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Romney review: BMA says “real and meaningful progress” is being made on sexism
The BMA has produced a report charting the progress it has made to embed the…
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All male candidate lists for senior roles highlight BMA’s lack of progress on equality, say female leaders
The BMA has defended its record on promoting equality, after an all male list of…
Drug company Vifor is investigated for allegedly spreading misinformation about competitor
The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into whether the Swiss drug company Vifor…
Almost 19 000 GPs will leave in next five years without urgent action, RCGP warns
General practice will lose around 18 950 GPs and trainees over the next five years…
GP is suspended after retirement for failing to refer woman with symptoms of cancer
A GP who failed late in his career to refer a woman with symptoms of…
Covid-19: How has the pandemic differed across the four UK nations?
We examined trends over the first two years of the pandemic in terms of the…
The United States needs people to stand up for abortion
The unprecedented leak of a draft opinion by the US Supreme Court that would overturn…
Valproate: UK regulator looks into possible transgenerational effects
The UK’s medicines regulator is examining animal data that show that the epilepsy drug sodium…
David Oliver: Reconciling patients and professionals after poor experiences
When people in key public service roles feel pressurised, overwhelmed, or unfairly attacked for failings…
Founder of America’s Frontline Doctors is sentenced to prison for role in Capitol riot
Simone Gold, a Beverly Hills physician who founded a doctors’ organisation that challenged pandemic public…
Nodular eruption on hand
This is Mycobacterium chelonae infection on the dorsum of the right hand of a woman…
Dressed to impress—and raise awareness
bmj;377/jun22_2/o1512/FAF1faEamonn M McCormack/Getty ImagesIn the absence of the Queen, this year’s Royal Ascot risked being…
What is the relationship between mode of birth, antibiotics, and childhood health?
The impact of changes in the microbiome, particularly the gut microbiome, on a variety of…
Minimum alcohol prices in Europe could significantly reduce health harms, says WHO
European countries could significantly reduce the health harms caused by alcohol consumption by introducing minimum…
“No rehab potential”: everyone has potential for something
Oliver highlights several important matters relating to access to rehabilitation services.1 As he points out,…
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Recent hepatitis outbreak in children may have a foodborne toxin as its cause
The experience of the covid-19 pandemic will inevitably prompt investigators to propose viral causes for…
Helen Salisbury: Big data and patient trust
During the pandemic, large volumes of individual patient data were scooped out of GP computer…
Matt Morgan: Trusting in people, not processes
My family and I recently moved from Wales to Australia. The move from our overfilled…
Government tobacco plan must tackle link between mental health and smoking, say psychiatrists
Smoking may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia by between 53% and 127% and of…
Incorrect news on a good old trial
As a former member of The BMJ’s editorial board, I am a big fan of…
Racism is wrecking the lives of doctors, affecting patient care, and jeopardising services
In an NHS built upon a founding principle to treat all patients equally regardless of…
Migrant women are charged up to {pound}14 000 for maternity care in England, report finds
Women including refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants are being charged as much as £14…
Disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini convicted over experimental trachea surgery
The surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has been convicted of causing bodily harm with an experimental transplant…
Medical leaders call for pilot scheme of overdose prevention centres
Leading medical, academic, and third sector organisations have called on the government to amend drugs…
Covid-19: CDC and FDA approve Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for under 5s
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have…
Deftness and precision: the consultant ophthalmologist
From an early age, consultant ophthalmologist Evelyn Mensah received training that would equip her well…
Social work with adults experiencing complex needs: summary of NICE guidance
What you need to knowThe new NICE guideline supports integrated working between general practitioners and…
Covid-19: Omicron sub variants driving new wave of infections in UK
The UK now appears to be at the start of a new wave of covid…
UK’s ban on conversion therapy should include transgender people
People questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity need compassion, not conversion.1 This applies to…
Covid-19: Long covid risk is lower with omicron than delta, researchers find
The risk of developing long covid is lower among people with the omicron variant of…
Further rises in health spending would be unfair on young, says Javid
Increasing the proportion of public money spent on healthcare would be unfair on young people,…
George Watson Knox
bmj;377/jun17_8/o1478/FAF1faMy father, George Watson Knox, who has died aged 89, was a much loved family…
John H Steyn
bmj;377/jun17_7/o1495/FAF1faJohn H Steyn spent his urological career in Aberdeen but remained proud of his South…
Brian Idris Rees
bmj;377/jun17_6/o1480/FAF1faBrian Idris Rees would delight in the fact that he was a former pupil of…
David Campbell
bmj;377/jun17_5/o1461/FAF1faDavid Campbell was a man with multiple gifts. He originally wanted to be an engineer…
Philip Canning Farrant
bmj;377/jun17_4/o1463/FAF1faPhilip Canning Farrant was born in Bristol. He was a medical student at Bristol when…
Mohammed Tajuddin Hyder
bmj;377/jun17_3/o1498/FAF1faMohammed Tajuddin Hyder worked in casualty and orthopaedics before choosing anaesthesia as his longstanding career…
Clinical research: What will be the effect of closing down “unviable” trials?
The Department of Health and Social Care for England recently wrote to research sponsors and…
Emergency care in hospitals is as good at the weekend as on weekdays
The studyBion J, Aldridge C, Beet C, et al. Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to…
Monkeypox: WHO to rename disease to prevent stigma
World Health Organization officials are working on a new name for the virus and disease…
Communication around the social determinants of health: use the “devil’s music” for emotional appeal
Maani and colleagues are to be congratulated for their analysis of the need to reframe…
A woman with white deposits in her eye
A woman in her 80s was referred to the glaucoma department with a three week…
Doctor’s voluntary erasure to avoid fitness to practise hearing can’t be challenged legally, ȷudge rules
The decision to allow the doctor at the centre of the biggest recall of patients…
CQC is reviewing GP service provider’s use of less qualified staff after BBC investigation
The Care Quality Commission is reviewing material surfaced by an undercover BBC investigation that claimed…
Pilot scheme will allow pharmacists to refer potential cancer cases directly to hospital
Pharmacists in England will be able to assess people with potential signs of cancer and…
Legal right to palliative care wouldn’t be needed if the hospice movement didn’t operate outside the NHS
Oliver writes in The BMJ1 about the UK government’s amendment to the Health and Care…
Minister admits “urgent” need for science and technology workforce to be more diverse
There is an “urgent” need to change the diversity of the science, technology, engineering, and…
A system reset for the campaign against too much medicine
The current burden on health systems is undoubtedly worsened by overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The BMJ…
Build back better: Why Indian construction must grapple with extreme heat
For years, Revathi Pechi, 43, worked for 10 hours every day in a windowless two…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—16 June 2022
No thanks, I’m sweet enoughI wonder how much coffee gets drunk by academics as they…