Category: Patient authored

When The BMJ launched its patient and public partnership strategy in 2014 it was the…

The biomedical concept of frailty has been an important advance in how we approach the…

The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated its recommendation for the age when all…

The final report of the UK Infected Blood Inquiry exposes the catastrophic failings that devastated…

Cancer is diagnosed at more advanced stages, and consequently with poorer outcomes, in the UK…

“Sunshine, rest, exercise, diet, friends, and self-confidence” are the “six best doctors in the world,”…

The Hughes report, released in February 2024, outlines options for redress for people in England…

Widening inequalities in health, the cost-of-living crisis, and increasing non-communicable disease have contributed to the…

Operative vaginal deliveries—forceps and vacuum assisted deliveries—are recommended as safe, acceptable alternatives to caesarean delivery…

The number of people in the UK dying from drug overdose is rising, with over…

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently recommended that all adults in general…

In recent years, public discourse has drawn attention to research and clinical practice regarding gender…

In a linked analysis article (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-075000),1 Fernandez Lynch and Largent argue that regulators should balance…

Data from the UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (MBRRACE-UK) for 2018-20 show that in…

The report on Black maternal health from the UK government’s women and equalities committee, published…

The Health Foundation’s report on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 international health policy survey of primary…

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women globally.1 Improvements in breast cancer survival…

The detailed results of a phase 3 randomised controlled trial of lecanemab,1 the latest monoclonal…

A recent umbrella review of evidence for the serotonin theory of depression1 was widely reported…

The threats to patient privacy from sharing data have been well publicised. By comparison, the…

Recent political events, including the conflict in Ukraine, the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and the…

The new Health and Care Bill received royal assent in April 2022.1 One key aspect…

The newly released Ockenden report into maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust1 is…

Acupuncture therapies are used in 183 countries according to a 2013 survey by the World…

Health inequalities are widening in many high income countries and have been thrown into focus…

Healthcare payers, including NHS England,1 are making increasing use of outcomes based contracts for new…

The UK government recently published its long awaited review led by the chief pharmaceutical officer…

Improving the quality of healthcare is complex. It requires input not just from healthcare providers…

The Department of Health and Social Care in England recently published its new data strategy…

A row is brewing over NHS Digital’s plans to update its system for extracting patient…

Co-production is a collaborative model of research that includes stakeholders such as patients, the public,…

The publication of the first recommendations from the independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury…

Health inequities are worsening across Britain. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show…

Most people with covid-19 are cared for at home, increasing the likely exposure of household…

Covid-19 has rapidly forced utilitarian priorities to dominate decision making. As basic freedoms are restricted,…

We all want to base our healthcare decisions on trustworthy evidence. Yet the landmark 2009…