While he was a senior house officer in Ashington, Northumberland, Mike Snow developed open tuberculosis. He had a considerable amount of time off work, including 100 days of intramuscular injections ...

Luke Craddock describes what it’s like working in an emergency department as winter pressures bite I’ve only been working as a foundation year 2 doctor in an emergency department for six weeks and ...

In the midst of huge winter pressures, NHS principles on care in “temporary escalation spaces” threaten to take leave from reality In September 2024 NHS England published Principles for providing safe ...

A former paediatric surgeon has been jailed for five years and seven months for offences committed while operating an unsafe and unsanitary mobile child circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, ...

The cost of colonoscopies and increasingly strict US insurance company policies are driving down rates of colorectal cancer detection in an age group that experts say is at particular risk. Paige ...

Sustained funding is needed for screening and care, but industry must also shoulder costs Alcohol is widely available and drunk by around 80% of adults in the UK. No safe level of alcohol consumption ...

Laura Abbott and colleagues highlight gaps in clinical care for pregnant women in prison and consider how best to meet their needs Two newborn babies died in UK prisons in 2019-20 and another died in ...

Enrolling the right number and type of patient is crucial Sepsis is a life threatening syndrome initiated by microorganisms.1 Severe and often lethal injuries (eg, shock, multiorgan failure, and ...

An extended flu vaccine rollout would benefit public health and the economy, writes Lindsay Broadbent Every year, as the weather turns colder, we can’t go far without hearing someone cough or sniffle.

The BMJ widely discussed the assisted dying bill that is currently at the committee stage in the UK parliament.1 Having worked for many years now for a health system that gives people more agency and ...

At a time when access to NHS dentistry has reached crisis point, it is good to see oral health featured in The BMJ .1 The authors rightly raise awareness of the crucial importance of upholding ...

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...