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BMA calls for knife crime to be tackled as a public health concern

BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4424 (Published 26 June 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l4424
  1. Richard Hurley
  1. Belfast

Rising knife crime demands a public health response, and healthcare professionals have a role in reducing violence among young people, BMA representatives have affirmed.

At the association’s annual representative meeting in Belfast on Wednesday 26 June, doctors voted overwhelmingly for a motion “to support the work of national charities …

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