treatment
The number of children on the waiting list for consultant led paediatric treatment has reached…
Theo Alexander Lambros
Theo Alexander Lambros was educated at Stretford Grammar School before going to Manchester Medical School…
Sixty seconds on . . . “fit to sit”
Shall I pull up a chair?No, the term “fit to sit” refers to a policy…
First baby born in the UK using mitochondrial donation therapy
At least one baby has been born in the UK following mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT),…
Martin Antony Eastwood
bmj;381/may12_6/p1067/FAF1faA cathedral chorister who was influenced by his father’s early death to study medicine, Martin…
Lisa Gruszka
bmj;381/may12_5/p1065/FAF1faBorn and raised in Huddersfield, Lisa Gruszka was first and foremost a dedicated Huddersfield United…
David Lockie
bmj;381/may12_4/p1064/FAF1faDavid Lockie was born in Glasgow into a musical family and initially considered a career…
Duncan Millroy Clements
bmj;381/may12_3/p1068/FAF1faDuncan Millroy Clements joined London Road Surgery in Kingston upon Thames in 1979 under the…
Ethnic inequities in maternal health
The report on Black maternal health from the UK government’s women and equalities committee, published…
Risk of diabetes with statins
What you need to knowStatins are associated with a small increased risk of new-onset diabetes,…
PrEP research: Gilead didn’t infringe patents, ȷury rules
The drug company Gilead Sciences won on all counts in its legal battle with the…
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Author’s reply to Dawson
Dawson raises a question about the harms of repeated intravenous cannulation.1 As stated in our…
Hydration in the last days of life: can we talk about the harms of repeated cannulation?
As a GP, I regularly work in a small community hospital. We provide palliative care…
Breast cancer: US recommends women start screening at 40
American women should begin breast cancer screening at age 40 with mammography every two years,…
Rescuing orphan drugs
Rare diseases affect many millions of people; by one count Europe alone has 30 million…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—11 May 2023
Cognitive functional therapy for low back painPainfully few effective treatment options are available for chronic…
Hyperparathyroidism shoulders the blame
These masses on the shoulders of a man in his 40s are the result of…
Eat your veg . . . and other stories
Eat more vegetablesThe five-a-day slogan encouraging people to eat vegetables originated in California in 1988…
Subscription science: how crowdfunding has become a conflict of interest
Conflicts of interest are an ongoing threat to medical practice. Studies have shown that doctors’…
Painful ulcers on the penis
A man in his 50s presented with an eight day history of painful ulcers on…
Diabetes: Missed routine checks are causing premature deaths in England, charity warns
Urgent action is needed to tackle the missed checks and health inequalities that are causing…
Ukraine’s young victims of war inspire research
bmj;381/may10_20/p1044/FAF1faDmytro Smolyenko/Ukrinfrom/ABACAPRESS/AlamyChildren who have sustained severe injuries in Russian shelling are treated at the Zaporizhzhia…
Janet Anderson: paediatrician who developed training in the UK and overseas
bmj;381/may10_19/p1057/FAF1faJanet Anderson’s retirement in 2007 was marked by an early day motion in the House…
Action is needed to ensure reproducibility of research, say MPs
MPs have called for a clearer focus from research funders, publishers, and academic institutions to…
What is the future for covid drugs and treatments?
What new treatments or approaches are on the horizon?It’s not so much about “new” treatments…
What the recent strikes can teach us about fixing emergency care
In the NHS we’ve recently been through enough days of industrial action to recognise a…
Simple intervention for severe blood loss after childbirth is found to save lives
A simple intervention to detect and treat postpartum haemorrhage could dramatically cut maternal mortality and…
The medical profession has—and should have—a role in acting on the health effects of poor housing
In Editor’s Choice, Dobson asks why it’s fallen to the medical community to act on…
Antidepressants lack evidence for treating chronic pain, says Cochrane
Most antidepressants used for chronic pain are being prescribed with insufficient evidence of their effectiveness,…
Vaccine manufacturing in Africa
Globally, vaccine manufacturing requires radical reconfiguration. Its current extreme geographical skew must change to ensure…
UN warns of preterm birth rates flatlining in every region
Preterm birth rates have not changed in any region in the world in the past…
Former medical director for Isle of Man is awarded {pound}3.2m in whistleblowing case
Rosalind Ranson, former medical director for the Isle of Man, has won more than £3m…
Doctor who acted as middleman in organ trafficking attempt is jailed for 10 years
A doctor “middleman” who conspired with a Nigerian couple to traffic an impoverished young street…
Beefed up security or blocking patients: how to respond to patient violence
On 20 December 2022, a patient was refused a prescription at Wilson Street GP surgery…
Development and internal-external validation of statistical and machine learning models for breast cancer prognostication: cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo develop a clinically useful model that estimates the 10 year risk of breast cancer…
Scarlett McNally: Renaming ȷunior doctors—to improve value, respect, and patient safety
Does the term “junior doctors” capture their true value? Historically, the term applied to fully…
John Launer: The library, my treasure island
For one day last month I was stranded in a small Welsh town. My car…
Arthur MacGregor Morris
bmj;381/may09_10/p997/FAF1faAfter school at Dulwich College, Arthur MacGregor Morris went up to Selwyn College, Cambridge. He…
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Canadian Medical Association Journal ends its news coverage and closes CMAJ Open
CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), is closing its news section and…
Reforming EU and national orphan drug regulations to improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases
Key messagesIn Europe, the number of approvals for new drugs targeting rare diseases (orphan drugs)…
Government’s access plan will succeed only with more GPs, leaders say
Patients in England will be able to get prescription drugs without seeing a GP, under…
Helen Salisbury: Fictive schedules and the unbearable load of general practice
On paper, a GP’s working schedule can look quite inviting: consulting for three and a…
Gambling reform in the UK
Four years, four culture secretaries, and six gambling ministers after promising to review the 2005…
Global health security and universal health coverage: from fragmented aspirations to ambitious commitments
As leaders of the G7 meet in Japan in May, and representatives from 194 countries…
Covid-19: WHO declares end of global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared that covid-19 is no longer a “global health emergency”…
Charles Morgan Gwynn
bmj;381/may09_11/p998/FAF1faBorn in Gorseinon, south Wales, Charles Morgan Gwynn attended Gowerton Grammar, where he excelled at…
Tempering the need to treat at all costs
Heath and Montori’s article on responding to the crisis in modern healthcare reminded me of…