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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An exclusive BMJ investigation has uncovered how McDonald's is systematically undermining councils' efforts to block new outlets—particularly in deprived areas of England, where rates of childhood obesity are alarmingly high. Based on freedom of information requests to the Planning Inspectorate, The BMJ found that McDonald's has lodged 14 planning appeals ...
Global partnerships expand opportunities for researchers to maximise the impact of their work April 2025 — Global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ Group, is expanding its open access reach by introducing new and renewed Read and Publish agreements for 2025, further reinforcing its ongoing support for enhancing global knowledge sharing. ...
Optimising patient management with BMJ Best Practice The impact of clinical decision support on hospital efficiency Free institutional trial Subscribe to BMJ Best Practice BMJ Best Practice is a valuable tool for frontline health professionals, helping to improve patient care and ...
