The PPE procurement scandal—who pays and who profits?
“Had to stop CPR today for a full five minutes on a patient who arrested…
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UN warns of “devastating” effect of covid-19, conflict, and climate change on women’s and children’s health
There has been “critical regression” across nearly every major measure of childhood wellbeing since 2019,…
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Simple interventions that make a huge difference: the consultant geriatrician
It’s not just the complex nature of his work that satisfies consultant geriatrician Amit Arora,…
Helen Salisbury: What happens if the lights go out?
Power cuts were thrilling in the 1970s: the schools closed early, we cooked on a…
Can you use art to restore the health of a community?
Health is a function of communities as much as it’s a function of individuals. If…
Climate emergency: Medical royal colleges unite to highlight effects on health
bmj;379/oct17_11/o2494/FAF1faJo RogersLeaders of medical royal colleges and organisations representing general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, general…
Cataract surgeon who missed NHS operations while doing private work is struck off
A leading cataract surgeon has been struck off the UK register for lying to his…
Hunt must keep promise to deliver NHS workforce plan, say leaders
Healthcare leaders have urged the UK’s new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to make good on his…
The health and social care crisis makes tobacco control an imperative
The healthcare community has for a long time been pressing the UK government to produce…
Sixty seconds on . . . pandemic babies
Did the predicted baby boom happen?It was more of a baby bust. Despite predictions that…
More than a third of US counties lack obstetric care as services are deemed unprofitable
More than a third of the 3143 counties in the US are maternity “deserts” without…
Suicidal girl is placed in rented house after council fails to find therapeutic placement
A High Court judge has approved an unlawful unregulated placement for a suicidal 13 year…
Investigating dysphagia in adults: symptoms and tests
What you need to knowNew onset dysphagia in adults requires urgent direct access upper gastrointestinal…
China’s Personal Information Protection Law
China’s first privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Law, went into effect on 1 November…
Paul Wilkinson: environmental epidemiologist at the forefront of research into the health benefits of climate change action
bmj;379/oct17_1/o2480/FAF1faIf excess winter deaths are linked to colder temperatures, why do so many more die…
Blood shortages: Hospitals are asked to postpone some elective operations
NHS hospitals have been asked to postpone some non-urgent elective operations to protect blood stocks,…
Formula milk: WHO Foundation refuses to take further financial donations from Nestle
A foundation set up by the World Health Organization will no longer accept money from…
Formula milk: why WHO has taken a hard stance on sponsorship
In 2019 BMJ took the decision to end all marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) in…
Leading oncologist suspended for “cavalier attitude” to treatment returns to practice
Justin Stebbing, an oncologist with a world reputation, has been allowed to return to practice…
Elizabeth Alin Letsky
Elizabeth Alin Letsky (“Liz”) was educated at the North London Collegiate School, where she showed…
Alexander Munn
bmj;379/oct14_2/o2452/FAF1faAlexander Munn (“Alex”) first became interested in occupational health as a national service doctor in…
David John Austin
bmj;379/oct14_1/o2454/FAF1faDavid John Austin grew up in Lytham St Annes. He attended St Thomas’ primary school…
Workforce: RCP demands immediate action and plan to keep NHS running
The government must commit to publishing a long term NHS workforce plan by the end…
Children have a right to clean air, and we must fight for it to become a reality
“Legally binding targets based on WHO guidelines would reduce the number of deaths from air…
Happiness that doesn’t cost the Earth
Everyone has a basic human need for a happy and fulfilling life. For many, this…
Seven days in medicine: 5-11 October 2022
Mental health“Hidden waits” force patients to visit emergency careAlmost a quarter (23%) of patients in…
Climate policy and activism need to make space for disabled people
Last year at COP26, inaccessibility was briefly the subject of media attention when it was…
Funding by lottery . . . and other stories
Allocating funding for researchAnyone who has ever written a research proposal knows that success depends…
Towards zero carbon healthcare: anaesthesia
What you need to knowSevoflurane and isoflurane have smaller atmospheric impacts than desflurane and nitrous…
Post-acute sequelae of covid-19 six to 12 months after infection: population based study
AbstractObjectivesTo describe symptoms and symptom clusters of post-covid syndrome six to 12 months after acute…
Hope can bring solutions to climate despair
Can we find hope in a hopeless place? Earth 2022 can certainly feel hopeless, given…
COP27: What can we expect from this year’s climate change conference?
What, and when, is COP27?The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) will take place…
The cost of keeping warm and the price of inadequate policy
We are in the middle of an energy price crisis,1 with energy insecurity, fuel poverty,…
Government is ignoring “ticking time bomb” of deteriorating population health, says BMA
The UK government must regard the population’s health as crucial to sustainable economic growth rather…
NHS at risk of “complete collapse” from exodus of consultants, BMA warns
The BMA has urged the government to avert a major exodus of senior hospital doctors…
Menopause: Government must tackle “postcode lottery” of treatment, says report
Prescription costs for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in England should be scrapped as in the…
Monkeypox: Virus DNA is widespread in treatment rooms, study finds
Healthcare workers treating patients with monkeypox should use personal protective equipment (PPE), regularly disinfect any…
Join the fight against fossil fuels
In September, the World Health Organization, along with hundreds of other health organisations, signed a…
Recurrent facial paralysis and weakness
A woman in her 50s presented with a history of at least five paroxysmal episodes…
Reducing the health impacts of ambient air pollution
What you need to knowInhaling polluted ambient air has many health effects, including childhood onset…
Armour-like hyperkeratosis
This is erythrodermic psoriasis on the chest of a man in his 30s (fig 1).bmj;379/oct12_5/e070300/F1F1f1Fig…
False climate change narratives undermine health sector engagement
Health professionals are increasingly learning how climate change is harming their patients’ health1 and, unsurprisingly,…
How cars take lives in more ways than just crashes
It is no secret that man made chemical emissions pose risks to human health, but…
Returning to the core practices of being a doctor to avoid physician burnout
The study on burnout provides valuable insight into physician wellbeing.1 The association between physician burnout…
It’s time to widen the capture of gestational diabetes in the UK
Loder’s outlining of less-than-ideal contemporary efforts to tackle public health1 are laudable.1The systematic review and…
Kenneth Theodore Evans
bmj;379/oct11_10/o2402/FAF1faKenneth Theodore Evans (“Ken”) was appointed as the first professor of radiology in Wales in…
Insulin access still “severely limited” in low income countries, report finds
Efforts by pharmaceutical companies to tackle global insulin inequity are “fragmented” and “falling short,” with…
The challenge for COP27
bmj;379/oct11_14/o2433/FAF1faA farmer stands among the carcasses of his livestock as drought threatens 2.8 million people…
Towards net zero healthcare
What you need to knowReduce use of health services and improve healthcare efficiency by integrating…
Gwyn Amman Evans
bmj;379/oct11_12/o2399/FAF1faGwyn Amman Evans was an eminent children’s and adult orthopaedic surgeon at the Robert Jones…