AI technologies: guidelines set out training requirements for NHS staff
All health and care staff will receive training in how to use artificial intelligence (AI)…
Category: UK
Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo examine effectiveness, cost effectiveness, generalisability, and acceptability of financial incentives for smoking cessation during…
NHS England announces “data driven war rooms” to tackle winter pressures
Control centres that open 24 hours a day will be set up throughout the NHS…
John Launer: When outpatient appointments are put on hold
I have a long term medical condition that requires regular hospital review. In theory this…
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…
Scarlett McNally: Reversing the catastrophic effect of “ȷust one more” on retention of doctors
The stress-strain curve is a stalwart of orthopaedic exams. Its principles guide how implants behave,…
Partha Kar: Our international graduates need far better support
I’ll never forget saying goodbye to my father when I’d first come to the UK…
John Launer: The art of paying attention
I’m not sure that I’ve ever been an exceptionally compassionate or empathetic doctor, and it…
“Hyperbole” in government media releases on new drugs can undermine confidence in NHS, says editor
Phrases such as “cutting edge,” “game changing,” and “ground breaking” have no place in the…
Most black people in UK face discrimination from healthcare staff, survey finds
Most black people living in the UK have experienced prejudice from healthcare professionals because of…
David Oliver: Coffey’s inadequate plan for health and social care
Thérèse Coffey, England’s new secretary of state for health and social care, has set out…
Width of excision margins after breast conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer and distant recurrence and survival
Importance of tumour removalIn many cancers, such as colorectal cancer, attention to ensuring meticulous removal…
David Oliver: No wonder training grade doctors are unhappy
Being a junior doctor has never been an easy gig during my career. When I…
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NHS leaders warn of “intolerable” winter pressure without action on rising energy prices
The NHS is heading for one of its toughest winters ever—with record waiting lists and…
Soaring temperatures, but staff take on water
bmj;378/aug17_11/o2036/FAF1faMark ThomasAs the Office of National Statistics’ latest figures revealed 1680 total excess deaths in…
The Brexit predictions that came true, those that didn’t—and what we didn’t see coming
The battle over Brexit triggered extreme claims about its likely impact on UK healthcare, ranging…
Junior doctors still await rotas just days before changeover
Wednesday 3 August marks the changeover date for foundation trainees, yet with less than a…
Junior doctors take to Westminster to protest on pay and urge strike action
Hundreds of doctors marched from the Department of Health and Social Care offices to Downing…
David Oliver: Relearning to value experts and their knowledge
Throughout the pandemic I’ve seen expert professionals and apolitical expert institutions undermined, disparaged, accused of…
Sixty seconds on . . . the latest NHS restructuring
You’re joking—not another one!Yes, Brenda from Bristol’s famous 2017 response to another general election being…
BMA wins permission for ȷudicial review over cost of government’s pension mistakes
The BMA has been granted permission for a judicial review appealing the government’s attempts to…
Doctor is jailed after woman dies in botched routine procedure
An 85 year old doctor who admitted gross negligence manslaughter after a mother of three…
New patient safety commissioner faces “monumental task,” preferred candidate tells MPs
England’s patient safety commissioner will face a “monumental task” that should not be underestimated, the…
Steve Barclay is named England’s new health secretary after Javid quits
Sajid Javid has resigned as England’s health and social care secretary and been replaced by…
NHS launches first standardised induction programme for international medical graduates
A new standardised induction programme for international medical graduates (IMGs) who qualified outside the UK…
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Working hour limits must not be axed in post-Brexit legal overhaul, says BMA
Restrictions on doctors’ working hours must not be watered down as part of post-Brexit legislative…
LGBT+ health inequalities persist in Scotland, report shows
LGBT+ people in Scotland continue to face major health inequalities in every measure of wellbeing,…
Partha Kar: Understanding how others relate to you
There are said to be four types of people when it comes to adopting change…
David Oliver: Reconciling patients and professionals after poor experiences
When people in key public service roles feel pressurised, overwhelmed, or unfairly attacked for failings…
Matt Morgan: Trusting in people, not processes
My family and I recently moved from Wales to Australia. The move from our overfilled…
Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (RAPID)
AbstractObjectiveTo determine if guided internet based cognitive behavioural therapy with a trauma focus (CBT-TF) is…
Doctor who worked as locum consultant despite being released as trainee is suspended
A doctor who worked as an NHS locum consultant despite having been released from the…
Extension of cervical screening intervals with primary human papillomavirus testing: observational study of English screening pilot data
AbstractObjectivesTo provide updated evidence about the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or higher…
Consultant is suspended for 12 months for doing private work while on paid sick leave
A former chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee has been suspended for 12 months…
NHS trust is fined {pound}1.3m over deaths of two patients linked to safety failings
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined more than £1.3m (€1.5m; $1.6m) at…
Matt Morgan: The death of the dictaphone
The clicking of dictaphones starting, stopping, and rewinding used to echo around busy outpatient clinics….
Ukraine: the British doctors who have travelled to a war zone to help
Andy Kent was in Yemen on 1 March 2022, working with local doctors to try…
Government agrees to brief MPs on climate change after health leaders back hunger striker’s demands
A man ended a hunger strike of more than five weeks outside the UK parliament…
Matt Morgan: The NHS needs a midlife crisis
I assumed that my midlife crisis would involve one of the usual cliches—a motorbike, a…
David Oliver: MPs should look in the mirror before blaming the NHS for its failings
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee does an invaluable job in holding the government, public bodies,…
Medical schools should include climate change in their curriculum, says report
Climate change should be embedded in medical schools’ curriculums to help doctors understand the climate…
Government is to blame for lowest NHS satisfaction rating in 25 years, says BMA
The lowest recording of public satisfaction with the NHS in 25 years should serve as…
Offer patients genetic tests to see if medicines are safe and effective, says Royal College of Physicians
Patients should be tested for genetic variants that can affect how they will respond to…
Are fewer people living in poverty in the UK than 10 years ago?
What’s the claim?Earlier this month the UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said, “The actions of this…
Matt Morgan: Learning from all creatures great and small
In January, David Bennett became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a…
UK’s foundation training programme for 2022 was oversubscribed by almost 800 places
The level of oversubscription to the 2022 UK foundation programme is higher than in previous…
Progress to eliminate racial discrimination in complaints against doctors is too slow, say leaders
Doctors’ leaders have urged the General Medical Council (GMC) to do more to stamp out…
Inaction on workforce planning has failed health and care staff, say MPs
Tackling the backlog caused by the covid-19 pandemic is a “major and unquantifiable challenge” that…
Matt Morgan: Your 1800 weeks of work
As another year ticks silently into the next, along with the resolutions broken, I reflect…
Respiratory tract infection and risk of bleeding in oral anticoagulant users: self-controlled case series
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the association between untreated, community acquired, respiratory tract infections and bleeding in oral…