Fragmented care is failing people with type 1 diabetes related eating disorders, inquiry finds
People with eating disorders related to type 1 diabetes are being failed by systemic flaws…
Category: British Medical Journal
Give GPs their old jobs back
I agree with McNally about improving the health of older people, but there are two…
Gastroenterologist who was struck off for false pay claims reȷoins GMC register after “ȷourney of remediation”
A doctor who was struck off the UK medical register for making false pay claims…
Matt Morgan: Do we still really need doctors?
Patients can now travel through health systems without ever meeting or needing a doctor. If…
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Scarlett McNally: Preventing obesity is different from curing it—and even more urgent
The body positivity movement rightly states that every person should live without judgment, shame, or…
Artificial pancreases for type 1 diabetes: Better access is “watershed moment”—but delivery is key
“People say it’s the closest thing to living without diabetes. They just feel so relieved…
US ethnic minority children get worse healthcare, research finds
Researchers have called for broad reform to many aspects of US life and healthcare after…
Spain remains world leader in organ donation for 32 consecutive years
Spain performed 5861 organ transplants, or 122.1 per million population, in 2023, which is 9%…
Early deaths from cardiovascular disease reach 14 year high in England
The British Heart Foundation has described the rise of premature deaths in England caused by…
Yemen conflict “spells disaster for civilians,” say aid agencies
Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen is likely to worsen the humanitarian crisis in…
From shame to solidarity: how we can reverse harmful narratives on period stigma
Every day more than 300 million people are menstruating across the world,1 yet so many…
Strike escalation and seasonal pressures create perfect storm for the NHS
New year, same industrial dispute. We were just three days into 2024 when junior doctors…
Reforming the WHO regional director elections: an opportunity to restore trust
Despite the polycrisis confronting our world, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres counsels, we must rebuild…
Evaluation of clinical prediction models (part 3): calculating the sample size required for an external validation study
External validation studies evaluate the performance of one or more prediction models (eg, developed previously…
Why I . . . lead a Celtic rock band
As the music of his bagpipes resounds through the excited crowd, GP Kieron Cooney looks…
Charities step in to tackle digital divide, amid concerns over health inequalities
Across the UK many services have become “digital first” since the covid-19 pandemic began, and…
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Measles: Birmingham outbreak declared a national incident and likely to spread
Outbreaks of measles will spread to other towns and cities in the UK without urgent…
Physician associates: Doctors raise alarm over legislation to allow GMC regulation
The BMA has appealed to MPs to carefully consider “ill thought through plans” that would…
Chris Bulstrode: volunteered for the army as a trauma surgeon in his 50s
bmj;384/jan19_7/q133/FAF1faChris Bulstrode’s wish to join the army elicited loud laughter in the recruiting office. He…
Maternity services at South Tees hospitals must improve, says regulator
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has demanded improvements to maternity services run by South Tees…
Disarmament is vital for climate justice and health
In December 2023, the 28th UN climate summit (COP28) set a landmark with the adoption…
The European healthcare workforce crisis: how bad is it?
“There is no health without a health workforce,” says Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe…
The original empathy machine: five books to illuminate the patient experience
To be alive, writes Susan Sontag, is to hold “dual citizenship, in the kingdom of…
Fears over halt to NHS building projects in Scotland
A freeze on new NHS building projects is being imposed in Scotland for at least…
Over half of surgeons struggle to find time to operate, college warns
Over half of all surgeons and an even higher proportion of surgical trainees are struggling…
Why it makes more sense to wish people a Stoical rather than a Happy New Year
Traditionally we wish each other a Happy New Year as each year begins, but who…
Technological determinants of health: a looming apocalypse
Perhaps nobody predicted the damaging dysfunction of a health service and the collapse of society…
STAT+: CRISPR-edited pig liver from eGenesis passes first test in brain-dead human, researchers say
For three days in December, an ICU room at the Hospital of the University of…
Use of nitrogen in US execution may constitute torture, warns human rights agency
The UN human rights office has called on authorities in the US state of Alabama…
Continuity of care in general practice: avoid the blunt sledgehammers of national policy
Reviews of the importance of general practitioner continuity are useful.1 But it is unhelpful that…
Systems thinking to improve healthcare
I hope policy makers will listen to voices like Morgan’s when they say that improving…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—18 January 2024
Real world zoster vaccine effectivenessIn September, the UK started phasing out use of the live…
NHS temporary staffing bill “skyrockets” to {pound}10.4bn
The annual cost of using agency and bank staff to provide healthcare in the NHS…
Sixty seconds on . . . energy drinks
What’s the buzz?A review of the latest evidence on the health effects of consuming energy…
Computed tomography, malignancies . . . and other stories
Scans in childrenA multinational European study of a million young people who had undergone at…
Bradycardia, headache, and vomiting in a child after a fall
A 10 year old child presented with a history of falling from a height of…
Implementing a hospital sustainability quality improvement project: challenges and best practices for trainees
Climate change affects human health, but substantial greenhouse gas emissions from the global healthcare sector…
Homegrown parasites
This is a contrast enhanced abdominopelvic computed tomography scan of a woman in her 30s…
We must consider ageing and frailty when sharing decision making in intensive care
Decisions to admit older, frail patients to critical care must pay particular attention to quality…
Maisara Al Rayyes: doctor and Chevening scholar, who was committed to improving health in Gaza
bmj;384/jan18_2/q123/FAF1faCredit: British Consulate General, JerusalemPalestinian doctor Maisara Al Rayyes was an inspirational young health leader…
NHS England cuts national GP retention schemes in favour of local “support”
NHS England has announced that two general practice retention schemes will end in March, in…
Peter J Enoch
bmj;384/jan17_10/q72/FAF1faPeter J Enoch was attracted to Littlewick Medical Centre, Ilkeston, by the community hospitals (general,…
All cause and cause specific mortality in obsessive-compulsive disorder: nationwide matched cohort and sibling cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the risk of all cause and cause specific mortality in people with obsessive-compulsive…
Acute rehabilitation following traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation (ARTISAN): pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the effects of an additional programme of physiotherapy in adults with a first-time…
Acute rehabilitation after traumatic shoulder dislocation
Most anterior shoulder dislocations occur for the first time related to sports (59%1 to 74%2),…
Therapeutic advances in rheumatoid arthritis
AbstractRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common immune mediated inflammatory diseases. People with…
Opinion: BMI as a barrier to orthopedic surgery doesn’t make sense for patient health
I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a…
Painless plaques on the lower back
A man in his 40s presented with painless zosteriform erythematous plaques covered with white scales…
SARS-CoV-2 positivity in offspring and timing of mother-to-child transmission: living systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractObjectivesTo assess the rates of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection,…
Scarlett McNally: My trust has shown how doctors’ assistants can help support clinicians
There are multiple problems in healthcare right now. Many people found that their health deteriorated…