‘Virtual ward’ bed uses 4 times less carbon than traditional inpatient bed

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 ...

2025-06-18T10:09:50+00:0018 June 2025|BMJ Innovations, Press release|

Failure to focus on covid suppression led to avoidable UK deaths, says expert

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 ...

2025-05-12T09:58:17+00:0012 May 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Too few ward nurses linked to longer hospital stay, readmission, and risk of death

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 ...

2025-05-01T09:29:11+00:0030 April 2025|BMJ Quality & Safety, Press release|

China’s malaria-free status offers crucial lessons for other areas

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 ...

Academic medicine is in urgent need of a revolution, say experts

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 ...

2025-04-11T08:59:09+00:0010 April 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Almost one in ten people surveyed report having been harmed by the NHS in the last three years

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) ...

2025-04-02T15:26:56+00:002 April 2025|BMJ Quality & Safety, Press release|

Over 1.2 million medical device side-effect reports not submitted within legal timeframe

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 ...

2025-03-13T14:13:13+00:0013 March 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

No evidence that substituting NHS doctors with physician associates is necessarily safe

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 ...

2025-03-07T15:16:24+00:007 March 2025|Press release, The BMJ|

Around 1 in 5 UK medical students considers dropping out, study suggests

Mental health issues rife and key contributor to intention to abandon medicine Around 1 in 5 UK medical students considers dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine, suggest the results of an observational study published in the open access ...

2025-02-13T10:49:16+00:0011 February 2025|BMJ Open, Press release|

Tesco urged to drop an “unethical” in-store infant feeding advice service pilot

Exclusive news report reveals how Danone-funded midwives are expected to wear branded uniforms and undergo training by the formula company UK supermarket giant Tesco is being urged to drop an “unethical” pilot of an in-store infant feeding advice service in which Danone-funded midwives are expected to wear branded uniforms and ...

2025-01-22T11:42:55+00:009 January 2025|Press release, The BMJ|
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