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Medical colleges and unions call for inquiry over “shocking” levels of sexual assault in the NHS

Sexual assault in a hospital

Sexual assault in a hospital

Medical colleges and unions call for inquiry over “shocking” levels of sexual assault in the NHS

NHS trusts recorded more than 35 000 cases of rape, sexual assault, harassment, stalking, and abusive remarks between 2017 and 2022, but only one in 10 trusts has a dedicated policy to manage the problem. Ingrid Torjesen and Adele Waters investigate

Opinion∙With sexual harassment or assault, what you permit, you promote Opinion∙How many more people will be abused before we act?

The cost of living growing out of reach

An economics of health for all

Continuing with the neoliberal economy will not solve the problems of inequality and climate change, write Michael Marmot and Paulo Buss

opinion | May 23

An economics of health for all

Continuing with the neoliberal economy will not solve the problems of inequality and climate change, write Michael Marmot and Paulo Buss

The cost of living growing out of reach

May 23

Addressing the Growing NCDs Burden Among Women and Children

Addressing the growing NCDs burden among women and children

In collaboration with WHO, this collection examines the benefits of integrated care for NCDs and maternal, newborn, and child health

May 23

Addressing the growing NCDs burden among women and children

In collaboration with WHO, this collection examines the benefits of integrated care for NCDs and maternal, newborn, and child health

Addressing the Growing NCDs Burden Among Women and Children

May 23

A war veteran having a vaccine administered

SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated versus unvaccinated US veterans

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections were of generally lower severity and less likely to result in death than infections among unvaccinated individuals, finds study

research | May 23

SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated versus unvaccinated US veterans

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections were of generally lower severity and less likely to result in death than infections among unvaccinated individuals, finds study

A war veteran having a vaccine administered

May 23

Labour’s plans for NHS get sceptical welcome from health leaders

news | May 23

FDA advisers back Pfizer’s maternal RSV vaccine after voicing safety concerns

news | May 23

How medical schools can better support students through pregnancy and parenthood

opinion | May 22

Fighting in Sudan threatens its already fragile healthcare system

feature | May 22

Transgender care: 19 US states ban or restrict access with penalties for doctors who break the law

news | May 22

Is Northern Ireland’s primary care system on the verge of collapse?

feature | May 22

The BMJ’s Commission on the Future of the NHS

editor's choice | May 4

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Kerala state tightens law to protect doctors from violence

GPs must consider industrial action to achieve full pay restoration, say leaders

Let GPs offer services privately if not available on NHS, say LMCs

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Association between inequalities in human resources for health and all cause and cause specific mortality

Development and internal-external validation of statistical and machine learning models for breast cancer prognostication

FDA approval, clinical trial evidence, efficacy, epidemiology, and price for non-orphan and ultra-rare, rare, and common orphan cancer drug indications

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Comment

Virtual appointments—embracing the opportunity to reduce carbon emissions mustn’t widen health inequalities

Rising rates of perinatal suicide

Ofsted: a case of official negligence?

Is a lack of diversity among clinical practice guideline authors contributing to health inequalities for patients?

Planning for the next pandemic: what The BMJ’s research team learnt from covid-19

A novel that puts you inside the suffering from the opioid crisis

Indefinite detention: the implications of the Illegal Migration Bill for pregnant women

Current policies on early detection of prostate cancer create overdiagnosis and inequity with minimal benefit

Tackling the obesity epidemic

Education

Assisted vaginal births: women who tear or have a surgical cut need prompt antibiotics

Management of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)

Help me navigate life with atopic dermatitis

Risk of diabetes with statins

Ask the expert: assessment of peripheral vascular disease in primary care

One-session treatment is as effective as multi-session therapy for young people with phobias

Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes

Online support improved eczema symptoms in children and young people

Recognition and initial management of ovarian torsion

Suicide in young people: screening, risk assessment, and intervention

NHS strikes

Data briefing: The politics of attitudes towards the NHS

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Satisfaction with health services is at a historical low—but nuance is found by looking at political affiliation, finds John Appleby

May 18

Helen Salisbury: The NHS is not unsustainable

Front doors of an emergency department

Next time someone suggests that the NHS is unsustainable, ask them: “Do you want less healthcare overall?, writes Helen Salisbury

May 2

NHS crisis: are professionals and politicians prepared to change and lead?

opinion | May 19

John Launer: A generation betrayed

opinion | Apr 26

Reviving the NHS—lessons from Labour 1997-2005

opinion | May 15

The doctor-patient relationship is another casualty of NHS backlogs

opinion | Apr 25

BMJ Medicine

Inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 case rates by ethnicity, religion, measures of socioeconomic position, English proficiency, and self-reported disability

People queue to receive their Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre inside the Brighton Centre, Sussex, as the UK continues in a third lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture date: Tuesday February 9, 2021.

New research finds that SARS-CoV-2 case rates varied across different sociodemographic groups, particularly ethnicity and religion, in the second and third waves of the covid-19 pandemic

Apr 3

Reproductive outcomes in women and men conceived by assisted reproductive technologies

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Men and women who were conceived by assisted reproductive technology and become parents do not appear to be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

Apr 5

Tracking the progress of inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 infections into the third covid-19 wave

Apr 3

Impact of covid-19 vaccination on long covid

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The interplay between inflammatory cytokines and cardiometabolic disease

Feb 14

Clinical Outcomes Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Myocarditis

Feb 1

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