Building an Aboriginal allied health workforce to enhance culturally responsive care

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 ...

2026-05-29T15:05:36+01:0028 May 2026|Events, International Forum, Our impact|

Revealing the hidden risks of slush ice drinks in children

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. ...

Research to Publication | From frontline questions to published evidence

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 ...

Co-designing safer emergency care

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, ...

Stimulating international research dialogue on SGLT2 inhibitors and immune risk

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 ...

2026-05-26T12:46:01+01:0027 February 2026|Corporate announcement, Our impact, The BMJ|

Mental health of children affected by armed conflict: experts call for global commitment and funding

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 ...

2026-04-09T13:31:13+01:0024 February 2026|Collection, Corporate announcement, Launch, Our impact, Partnership, The BMJ|

From systematic reviews to global guidance

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 ...

Improving allied health decision making to reduce readmissions

Improving allied health decision making to reduce readmissions Hospital readmissions place sustained pressure on inpatient services and are frequently influenced by modifiable factors, including how patients are identified for targeted allied health input. Observational studies have shown that higher hospital investment in occupational therapy is associated with lower readmission ...

2026-04-09T13:31:15+01:0019 February 2026|Corporate announcement, Events, International Forum, Our impact|
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