Efforts to reduce staff turnover may improve patient care and hospital quality, say researchers High monthly turnover rates of nurses and senior doctors are associated with higher deaths for emergency patients admitted to NHS hospitals in England, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings suggest that efforts to reduce ...
Cardiovascular disease, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes quartet linked to 11-fold higher hospital admission risk Kidney disease + cardiovascular disease + dementia + osteoarthritis linked to 24-fold higher death risk Specific combinations of long term conditions have a major role in the additional pressures the NHS faces every winter, because they ...
Association for Palliative Care Medicine’s strong opposing stance risks undermining confidence in palliative care, argue senior doctors The Association for Palliative Care Medicine (APM) continues to misinform on palliative medicine doctors’ stance on assisted dying, warn a group of palliative medicine consultants in The BMJ today. Five years after first raising their ...
Guideline panel links to World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) raise questions about bias The World Health Organization (WHO) says that it is adhering to standard protocol in pursuing its transgender health guideline, but the process has been criticised for lacking transparency and an association with WPATH - an ...
Many trusts didn’t recognise or couldn’t verify the payments Findings raise important questions about unrecognised conflicts of interest Pharmaceutical companies have paid an estimated £156 million to NHS trusts in England between 2015 and 2022 without the public being told what the payments are for, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today. ...
More than 1 in 3 waited longer than required standard, single centre study reveals Waiting more than 4 hours in emergency care for treatment is linked to heightened risks of death and a longer hospital stay for hip fracture patients, reveals a single centre study, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. ...
Most preventable, underscoring need for new approaches to surveillance, say researchers Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7%) hospital patients—at least those receiving general medical care—suggest the findings of a single centre study in the US, published online in the journal BMJ Quality ...
Eight in ten commissioning boards in England cut or froze funding for services such as heart monitoring and minor surgery as a proportion of their overall spending Many general practices are facing financial ruin, says BMA committee chair Budgetary decisions by commissioners across England are affecting GPs’ ability to offer ...
Effect size is small, but improvement still meaningful given high levels of these disorders, say researchers Remote video consultations between patients and mental health specialists show a small but significant improvement on symptoms of depression and anxiety, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. Although the effect size is small, the ...
Doctors and medical trainees need to be fully informed about pros and cons of these tools A fifth of family doctors (GPs) seem to have readily incorporated AI into their clinical practice, despite a lack of any formal guidance or clear work policies on the use of these tools, suggest ...
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