Category: British Medical Journal

The BMA’s Consultants Committee is reballoting members as it seeks a renewed mandate for industrial…

The NHS is experiencing a record number of problems with the supply of medicines, with…

There is a global drive in healthcare to reduce emissions and create environmentally protective practices…

NHS trusts should consider making targeted interventions to tackle child health inequalities which are being…

What you need to knowThe carbon footprint of manufacturing, using, and disposing of intravenous medications…

Key messagesUp to 25% of all citations in the general scientific literature are inaccurate and…

What you need to knowThree and a half million speculum examinations occur in the UK…

What you need to knowWhen oral iron is indicated for iron deficiency and iron deficiency…

What you need to knowNitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas—one of six critical gases…

If global healthcare were a country it would rank fifth in the world for greenhouse…

Greenwashing is a major barrier to progress and exists in all industries from fashion to…

Brhlikova and colleagues say that more high income countries should consider having essential medicines lists.1…

The BMA’s GP committee for England (GPC England) has called for an immediate pause in…

Plans have been announced to expand an open access model that could affect all medical…

What’s this about?Last month Health Education England North East published some guidance for doctors and…

Infant mortality in the US rose by 3% in 2022, increasing for the first time…

Oliver discusses the right comparisons for NHS doctors’ pay.1 There is no “right” comparison. Happiness…

Fell, from the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA), the self-regulatory body of the…

I welcome Mulinari and Ozieranski’s detailed discussion about the role of self-regulation in pharmaceutical marketing.1…

On 27 September, the Science Media Centre (SMC) in London held a briefing for specialist…

bmj;383/oct31_11/p2526/FAF1faMarianne KellyHealth professionals, including hospital doctors and GPs, took part in a “die in” outside…

UK public services including general practice, hospitals, and adult social care are stuck in a…

A panda’s cup of choice?We’re not sure about that, but we do know that these…

There are times when researchers identify a concept or phenomenon which becomes widely known and…

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who claims that he was victimised for raising patient safety…

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of pyrotinib (an irreversible pan-HER (human epidermal growth factor…

Pressures on health systems around the world continue to mount, and staff shortages, long waiting…

After a long and arduous clinic, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri likes to take his team to…

We amended this feature article by Katharine Lang, published on 25 October 2023 (BMJ 2023;383:p1612,…

The core of being an effective general practitioner is providing holistic person centred care. As…

The “postcode lottery” for access to spirometry reported by Howard reflects a wider vicious circle…

Abortions increased slightly in the United States in the year after the Supreme Court overturned…

bmj;383/oct27_10/p2485/FAF1faPaul Dominic Martin was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. When he was young, his draughtsman…

bmj;383/oct27_9/p2484/FAF1faLeslie Keith Harding (“Keith”) became a consultant in general medicine and nuclear medicine at Dudley…

bmj;383/oct27_8/p2503/FAF1faAlice Jane Mary Chisham (neé Stanbury) grew up in Wisbech, then Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire. Her…

bmj;383/oct27_7/p2482/FAF1faAnthony Gordon Gray was born in Norwich into a medical family. He started his anaesthetic…