02 September 2023(vol 382, issue 8396)

This Week

• We owe the families affected by Letby meaningful organisational change

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1986 (Published 31 August 2023)

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• GMC: Doctors must act when they witness sexual harassment, says updated policy

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1936 (Published 22 August 2023)

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• Drug deaths fall in Scotland but major problems persist

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1947 (Published 23 August 2023)

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• Seven days in medicine: 23-29 August 2023

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1970 (Published 31 August 2023)

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• Sixty seconds on . . . underwear

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1965 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Covid-19: Lockdowns and masks helped reduce transmission, expert group finds

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1959 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Covid-19: Scientists sound alarm over new BA.2.86 “Pirola” variant

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1964 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Cancer research: Horizon Europe deal delay is causing UK “brain drain,” researchers warn

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1974 (Published 25 August 2023)

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• NHS cancer targets are slimmed down with the aim of speeding up diagnoses

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1906 (Published 17 August 2023)

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• GP is suspended for failing to properly treat patient through telephone consultations

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1918 (Published 18 August 2023)

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• Letby’s killing spree raises questions over NHS governance

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1931 (Published 22 August 2023)

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• Patient safety: listen to whistleblowers

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1972 (Published 29 August 2023)

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• Medical doctor apprenticeships are coming to the UK

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1826 (Published 11 August 2023)

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• “Countless lives” at risk in Afghanistan as health services collapse, warns WHO

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1961 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Unreliable private online hormone tests sold for months despite accuracy concerns

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1898 (Published 30 August 2023)

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• Better and safer: a new ambition for GPs in England

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1948 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Life as media doctors led to lucrative promotions for pistachios and dental products—but now we’ve embraced the conflict-free life

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1938 (Published 30 August 2023)

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Research

• Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e072348 (Published 30 August 2023)

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• Effect of home cook interventions for salt reduction in China: cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e074258 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e074787 (Published 29 August 2023)

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Comment

• Rammya Mathew: Lucy Letby and the limits of a no blame culture

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1966 (Published 29 August 2023)

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• Lessons not learned

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1943 (Published 23 August 2023)

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• David Oliver: A clinicians v managers blame game is a false dichotomy

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1957 (Published 25 August 2023)

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• Helen Salisbury: A cool welcome for management consultants

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1975 (Published 29 August 2023)

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• Appendicectomy remains treatment of choice for patients with acute appendicitis

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e074652 (Published 21 August 2023)

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• Vaping: the epidemic that isn’t hidden

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1904 (Published 18 August 2023)

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• There is no evidence that vitamin D prevents cardiovascular events

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1765 (Published 01 August 2023)

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• Study results show vitamin D is around 99% ineffective in preventing major cardiovascular events

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1767 (Published 01 August 2023)

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• NHS Blood and Transplant’s reply to Ofagbor’s letter about the call for black blood donors

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1894 (Published 16 August 2023)

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• Chronic pain: a silent killer

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1848 (Published 22 August 2023)

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• Chronic pain management focuses on the individual, not on the pain

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1859 (Published 22 August 2023)

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• Chronic pain: a flawed and harmful dichotomisation

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1890 (Published 22 August 2023)

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• Chronic primary pain isn’t a primary diagnosis

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1899 (Published 23 August 2023)

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• Chronic pain is not merely a physical sensation

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1902 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Authors’ reply to Bray

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1914 (Published 24 August 2023)

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• Enrique Zapata-Bravo

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1800 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• George Christopher Metcalfe

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1789 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• Patricia Alexa Scott Glen

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1814 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• Ellen C G Grant

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1792 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• Saeed Fatima Abbas

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1787 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• Ranjit Singh Sumra

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1790 (Published 04 August 2023)

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• “Mighty Casey” Quinlan: outspoken patient activist

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1779 (Published 03 August 2023)

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Education

• Tom Nolan’s research reviews—31 August 2023

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1978 (Published 31 August 2023)

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• HIV prevention with postexposure prophylaxis-in-pocket (PIP)

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e076016 (Published 02 August 2023)

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• Reducing unnecessary urine culture testing in residents of long term care facilities

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e075566 (Published 09 August 2023)

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• An unusual cause of recurrent facial oedema

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e074239 (Published 31 August 2023)

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• Pyogenic granuloma of the small intestine

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e074142 (Published 31 August 2023)

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• Social contact and brain size . . . and other stories

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1937 (Published 31 August 2023)

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Careers

• When sociology informs medicine: the consultant neurologist

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1770 (Published 29 August 2023)

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