» When I use a word . . . “Publish or perish”: collocates reflect attitudes
18/07/25 16:26 from Latest headlines from BMJ
Collocates and collocationIn linguistics, collocation is the habitual and recurrent juxtaposition of words with particular other words.1 The word comes from the Latin verb collocare, to put someone or something, in this case a word, in t...
» Mission impossible: the Leng review’s final reckoning
18/07/25 14:46 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The verdict on the Leng review is positive with caveats (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1482).12 How positive you feel depends on your perspective (doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-084613).3 The rapid introduction of physician associates and anaesthesia associate...
» The evidence on physician associates is low quality, limited, and inconsistent—Gillian Leng
18/07/25 14:36 from Latest headlines from BMJ
Kamran Abbasi: How did you go about the review and what did you find?Gillian Leng: “I wanted it to be based on the best available evidence. I wanted us to be comprehensive in looking at that evidence base, informed as much as it could be...
» NHS needs a balanced recruitment and retention strategy
18/07/25 11:16 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The BMA’s annual local medical committee conference in May passed a motion that international medical graduates should not be disadvantaged when applying for training posts.1 It also noted that general practitioner (GP) trainees were una...
» UK launches plan to speed up clinical trials and improve access to new treatments
18/07/25 10:46 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The UK government has unveiled its life sciences sector plan which includes proposals to speed up clinical trials, unlock NHS data for research, and cut red tape to help patients access new treatments earlier.1The plan seeks to make the ...
» Bed poverty: Effects on child health—and the doctor’s role
18/07/25 09:36 from Latest headlines from BMJ
“I have only recently thought to ask about it,” says Josh Meek, a GP partner working in a deprived region of Sheffield, speaking of patients’ sleeping arrangements.Published in September 2024, a report by the children’s charity Buttle UK...
» Marinus Dirk Hage
18/07/25 08:46 from Latest headlines from BMJ
bmj;390/jul18_4/r1465/FAF1faMark, as he was known to his friends and patients, was a charismatic, eccentric, and much loved GP who served the population of Beechdale in Nottingham for 19 years. He came to the UK from the Netherlands with...
» John McKenzie Kennedy
18/07/25 08:16 from Latest headlines from BMJ
bmj;390/jul18_3/r1466/FAF1faJohn McKenzie Kennedy was born a twin in Aberdeen weighing 1.13 kg (2.5 lb). The family moved south to be closer to Southampton where his father was the captain of an oil tanker. John attended Wallington Count...
» Chris John Ryan
18/07/25 08:01 from Latest headlines from BMJ
bmj;390/jul18_2/r1470/FAF1faChris was born in Nottingham on 14 February 1946. While his career in medicine began as his father’s aspiration for him, he transformed this inheritance into a genuine vocation, serving countless patients with...
» Arumugam Nallasivan
18/07/25 07:56 from Latest headlines from BMJ
bmj;390/jul18_1/r1467/FAF1faArumugam Nallasivan, fondly known as Nally to his colleagues, graduated from Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India, and completed medical training in hospitals across the north of England.From his first da...
» Chinese government launches investigation after 233 children poisoned with lead
17/07/25 10:21 from Latest headlines from BMJ
China’s central government has intervened after hundreds of cases of lead poisoning at a private nursery in the country’s impoverished north west, days after local officials blamed industrial paint used to enhance the appearance of cafet...
» Blood transfusion safety: correct patient identification is essential
17/07/25 10:01 from Latest headlines from BMJ
Vickers and colleagues’ recommendation to implement electronic blood management systems for transfusion safety is timely.1 Most reports made to the UK haemovigilance scheme, Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT), each year are “near miss...
» New cystic fibrosis drug fast tracked to UK patients
17/07/25 08:56 from Latest headlines from BMJ
A new once daily triple drug treatment for cystic fibrosis is set to be “immediately funded” by NHS England following recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1Vanzacaftor-tezacaftor-deutivacaftor,...
» Physician associates: Doctors’ leaders warn that Leng review fails to protect patients fully
17/07/25 08:46 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The BMA has criticised Gillian Leng for not recommending a nationally defined scope of practice for physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs), and warned that her review does not go far enough to protect patients adequa...
» Fuller inquiry: “Appalling” sexual abuse could happen again, report warns
17/07/25 07:46 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The “appalling” sexual abuse of dead bodies in NHS hospital mortuaries by a necrophiliac killer could happen again unless the sector is regulated by law, an independent inquiry has concluded.1David Fuller’s activities, which spanned 15 y...
» Trump watch: Doctors are subpoenaed over transgender care
16/07/25 15:31 from Latest headlines from BMJ
NIH director dismisses entire top advisory committeeScience reported that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Jay Bhattacharya, dismissed all members of the agency’s top external advisory body, the Advisory Committee to the...
» Towards a fairer UK medical training pathway: structured integration of international medical graduates
16/07/25 14:26 from Latest headlines from BMJ
The discussion around competition for medical specialty training posts is important.1 As a core psychiatry trainee, I acknowledge the vital role of international medical graduates in the NHS, but I think a more structured approach is nee...
» We should be wary of preferential treatment for UK graduates
16/07/25 14:21 from Latest headlines from BMJ
In April, Wes Streeting was looking to end the “crazy” situation of UK doctors losing out on jobs to doctors from overseas.1 In May, the Times reported that he plans to announce that UK trained doctors will be given preference over inter...
» Sixty seconds on . . . alcohol at football
16/07/25 14:11 from Latest headlines from BMJ
Is it all kicking off?That’s been the concern—which is why, for the past four decades, the UK has prohibited football supporters from drinking in the stands. But in Scotland at least, the ban is being lifted as part of a pilot scheme.Sho...
» Competing for a specialty training post feels like a high stakes game of musical chairs
16/07/25 13:16 from Latest headlines from BMJ
Every year, thousands of doctors enter a high stakes game of musical chairs, competing for a shrinking pool of specialty training posts in a process that has little clarity or predictability. As a foundation doctor approaching the end of...