A sustained reduction in a high-risk population In February 2020, The BMJ highlighted racial discrimination and health inequalities in a special 'Racism in medicine' issue¹ that helped catalyse the creation of the NHS - Race and Health Observatory.² In response to persistent ethnic inequalities in maternal and ...
Creating clear professional pathways for Aboriginal students through paid placements and ongoing cultural mentorship The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) SEED Allied Health Aboriginal Cadetship supports Aboriginal students into professional allied health roles, strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation across the workforce. The programme responds ...
Patricia Ripoll, founder of the VISIBLE Foundation in Spain and patient advisor to BMJ Group, has spent more than a decade advancing patient involvement across healthcare. Through the foundation, she leads more than 15 projects supporting patient co-design across health systems, innovation, and policy. Her work highlights the cost ...
From clinical observation to food safety policy Research published in Archives of Disease in Childhood identified a serious and previously underrecognised risk associated with slush ice drinks marketed to children, directly influencing food safety guidance and regulatory discussions across the UK, Ireland, Germany, and the European Union. ...
Many clinicians identify problems in care but lack the time, training, or confidence to turn those insights into publishable research. BMJ Research to Publication helps doctors and healthcare researchers strengthen study design, reporting, and publication skills so that frontline evidence can reach wider clinical and policy audiences. Across key ...
From international learning to local change Sandra Brownlea, staff specialist in the emergency department at Royal Darwin Hospital in Australia, identified inequitable and culturally unsafe care for frequent emergency department attenders, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Social complexity was often addressed through a biomedical lens, ...
Strengthening the case for Benedict’s Law through evidence and advocacy Research in Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC), published by BMJ Group, has helped inform national policy on child safety and contributed to progress in achieving Benedict's Law, a set of national protections designed to ...
The BMJ research: sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases In October 2025, The BMJ published the first nationwide population based cohort study to examine the association between sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs). Drawing on data from more than ...
New BMJ Collection calls for evidence based and sustainable mental health support in conflict settings A new collection on Child Mental Health in Conflict Settings published by The BMJ, in partnership with the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), calls for evidence based, scalable, sustainable, and long term interventions ...
How BMJ Global Health underpinned WHO and UNICEF's first community hand hygiene guidelines In October 2025, BMJ Global Health published an open access supplement, The evidence to establish global guidelines on hand hygiene in community settings. The collection brings together five systematic reviews and forms the evidence ...
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