BMJ Investigations is our dedicated unit of specialist reporters who expose practices that risk public health and undermine trust in healthcare. Through rigorous, evidence-led reporting, the unit shines a light on issues that matter to patients, clinicians and policymakers alike. In January 2025, The BMJ revealed that Danone-funded midwives ...
How a BMJ Opinion piece sparked a movement beyond clinical practice A powerful blend of professional expertise, personal experience, and a growing public platform has marked Dr Seema Haider's journey into advocacy. As a general practitioner with a deep understanding of the complexities of ...
How working with BMJ Group is helping Cyprus translate evidence into everyday practice The Cyprus Ministry of Health's launch of the National Centre for Clinical Evidence and Quality in Healthcare (NCCE) marks a milestone in national healthcare reform. BMJ Group is a trusted strategic partner in this ...
BMJ Group seeks an ambitious and dynamic editor in chief for a new journal, BMJ Immunology, launching in 2025. The ideal candidate will be a respected clinician–researcher with editorial experience and a strong vision to establish the new journal and develop its reach, impact and influence internationally. You will appoint ...
A major step forward for UK public health In November 2024, the UK government announced legislation mandating folic acid fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour, effective by the end of 2026. This landmark policy will reduce neural tube defects (NTDs), serious birth defects affecting brain and spinal cord development that can ...
When Dr Anish John Kuriakose moved to the UK to practise medicine, he faced a challenge common to many international clinicians—navigating a new healthcare system with different guidelines and expectations. For him, BMJ Best Practice became a crucial bridge. BMJ Best Practice helped me transition to UK care-based ...
Health challenges go beyond clinical interventions—social, cultural, and political factors deeply influence outcomes. Recognising how gender intersects with socio-economic factors is crucial for achieving health equity. The latest collection in BMJ Innovations, produced in partnership with TDR, explores innovations to ensure interventions are inclusive and responsive to marginalised groups ...
End nuclear weapons, before they end us, warn experts BMJ Group has joined health journals across the world to publish an editorial urging governments to restore a World Health Organization (WHO) mandate to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war - and support a new UN study on the effects ...
When Dr Clara Maarup Prip, a urologist and gynaecologist at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, encountered a rare case of ureterohydronephrosis caused by a menstrual cup, she’d never seen anything like it. Nor had her supervisor, or any other senior doctors in the urology department. Ureterohydronephrosis is the swelling of the ureter ...
Since 2020, we have published landmark collections and ongoing coverage of racism in medicine. The BMJ highlighted the racial discrimination and health inequalities experienced by patients and doctors in a special campaigning issue.As the first journal publication solely focused on calling for action against racism in medicine, The BMJ directly ...