Increase taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks, WHO urges
Gareth Iacobucci The BMJ The World Health Organization has urged countries to apply more taxes on alcohol and sugary sweetened beverages, as latest data show...
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Helen Salisbury: How the duty of kindness could suppress legitimate debate
Helen Salisbury, GP Oxford helen.salisbury{at}phc.ox.ac.ukFollow Helen on Twitter @HelenRSalisbury Good Medical Practice is a guide produced by the General Medical Council (GMC) that sets out...
Let’s make poor reporting of early phase dose finding clinical trials a thing of the past
Christina Yap, professor of clinical trials biostatistics Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK In 2017, I was drafting the first...
Consultant pay offer: Will early career doctors lose out?
Abi Rimmer The BMJ Vishal Sharma, chair of the BMA Consultants Committee, speaks to Abi Rimmer about the details of a deal it is putting...
GPs in Scotland reȷect call for “fully salaried GP service”
Elisabeth Mahase The BMJ General practitioners in Scotland have rejected a call for a “move to a fully salaried GP service” with similar terms and...
Sixty seconds on . . . dogs and dementia
Mun-Keat Looi The BMJ Woof Down boy, although I can understand your excitement. New research says a dog can reduce the risk of developing dementia...
The debate over physician associates is necessary—but needlessly toxic
Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief The BMJ kabbasi{at}bmj.comFollow Kamran on Twitter @KamranAbbasi Pepperer. Grocer. Apothecary. Surgeon apothecary. General practitioner (https://www.apothecaries.org/history/origins).1 The evolution of medical associate...
Thalassaemia: NHS to offer stem cell transplants to adults who need transfusions
Zosia Kmietowicz The BMJ Adults who have transfusion dependent thalassaemia are being given access to stem cell transplantations on the NHS, a treatment previously available...
Swine flu: UK reports its first human case of A(H1N2)v strain
Elisabeth Mahase The BMJ The UK has detected its first human case of a new strain of influenza, A(H1N2)v, in a person who experienced mild...
Halt plans to restrict foreign workers joining the NHS and care services, say leaders
Zosia Kmietowicz The BMJ NHS and care leaders have called for the government to abandon plans to restrict the number of family members overseas health...