14 October 2023(vol 383, issue 8402)

This Week

• ­Martha’s rule: an undeniable right to a second medical opinion

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2351 (Published 12 October 2023)

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• Over 17 000 serious incidents reported in mental healthcare last year

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2348 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Doctors should ask patients about gambling, draft guidance recommends

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2298 (Published 05 October 2023)

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• Seven days in medicine: 4-10 October 2023

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2335 (Published 12 October 2023)

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• Sixty seconds on . . . long cold

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2336 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Labour’s pledge to cut waiting lists relies on paying staff properly, says BMA

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2345 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Covid-19 inquiry: Ministers abandoned public health principles during pandemic, says BMA chief

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2320 (Published 06 October 2023)

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• Lucy Letby case: Police investigate hospital for corporate manslaughter over baby deaths

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2299 (Published 05 October 2023)

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• SAS and LE doctors need targeted support, says GMC

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2334 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• NICE says there is insufficient evidence to support use of AI for lung cancer diagnosis

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2284 (Published 03 October 2023)

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• Thousands killed in Afghanistan quake

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2333 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Strikes: what will it take to end the pay dispute and get doctors back to work?

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2272 (Published 03 October 2023)

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• The surrogacy trade: proliferating bans and an opportunistic industry raise a worrying health risk

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2003 (Published 12 October 2023)

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Research

• Early versus delayed antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: multicentre, open label, randomised, controlled trial

  BMJ 2023; 383 :e076448 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Ultrasound guided lavage with corticosteroid injection versus sham lavage with and without corticosteroid injection for calcific tendinopathy of shoulder: randomised double blinded multi-arm study

  BMJ 2023; 383 :e076447 (Published 11 October 2023)

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• Lavage treatments for calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2248 (Published 11 October 2023)

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Comment

• NHS trust involved in legal battle with woman over her treatment can be named

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2279 (Published 03 October 2023)

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• Matt Morgan: Jumping the queue to make it smaller

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2318 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Martha’s rule and patients’ rights to a second opinion

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2221 (Published 02 October 2023)

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• Martha’s rule: a hospital escalation system to save patients’ lives

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2319 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Improving patient safety by shifting power from health professionals to patients

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2278 (Published 03 October 2023)

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• Martha’s rule presents a unique opportunity for improving patient care

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2331 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• David Oliver: Hunt’s call to cut time spent on NHS paperwork is a hypocritical soundbite

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2310 (Published 11 October 2023)

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• Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health: public health policies to reduce consumption cannot wait

  BMJ 2023; 383 :e075294 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Martha’s rule: the medical profession should embrace it

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2309 (Published 11 October 2023)

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• Impact of the cancer referral threshold

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2292 (Published 05 October 2023)

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• Asylum seekers’ boats: from the perils of drowning to the hazards of Legionnaires’ disease

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2290 (Published 05 October 2023)

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• Atopic eczema in under 12s: signpost families to online resources

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2282 (Published 04 October 2023)

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• Letby case: the public deserves the truth; whistleblowers deserve protection

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2274 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Letby case: NHS work should be externally reviewed regularly

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2289 (Published 09 October 2023)

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• Letby case: lack of parity in oversight or response

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2295 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Letby and managerial regulation—a warning for NHS culture

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2273 (Published 04 October 2023)

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• No blame policy is not no blame culture

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2300 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• Letby case: why did no-one contact the police earlier?

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2305 (Published 10 October 2023)

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• David Abrams

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2164 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• Peter Tasker

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2176 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• Jennifer Kernahan

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2167 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• Stephen Derek Quinn

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2168 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• Chris Sutton

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2174 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• David Leonard Asbury

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p2166 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• Peter Brunt: gastroenterologist, physician to the Queen in Scotland, and ordained priest

  BMJ 2023; 382 :p1994 (Published 30 August 2023)

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Education

• Ann Robinson’s research reviews—12 October 2023

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2328 (Published 12 October 2023)

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• Diagnosis and management of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease in primary care

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e071511 (Published 11 September 2023)

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• Taking a collateral history: the missing piece of the puzzle

  BMJ 2023; 382 :e076462 (Published 22 September 2023)

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• One-stage hip revisions are as good as two-stage surgery to replace infected artificial hips

  BMJ 2023; 381 :p1087 (Published 01 June 2023)

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• A serpiginous plaque on the flank

  BMJ 2023; 383 :e076682 (Published 12 October 2023)

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• Breathlessness after a central line

  BMJ 2023; 383 :e075124 (Published 12 October 2023)

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• Recreational drugs and CVD . . . and other stories

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2280 (Published 12 October 2023)

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Careers

• Calm under pressure: the stroke physician

  BMJ 2023; 383 :p2123 (Published 10 October 2023)

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