Opinion

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—8 June 2023

Scarlett McNally: Considering the impact of human factors on teamworking and behaviour

Candida auris: another frontier in the battle against antimicrobial resistance

David Oliver: The “40 new hospitals” pledge was always a mirage

Why occupational health should be universally accessible

Weakened by a decade of austerity: why the UK’s covid-19 inquiry is right to look at policies since 2010

Helen Salisbury: Retention, not just training, is key

Should doctors apologise to patients?

The human right to a healthy environment: implications for climate action

The government’s antisocial behaviour action plan risks exacerbating the homelessness crisis

When I use a word . . . Seeding trials

Gambleaware: what does “independence” from industry really mean?

Breaking barriers and building bridges: reimagining a feminist health workforce

The problem with Silicon Valley medicine

The dearth of disaggregated health data: a political rather than a technical challenge

In the US, patient data privacy is an illusion

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—1 June 2023

Safeguarding NICE from patient groups’ conflicts of interest

Lost your identity at medical school? Try doing something different

When I use a word . . . Commercial clinical trials

Helen Salisbury: Rebranding our experts in family medicine

John Launer: Ask a good question

“The Irish giant” and the questions haunting medical museums

Labour’s promises on health are setting the party up to fail

Harassment in the NHS: could the solution be the problem?

“We reduced sexual safety incidents with better reporting systems and talking to patients about sex”

“The trust had no sexual assault policy, and nobody answered the Speak Up phone line”

“I thought I would be safe in hospital, but I wasn’t”

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—25 May 2023

“He’s left me feeling vulnerable, and I’m so angry”

“A healthcare assistant abused my daughter while she was in a mental health facility”

Scarlett McNally: Patient empowerment and retention of doctors is vital for the UK economy

Helen Salisbury: Knowing the size of the problem in general practice

Partha Kar: We’ve let the medical workforce down. Let’s provide some basics

Health for All: Transforming economies to deliver what matters

An economics of health for all

With sexual harassment or assault, what you permit, you promote

How many more people will be abused before we act on sexual violence in healthcare?

How medical schools can better support students through pregnancy and parenthood

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

Ofsted: a case of official negligence?

When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: Goldfinger events

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

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

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

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—18 May 2023

David Oliver: Shortening and narrowing training won’t solve the medical workforce crisis

What do we know about prescribing spironolactone for acne?

Why spend billions on hospital beds when you can care for patients at home?

Rammya Mathew: Tackling overmedicalisation must become a political priority

Helen Salisbury: New telephones, but no one to answer them

Is end-of-life anticipatory prescribing always enough?

The decline of science at the FDA has become unmanageable

The covid-19 and mpox PHEICs have ended—the meaning of this is unclear

Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health and children are especially vulnerable

Reviving the NHS—lessons from Labour 1997-2005

To OSCE or not to OSCE?

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—11 May 2023

Subscription science: how crowdfunding has become a conflict of interest

What the recent strikes can teach us about fixing emergency care

John Launer: The library, my treasure island

Scarlett McNally: Renaming junior doctors—to improve value, respect, and patient safety

Helen Salisbury: The unbearable load of general practice

Global health security and universal health coverage: from fragmented aspirations to ambitious commitments

Twenty five years in the making: new evidence impacted by covid

When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: Pharmacovigilance signals

We need a gold standard for randomised control trials studying misinformation and vaccine hesitancy on social media

Embedding quality in primary healthcare

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 May 2023

The ethics, equity, and governance of human genome editing need greater consideration

Helen Salisbury: The NHS is not unsustainable

Matt Morgan: Is medicine no longer a vocation?

Remove barriers to clinical research for schedule 1 drugs with therapeutic potential

From Realistic Medicine to Realistic Health

Fighting rages in Sudan—its people and their healthcare pay the price

When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: Pharmacovigilant surveillance

Doctors should stand with their nursing colleagues going on strike

The missing piece of the Windsor Framework: the patients

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—27 April 2023

The covid public health emergency is ending: it now joins the ordinary emergency that is American health

Fixing the health workforce crisis in Europe: retention must be the priority

John Launer: A generation betrayed

Streeting presents ambitious plans for NHS, but can he make them a reality?

Helen Salisbury: Falling in love with medicine again

Rise in diabetes shows that prevention is more important than ever

The doctor-patient relationship is another casualty of NHS backlogs

Future directions of research into harms in randomised controlled trials

When I use a word . . . Medical definitions: adverse events, effects, and reactions

Linking excess deaths in the NHS to junior doctor strike days

Spending ever more on the NHS and less on education: is this sensible?

Protecting public health from the risks caused by the climate and ecological crises must be at the centre of government policy and action

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—20 April 2023

Multimorbidity deserves its makeover

The fossil fuel industry has no place in climate negotiations

Scarlett McNally: Let’s talk about contraception

Meagre spending on tobacco control is costing the economy billions

Helen Salisbury: Experts at the front door

Cutting investment in the social care workforce will undermine the NHS recovery plan