Category: British Medical Journal

The article by Boudry and colleagues and The BMJ’s recent edition focusing on research misconduct…

Sokol mentions the principle of medical beneficence and the value of offering a sincere apology.1…

Payments for clinical negligence in the NHS in England rose by 9.5% in 2022-23 to…

Although the worst of the covid-19 pandemic is over, many countries continue to experience excess…

There were 101 977 acute inpatient and outpatient appointments cancelled during the latest round of…

In today’s digital age, access to healthcare and the internet are often inseparable. Yet the…

Emergency services across southern Europe have seen a surge in heat related illnesses, as temperatures…

As a global community we have never been more interconnected. Depressingly, floods and intense heat…

Going up in smokeSmoking cessation treatments seem to have gone out of fashion. I used…

Physical activity and fallsThe World Health Organization recommends 150 to 300 minutes a week of…

This is skin necrosis associated with heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) on the abdomen of a…

bmj;382/jul19_16/p1647/FAF1faStefano Guidi/GettyA cyclist cools down in Piazza Castello, Turin, Italy, where temperatures reached 40°C this…

In his useful commentary about what the next pandemic might be Looi incorrectly states that…

Salisbury has made a timely corrective to the opprobrium heaped on managers.1 But the elephant…

On Monday 17 July, consultants in England stepped up their ongoing dispute with the government…

Ben Messaoud and colleagues discuss diversity in peer review.1I am a female researcher from China….

We thank Xu for sharing her thoughts and experiences, which will surely resonate with many…

The reasons that health exposures, such as medical interventions, change patient outcomes are often poorly…

AbstractObjectivesTo assess the different educational inequalities in mortality among generations born between 1940 and 1979…

The NHS has long relied on professionals from abroad. Last year, a third of the…

We agree with Abbasi that this is a “dangerous moment for science,”1 and are worried…

The recent paper from Nakafero and colleagues1 adds to a growing evidence base showing that…

When Shakespeare wrote, “Now, gods, stand up for bastards . . . ,” he probably…

Limb cites a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research, which argues that increasing…

bmj;382/jul18_4/p1640/FAF1farahman180723.f1 Habib Rahman with his wife, Farzana RahmanHabib Rahman was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in…

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) announced its closure at the end of June 2023,…

The relationship between religion and public health regularly makes headlines in the press, with both…

Medical impartiality is a well established principle but the impartial practice of medicine has brought…

The UK Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment clarifying a doctor’s duty to discuss…

It is reassuring to learn just how robust The BMJ’s processes are for appraising submissions….

Structural racism and sexism have harmed women of African descent in the Americas before, during,…

The UK government is behind schedule with its new hospital programme and has not achieved…

What you need to knowDuring pregnancy, treat iron deficiency anaemia with lower and/or intermittent doses…

I read with interest the article reflecting on spoon carving as a pastime and how…

Here we go. What am I inheriting now?I sense some scepticism. But maybe that’s no…

Thomas Horner (“Tom”), born in Belfast, was one of five children. His childhood was shaped…

bmj;382/jul14_9/p1607/FAF1faElvira Arya (née Coelho) was born in Entebbe, Uganda, but returned to her ancestral homeland…

John Ashton Dodge died after a long illness aged 89. He was born in Cardiff…