Evidence of impact of discrimination and inequalities is clear; what is needed now is action from government and NHS institutions, says the BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS Racism and sexism are “alarmingly normalised” within the structures and person-to-person interactions across the NHS, and the NHS has delayed ...
Financial incentives alone are no magic bullet to improve quality, say researchers Introducing performance related pay for UK general practices initially improved quality of care, but did not seem to provide lasting improvements beyond that expected by previous trends, finds a study published by The BMJ today. And initial gains in quality ...
These wards have the potential to reduce need to build more high-carbon impact hospitals A virtual ward bed uses 4 times less carbon than a traditional inpatient bed, so helping the NHS achieve its net zero target by 2045, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open ...
UK approach raises questions about medical and scientific advice Early in the covid-19 pandemic, the failure of UK government advisers to follow World Health Organization (WHO) advice and emerging evidence from East Asia that suppression could bring the virus under control quickly led to avoidable UK deaths, argues an expert ...
Redressing balance saves around £5000 for each year of healthy life gained But not if temporary agency staff are used Employing too few permanent nurses on hospital wards is linked to longer inpatient stays, readmissions, patient deaths, and ultimately costs more in lives and money, finds a long term study ...
Special BMJ collection explores China's path to elimination and how it may inform strategies elsewhere, but experts warn that funding declines would reverse hard won gains China’s success in achieving malaria-free status in 2021 offers crucial lessons for the global malaria fight, say experts in a special collection of articles published by The ...
The BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine sets out its vision to transform academic medicine and help improve population and planetary health Academic medicine is in urgent need of a revolution, say experts in the first report of The BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine as they set ...
In almost two-thirds of cases, treatment or care received was responsible, and in more than a third harm was due to lack of access to care Almost one in ten people in Great Britain experienced healthcare-related harm due to care or treatment they received from the National Health Service (NHS) ...
Late adverse event reporting may prevent early detection of patient safety concerns, warn researchers Over 1.2 million medical device adverse event reports were not submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the deadline set by federal regulations, finds an analysis of recent data published by The BMJ today. Of ...
Evidence base on safety and effectiveness of physician associate and anaesthetic associate practice in the UK “sparse and of variable quality” Researchers say they can find no convincing evidence that physician associates add value in UK primary care or that anaesthetic associates add value in anaesthetics, and some evidence suggested ...
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