Accountable to no one, upsetting everyone: the GMC must be reformed
The General Medical Council, responsible for regulating doctors in the United Kingdom, has a stark…
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Private screening is not the same as an NHS Healthcheck
Salisbury mentions a rise in commercial health checks contributing to extra work for general practitioners.1…
GPs should refuse to provide NHS aftercare for private surgery
Howard emphasises an important aspect of the increase in private healthcare post-pandemic in the face…
Vaccine access: World’s poorest people suffer at the hands of free market dynamics, says WHO
Important progress on vaccine access has been made over the past two decades, but diseases…
Private healthcare pressures on GPs: ADHD deserves better
Howard bemoans private ADHD assessments.1 We respond as executive members of the UK Adult ADHD…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—10 November 2022
How not to discuss anticoagulationLet’s begin with a toe curling qualitative study that analysed 37…
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Public health and human rights must be prioritised over inhumane immigration policies
Recent weeks have thrown a spotlight on the UK’s escalating inhumane treatment of people forced…
Sharp Scratch episode 84: compassionate medical schools
For this week’s episode, we’re talking all about whether medical schools are compassionate places to…
Bipolar disorder lacks specialist support in UK, report finds
The NHS must provide greater specialist support for patients with bipolar disorder to tackle “systemic…
Covid-19: England’s health declined in 2020, but not across all areas
The health of the population in England declined in 2020 during the early stages of…
Authors’ reply to Upton
We thank Upton for his comments1 on our article.2We agree that the Joint Committee on…
Australian organisation offering independent advice on medicines is axed after funding is cut
NPS MedicineWise, an Australian organisation offering independent and evidence based information on medicines, is to…
A plant based diet benefits personal and planetary health
Mahase’s article on how doctors can combat climate change only briefly mentioned recommending patients change…
GMC has been failing doctors and patients for 30 years
The General Medical Council has made dealing with criticism into a performative masterclass. It has…
Post-traumatic ectopic nail-like structure
A man in his 50s presented with an asymptomatic nail-like structure of 3 mm diameter…
Formula milk: a new regulatory system is needed
The failure of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes to prevent industry violations…
Integrating genome-wide polygenic risk scores and non-genetic risk to predict colorectal cancer diagnosis using UK Biobank data: population based cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the benefit of combining polygenic risk scores with the QCancer-10 (colorectal cancer) prediction…
Social prescribing, fraudulent data, . . . and other stories
Social prescribingEngland’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is keen to promote social prescribing—an initiative…
Partha Kar: It’s time for accountability and discomfort about the NHS’s workforce inequalities
In debates about the challenges facing the NHS, financial difficulties are always front and centre….
Lung cancer: Radiographers reporting x rays halves time to diagnosis, study finds
Chest x ray reporting by radiographers in the lung cancer pathway could be used to…
Covid-19: Evusheld protects the most vulnerable patients, analysis shows
The antibody drug Evusheld is effective for protecting clinically extremely vulnerable people from covid-19, including…
Robert Bluglass: forensic psychiatrist who called for the closure of high security psychiatric hospitals
bmj;379/nov08_11/o2697/FAF1faCredit: Avalon.redWhen Steven Daggett, a convicted sex offender, absconded from Ashworth high security psychiatric hospital…
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The Italian law enabling, and disabling, abortion access
“We received complaints from women who had to listen to the beating heart of the…
Development and external validation of a risk prediction model for falls in patients with an indication for antihypertensive treatment: retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo develop and externally validate the STRAtifying Treatments In the multi-morbid Frail elderlY (STRATIFY)-Falls clinical…
Helen Salisbury: I’m a GP—get me out of here?
I’m reaching the age when my friends are discussing retirement, pensions, and the next stages…
At the heart of communities: the consultant geriatrician
When Eileen Burns was looking at prospectuses to apply to medical school, her father was…
US pharmacy chains settle opioid lawsuits for $13bn
The three largest US pharmacy chains have agreed to pay $13bn in a settlement to…
UK Health Alliance on Climate Change brings health professionals together to call for action
I agree with Hannah Chase, quoted in the News Analysis, that health professionals are among…
Making doctors’ practices greener: you can’t manage what you don’t measure
Frumkin and colleagues discuss the need for hope in tackling the climate emergency.1 Many junior…
Seeking coherence to nurture hope
Frumkin and colleagues emphasise the importance of hope in tackling the climate crisis, fostering activism,…
Health inequalities: Sunak is urged to honour government’s pledge
Health leaders have urged the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, to honour commitments to tackle health…
Hope is not action
Frumkin and colleagues discuss the importance of hope in the face of climate despair.1 Hope…
Covid-19: Charging French former health minister with endangering lives was “very unȷust,” says former prime minister
The former French health minister Agnès Buzyn should not have been charged with putting the…
US faces triple epidemic of flu, RSV, and covid
The US is now in a flu epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
Effective knowledge mobilisation: creating environments for quick generation, dissemination, and use of evidence
Key messagesEffective response to the pandemic required real time use of research knowledgeSome existing infrastructures…
Patient access to medical records: What is happening with the rollout in England?
What is being rolled out?Patients in England, but not the rest of the UK, are…
Stuart Mucklow
bmj;379/nov04_9/o2630/FAF1faStuart Mucklow was a consultant haematologist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading from 2005…
Kurt Schwarz
bmj;379/nov04_8/o2627/FAF1faKurt Schwarz was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1928 and moved to Cape Town, South…
Edmund Tapp
bmj;379/nov04_7/o2629/FAF1faEdmund Tapp (“Eddie”) worked in training posts in Liverpool and Manchester and was appointed consultant…
Colin William Thomas Keen
We sadly announce the death of Colin William Thomas Keen, who died peacefully in Bury…
John Nelson Norman
bmj;379/nov04_5/o2626/FAF1faJohn Nelson Norman was an academic surgeon in Glasgow and Aberdeen whose early medical career…
Michael Fenner Hermann Nelki
bmj;379/nov04_4/o2656/FAF1faMichael Fenner Hermann Nelki graduated in 1969 and married Jo, a Jewish American nurse from…
HIV: Two in three people have trouble getting PrEP, finds survey
The UK government’s ambition to end new cases of HIV infection by 2030 is under…
Covid-19: Pandemic disruption linked to 30 000 excess heart disease deaths, charity reports
Record long waiting lists, ambulance delays, and inaccessible care have driven a surge in excess…
Flu: Public urged to get vaccinated in face of possible surge of infections this winter
Experts are urging the UK public to get their winter vaccines, as early signs indicate…
Regulatory judgments for toxicity signals of medicinal products: in search of accountability
Mintzes and Fuller’s call for “radical transparency” about available evidence of regulatory judgments based on…
The dynamics of monkeypox transmission
An error occurred in this editorial by Freeman and colleagues (BMJ 2022;379:o2504, doi:10.1136/bmj.o2504, published 2…
Reputation, review, . . . and other stories
Biases of peer reviewAuthors’ reputations have a strong influence on peer reviewers’ recommendations, according to…
Surviving the new normal
This week in The BMJ there is much reflection on the “new normal” of NHS…
Oral antibiotics before colorectal surgery?
Most patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery will have an uncomplicated postoperative course. For some, however,…