The BMJ2h
Malcolm Harrington: occupational health expert who advised the government on benefits assessment
Malcolm Harrington was an influential occupational health physician who advanced the cause of workplace safety and advised the government on benefits claims. Born in Newport, south Wales, Harrington ...
The BMJ2h
UK authorities are “working at speed” to trace contacts of Lassa fever case
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is tracing contacts of a doctor who travelled to England while unwell with Lassa fever before returning to Nigeria and subsequently dying. The agency says Lassa ...
The BMJ6h
Being reckless with public health is an efficient way to cause outbreaks
Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a device. Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content ...
The BMJ7h
Trump’s nominees to lead NIH and FDA are likely be confirmed
Jay Bhattacharya is likely to be confirmed as head of the US National Institutes of Health and Marty Makary as head of the Food and Drug Administration after both were approved by the Senate’s Health, ...
The BMJ7h
Patients face discrimination in primary care, survey finds
Black, Asian and other ethnic minority patients have reported high levels of discrimination and mistrust among NHS providers of primary care services.
The BMJ3d
Physician associates want their profession to have appropriate regulation and oversight
PAs want robust research evaluating their practice, but adequate funding is needed, write Tamara S Ritsema and Amy Donaldson-Perrott Over the past year, a firestorm of debate has been swirling around ...
The BMJ3d
BMA threatens legal action over MRCP exam error
The BMA has announced plans to take legal action over an exam error that left some doctors facing the risk of unemployment. The error affected nearly 300 candidates who sat part 2 of the membership of ...
The BMJ3d
NHS trust is investigating claim that staff illegally accessed records of Nottingham attack victims
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust is investigating allegations that healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records of the victims of a stabbing attack that left three people dead. Barnaby ...
The BMJ3d
When I use a word . . . Tariffs
US presidential campaign Donald Trump declared that “the most beautiful word in the dictionary today is the word ‘tariff.’” His definition of a tariff is a tax that a government imposes on foreign ...
The BMJ3d
NHS England’s most senior doctor to step down
Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director and one of the government’s most prominent communicators during the covid-19 pandemic, is to step down this summer.1 His departure, announced on ...
The BMJ3d
Sexual harassment: Consultants call for new system for staff to report incidents
Hospital consultants have urged the BMA to lobby for a national, anonymous reporting structure for staff who experience sexual harassment at work. Doctors at the BMA’s UK consultants annual conference ...
The BMJ3d
Lecanemab and donanemab: NICE reconsiders controversial Alzheimer’s drugs
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has decided to reconsult on draft guidance for Alzheimer’s treatments donanemab and lecanemab, six months after initially rejecting the ...