Trevor Jackson studied classics at Cambridge and did a journalism diploma at Cardiff. After working on local newspapers for a couple of years, he went into healthcare and medical journalism in 1990. He held senior editorial positions on HSJ and Nursing Times and freelanced for national newspapers before joining the BMJ in 2000.

Competing Interests

Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?

Reimbursement for attending a symposium?
No

A fee for speaking?
No

A fee for organising education?
No

Funds for research?
No

Funds for a member of staff?
No

Fees for consulting?
No

Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the BMJ?
No

Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation?
EMAP

Do you have any other competing financial interests?
No

I have no competing interests/I have the following competing interests.
I am a member of the National Secular Society