Richard Robinson: paediatric neurologist and polymath
bmj;377/jun29_1/o1572/FAF1faRichard Robinson’s was one of many successful medical careers fired by inspiring mentors. They included…
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Partha Kar: Understanding how others relate to you
There are said to be four types of people when it comes to adopting change…
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Helen Salisbury: Unintended consequences of open access to medical notes
Patients now have access to their own medical notes, which is surely progress. More patients…
NHS should publish exit interviews to allow doctors to compare conditions, meeting declares
The BMA should push for all NHS employers to publish the anonymised results of exit…
Children call for root and branch reform of air pollution
bmj;377/jun28_14/o1576/FAF1faRichard H SmithChildren and teenagers at King’s College Hospital in London marked this year’s Clean…
NHS loses 13.5 million hours of doctors’ time a year owing to IT problems, says BMA
The BMA has calculated that 13.5 million hours of doctors’ hours are lost to the…
BMA must challenge new GP contract with “industrial action if necessary,” say doctors
The BMA must organise the withdrawal of general practices from England’s primary care networks by…
GMC must focus on “significant breaches” only, say doctors
The BMA must demand that the General Medical Council focuses only on investigating “significant breaches”…
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How long does SARS-CoV-2 stay in the body?
How long does SARS-CoV-2 stay in the body?There is no definitive answer. The reality of…
How can I prepare for retirement?
Prepare for a rewarding third phase of your careerRobert Scott-Jupp, retired paediatrician, Salisbury, says, “Most…
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and gallbladder or biliary disease in type 2 diabetes: systematic review and pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association between dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and gallbladder or biliary diseases.DesignSystematic review and…
Almost half of people on long term antidepressants can stop without relapsing
The studyDuffy L, Clarke CS, Lewis G, et al. Antidepressant medication to prevent depression relapse…
No excuse for trusts not to offer pension recycling, BMA says
The BMA has committed to campaigning for pension recycling—which enables high earning doctors liable for…
Doctors demand pay restoration in response to “30% pay cut” since 2008
The BMA has been instructed by doctors to pursue a large increase in pay, opening…
Triage in general practice: design processes around the needs of patients, not systems
It is worth asking what problems online triage is supposed to solve.1Access is not the…
Triage in general practice: more impersonal, industrialised medicine
In the Vietnam war the US military took to counting killed opponents as a way…
Polio’s detection in London is a wake-up call
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a “national incident” after poliovirus was detected…
Overturning Roe v Wade: reproducing injustice
On Friday 24 June, the US Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to reproductive justice….
The impact of remote care on burden of treatment
Burden of treatment is the work that patients, and their carers and families, need to…
Manȷula Arora: GMC won’t challenge appeal and calls for sanctions to be dropped by court
The General Medical Council has said it will not challenge GP Manjula Arora’s tribunal appeal…
US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion
The US Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 Roe v Wade decision, ending women’s 50…
Polio: What do we know about the polioviruses detected in the UK?
What have they found?Vaccine derived poliovirus was detected in several sewage samples from the London…
Government has exploited doctors’ goodwill but it’s now running dry, says BMA chair
The government must guarantee doctors that they will “never again be forced to risk their…
Sixty seconds on . . . Lizzo
What’s the juice?American singer, rapper, and songwriter Melissa Viviane Jefferson—known as Lizzo—is a popular household…
Donald Pinkel: innovated the treatment of childhood leukaemia
bmj;377/jun27_3/o1564/FAF1faCredit: St Jude Children’s Research HospitalDonald Pinkel, who has died at the age of 95,…
Healthcare systems must get fair value for their data
The threats to patient privacy from sharing data have been well publicised. By comparison, the…
Medical cannabis: Allow GPs to prescribe as part of national trial, review urges
GPs should be allowed to prescribe medical cannabis as part of a national trial, recommends…
James Irvine Currie
bmj;377/jun24_11/o1522/FAF1faJames Irvine Currie (“Jim”) underperformed at school so needed to take first MB. This was…
Ian Norman McCulloch
bmj;377/jun24_10/o1539/FAF1faIan Norman McCulloch’s parents, Joseph and Marjorie (née Harris), were both doctors. Having been evacuated…
Charles Keith Anderson
bmj;377/jun24_9/o1524/FAF1faCharles Keith Anderson (“Keith”) was a major figure in local cancer medicine in Leeds and…
Duncan Alexander Maclean
bmj;377/jun24_8/o1537/FAF1faDuncan Alexander Maclean was born in Lochcarron, on the north west coast of Scotland, on…
FDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from…
The steady crisis across the NHS
Over the course of the pandemic, NHS performance against national waiting time targets has repeatedly…
We lose medical secretaries at our peril
Morgan mourns the shrinking of the medical administrative workforce in favour of new technology.1 Using…
Covid-19: UK makes first payments to compensate injury or death from vaccines
The first compensation payments in the UK have been made to families who have been…
US Supreme Court ends New York’s restriction on carrying firearms as Senate passes gun regulations
The US Supreme Court has overturned New York state’s century old restriction on carrying a…
The covid-19 pandemic will end with public health tools, not clinical ones
As a clinician, I rarely see a patient die from covid-19 anymore. Those who end…
Initial health assessments for new migrants: the evidence gap
We welcome the timely article by Knights and colleagues about initial health assessments for new…
Covid-19 failures show the US needs a national public health system, commission finds
The high covid-19 death rate in the US and the nation’s failures to tackle public…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—23 June 2022
She sells C shells, but I’m not sureWithin a few seconds of typing “vitamin C…
Litany of failings allowed consultant to misdiagnose for a decade, inquiry finds
A series of failings by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust allowed a consultant neurologist,…
Poliovirus is detected in sewage from north and east London
Vaccine derived poliovirus has been detected from several sewage samples in north and east London,…
Antedating examples of “chickenpox”
The earliest example of the use of the word “chickenpox” in the second edition of…
Examining our failings
Every day we fail to adequately recognise, acknowledge, and mitigate our biases. These biases affect…
Tackling the crisis in primary care
The Fuller report, published in May 2022, articulates a vision for primary care built around…
Interventions for mild hyperparathyroidism . . . and other stories
Surgery for primary hyperparathyroidismPrimary hyperparathyroidism raises the risk of bony fractures, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease,…
An unusual cause of urinary incontinence in a nonagenarian
A previously well, independent woman in her 90s presented to hospital with two days of…
Manjula Arora case: GMC announces co-chairs and scope of review
The review into the case of Manjula Arora—a GP who was given a one month…
Monkeypox: Gay and bisexual men with high exposure risk will be offered vaccine in England
Gay and bisexual men at high risk of exposure to monkeypox will be offered the…
Half hearted and half baked: the government’s new food strategy
The government’s new food strategy for England1 is its response to an independent review led…