Half a million patients being cared for in temporary spaces, which evidence suggests is becoming a permanent fixture in many hospitals Most (79%) of NHS trusts in England are treating patients in corridors or makeshift areas in emergency departments including “fit to sit” rooms, x-ray waiting areas, and in one ...
Almost all emergency departments routinely deploying this approach At any one time, nearly 1 in 5 emergency department patients in the UK is being cared for in corridors, waiting rooms, and other non-standard ‘overflow’ spaces—an approach known as escalation area care—suggest the results of a large observational study, published online ...
Tools already widely used amid few institutional policies and regulatory guidance Medical education must adjust curricula + training to mitigate risks, warn experts Overreliance on generative AI risks eroding new and future doctors’ critical thinking skills, while potentially reinforcing existing data bias and inequity, warns an editorial published in the ...
Almost 9 in 10 trusts use contracts that deny doctors training and fair pay progression Experts warn that the NHS is effectively “behaving like a gig economy employer” Thousands of locally employed doctors (LEDs) - many of them international graduates and from ethnic minority backgrounds - are trapped on insecure ...
New BMJ series explores how AI is reshaping traditional doctor-patient interactions and considers its implications for healthcare AI is fast becoming a third party in the consultation room, reshaping the traditional two way doctor-patient relationship with important ethical and practical implications, say experts in The BMJ today. A new BMJ series provides insights into this technological ...
1 in 3 consultant jobs unfilled in some parts of the NHS, data shows £674m spent on locums in 2024/5 with negative effects on staff morale and patient care The NHS is reaching a crisis point in consultant recruitment as 1 in 3 consultant posts lie vacant in some parts ...
Over half of Gates Foundation grants to WHO have targeted polio and vaccination; but key WHO priorities like non-communicable diseases and strengthening health systems remain underfunded The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) priorities are being skewed by its increasing reliance on donations from organisations such as the Gates Foundation (previously known ...
Safeguards are needed to protect evidence-based practice Imposter participants threaten the integrity of health research and, by extension, the policies and clinical decisions built on it, warn experts in The BMJ today. Eileen Morrow and colleagues at the University of Oxford say the research community “must acknowledge the problem and dedicate resources to testing and implementing ...
Findings from Georgia suggest program goals have not yet been met The introduction of work requirements for certain adults enrolled in the US health insurance program Medicaid has so far failed to boost insurance coverage or employment rates, finds a study published by The BMJ today. It shows that health insurance coverage ...
Sanctions are inconsistent and overly reliant on subjective evidence, say experts The current process for managing sexual misconduct perpetrated by doctors in the UK requires major reform, say experts in The BMJ today. Mei Nortley and colleagues argue that sanctioning of doctors is inconsistent and overly reliant on subjective evidence and they ...
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