Patients’ concerns too often go ignored, says England’s first patient safety commissioner “The NHS’s relentless focus on finance and productivity is failing patient safety,” argues patient safety commissioner Henrietta Hughes in an interview for The BMJ today. “The patient’s anecdote is the canary in the coal mine,” she says. It’s the thing ...
Practice highlights “critical loophole” in the revolving door between the FDA and industry The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tells staff leaving for industry jobs that, despite restrictions on post-employment lobbying, they are still permitted to influence the agency, reveals an investigation by The BMJ today. Internal emails, obtained under a ...
One obesity service reached its three year quota of patients in less than 17 weeks Experts blame lack of consistent government policy and say next government needs to act decisively One in six integrated care boards (ICBs) in England have stopped accepting new patients for specialist weight management services as ...
Together we can build a better health and social care system which thrives on collaboration not competition, say experts Long term thinking and stable, consistent policies are key to improving our nation’s financial prosperity and wellbeing, say experts on The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS as they set out their ...
Outpacing 45% increase in world’s population during the same period (1990-2019) Older people worldwide bear the brunt, with steepest rise among 65-69 year olds The proportion of patient harms associated with medical procedures, treatment, and contact with healthcare systems rose by 59%, from 11 million to 18 million globally between ...
Experts find “smorgasbord of tactics” used to boost sales during opioid addiction epidemic Opioid giant Mallinckrodt, selling more than Purdue Pharma in the US, was forced by the courts to publish more than 1.3 million internal documents. In The BMJ today, researchers Sergio Sismondo and Maud Bernisson sift through nearly 900 contracts ...
Non-invasive, real-time approach more effective than conventional methods Testing now required on larger and more diverse numbers of patients, say researchers A combination of facial thermal imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately predict the presence of coronary artery disease, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Health ...
Tide turning against controversial term accused of covering up deaths in police custody Updated medical guidance on excited delirium, the controversial term accused of covering up deaths in police custody, including that of George Floyd, is being brought forward before its scheduled date of October 2025, reports The BMJ today. The move ...
Substantially reduced rates seen across all socioeconomic groups The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in England has not only been associated with a substantial reduction in cervical disease, but has done so in all socioeconomic groups, finds a study published by The BMJ today. Although women living in the most deprived areas ...
These conclude BMJ’s investigation into research integrity issues concerning Paul McCrory The British Journal of Sports Medicine has retracted six further articles authored by former editor, Dr Paul McCrory, and corrected another two, following an extensive investigation of his sole authored content in the journal. The retractions comprise four ‘warm up’ ...
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