A new print BMJ for all UK doctors
BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h5629 (Published 22 October 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h5629All rapid responses
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Dear Editor
Many congratulations on the new format of the BMJ. For the first time in many years I read the majority of the articles and enjoyed them. The presentation is bright and attractive and easy to navigate.
I now look forward to receiving my BMJ each week!
Best wishes
Ray Donnelly MBE FRCS
Founder and President
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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To the Editor, Fiona.
I love the new BMJ. As a reader in the UK I like to receive the print journal. Whatever you do please keep Margaret McCartney. She keeps us all sane. But please do not continue to put the Spot Diagnosis answers column upside down.
Regards
Dr David Stredder
GMC no 2435581
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The new abridged/light-weight weekly version of the BMJ may prove perfectly adequate, but would it not be possible for those who opt for it to know what is in the weightier monthly version as well? -perhaps by receiving an e-mail listing of the contents. Presumably, if something of interest is found, it can be viewed subsequently on the BMJ website.
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Removal of complete research reports from the in-print BMJ
Dear Editor,
Is it time that the BMJ stops pretending to publish an in-print academic journal? Your preference for magazine-style controversy over research content was clear in your new-look “clinical research” print edition of 24/10/15. Six pages were devoted to NHS contractual issues, whereas there were only three original research articles, all abridged. A greater amount of space was given to a report documenting the difficulties in accessing the material for research. Without a device to hand, I think I understand how the authors might feel.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir John Savill, BA, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPE, FRCSEd(Hon), FASN, F.MedSci, FRSE, FRS
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