Malcolm R Laing
bmj;382/jul07_4/p1565/FAF1faMalcolm Laing was born in Dundee and brought up in Monifieth in Angus before moving…
Category: British Medical Journal
Sixty seconds on . . . Instagram censorship
Is this social media combating misinformation?Not this time. This is about the photo sharing social…
Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies: urologist who pioneered the treatment of kidney disease
bmj;382/jul07_2/p1564/FAF1faReginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was born into a family of seven generations of doctors in Wolverhampton,…
Ask the expert: assessment of shoulder pain in primary care
What you need to knowSimple screening examinations can identify the anatomical location of pain in…
England’s new workforce plan is a propaganda masterclass in glossing over the gaps
When the analysis is done on the new workforce plan for England’s NHS, the verdict…
Diets of under 5s in the UK are not meeting recommended standards, report warns
A review into the current diet of young children in the UK has found that…
Doctor launches legal challenge over GMC’s failure to investigate fellow medic’s covid vaccine claims
A doctor has launched a judicial review against the General Medical Council (GMC) over the…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—6 July 2023
Anticoagulants for life?People with an unprovoked venous thromboembolism often continue taking anticoagulants for their whole…
How data are changing the way clinicians prioritise patients and tackle waiting lists
Consider two patients with back pain waiting for a therapeutic lumbar injection, says Daniel Hayes,…
Great Britain’s laws need urgent reform to end the criminalisation of abortion
This June, a woman was sentenced to 28 months in jail for ending her own…
Acute knee pain
A teenage boy presented to the emergency department with an injury to his right knee…
Sleeplessness, stroke, . . . and other stories
Insomnia and strokeThe Health and Retirement Study, a survey of Americans older than 50, finds…
New UK clinical trials legislation will prioritise transparency
The AllTrials campaign launched in 2013, calling for all clinical trials to be registered, with…
NICE advises GPs to offer home tests to all patients with bowel cancer symptoms to reduce waiting lists
GPs should offer all patients presenting with signs of colorectal cancer a faecal immunochemical test…
Vaping: BMA to review effects of “growing public health epidemic”
The BMA will review the dangers posed by e-cigarettes, after its annual representative meeting passed…
BMA will ask members about “lived experience” of sexism and racism in the organisation
The BMA must conduct an annual anonymous survey of its members about whether they have…
Northern Ireland: Seriously ill doctors are forced to delay retirement because of occupational health inadequacies
Doctors in Northern Ireland who need to retire because of ill health or terminal illness…
Tomorrow’s patients: preferences and interests are not synonymous
In their otherwise excellent article Lynch and Largent conflate “preferences”—informed by hope—with “interests”—which should be…
Doctors call for drink driving limit to be lowered to match other European countries
The legal blood alcohol limit for drivers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland should be…
Care, captured by NHS workers
bmj;382/jul05_6/p1522/FAF1faEwa Gasior, a senior research nurse, captured the many hands that contribute to delivering patient…
.jpg)
Surgeons’ leaders promise to increase respect for SAS colleagues
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) has said it will drive a…
MPs criticise government over failure to control PPE stocks and lack of future planning
The government has no proper control over existing stocks of personal protective equipment (PPE) and…
Doctors call for GMC and MPTS leadership teams to be dismissed
Doctors have “no confidence” in the General Medical Council or Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS)…
.jpg)
Can I have blood tests to check everything is alright?
What you need to knowMany requests for check-up blood tests are motivated by a specific…
Short term “quick fixes” won’t see NHS through to 100 years, think tanks warn
The NHS may not survive another 25 years to reach its centenary unless the underlying,…
Until restrictive abortion laws change, women will continue to suffer
The past weeks have seen a number of tragic events surrounding abortion in Europe. In…
The NHS workforce plan is a massive organisational challenge
Delivering the NHS workforce plan depends on implementing major reforms which will challenge professional and…
Perhaps only degrowth can save us
We are failing to mount the response we need to avoid catastrophe from the crisis…
Cancer: the hospital providing jobs to keep its poverty stricken patients in treatment
Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC) is a cancer hospital with a difference. It…
GambleAware’s independence from the betting industry
Independence is an important factor when it comes to public health services, a point McCartney…
University Hospitals Birmingham trust faces “immense” task in tackling patriarchal and misogynistic culture, says review
A culture dominated by medical patriarchy and misogyny, with staff who feared speaking up, took…
Tomorrow’s patients: who are they, exactly?
The ethical dimension of “future patients” in consideration of research and drug approval is scientifically…
Without junior doctors, there is no NHS
During another hectic shift on a stroke unit as a neurology registrar, my eyes wander…
Why we’re taking action: consultants speak out
Rob GallowayEmergency medicine consultant, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust“I don’t know any consultants struggling to…
Assessing resilience of a health system is difficult but necessary to prepare for the next crisis
Health systems must constantly prepare for crises that threaten their operations. These include shocks that…
Healthcare education needs radical reform to emphasise careful and kind care
Healthcare professionals and the organisations in which they work are increasingly expected to respond to…
Tackling the erosion of compassion in acute mental health services
A series of undercover investigations in 2022 exposed instances of serious abuse in UK mental…
People are at the heart of resilient health and care systems
The covid-19 pandemic reminded us of many things, one of them being that health and…
NHS workforce plan is broadly welcomed by medical colleges, but questions remain over implementation
The publication of the first ever NHS long term workforce plan is a significant moment,…
NICE guidance on cardiovascular disease risk assessment and reduction is disappointing
As a general practitioner, I regularly spend 20 minutes wading through treacle in a 10…
Scarlett McNally: The NHS at 75—let’s celebrate it and preserve it for the future
As we celebrate the NHS turning 75 this month, we should consider how to preserve…
Long covid: nearly half of doctors affected can no longer work full time, finds survey
Almost one in five doctors (18%) with long covid who responded to a survey said…
Where do viruses hide in the human body?
Where do known viruses linger in the body?Virus particles often hide in “immunoprivileged sites” around…
Labour’s health mission: prevention and better primary care may extend life and improve health but are unlikely to save money
I applaud Labour, and its leader, Kier Starmer, for prioritising the prevention of ill health…
Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome
AbstractGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) represent two of the highest risk…
Tackling rare conditions: the consultant dermatologist
Edel O’Toole’s love of dermatology comes from a desire to help all patients with any…
Helen Salisbury: Half a cheer for the workforce plan
We were promised a workforce plan in 2017, and at last it has arrived.1 Just…
Reversing the urgent and emergency care spiral of decline
NHS urgent and emergency care is under intolerable strain. This strain is increasingly causing harm…
When I use a word . . . Medical slang: a taxonomy
Collecting medical slangI have been collecting examples of medical slang since reading Samuel Shem’s satirical…
Covid-19 inquiry: Brexit blamed for diverting focus away from pandemic planning
Last week’s covid-19 inquiry hearings picked up where they left off, with politicians shirking any…