A BMJ Commission will redefine the role of academia in healthcare Academic medicine remains under scrutiny. Despite various attempts to tackle its problems, including a global initiative in 2003, The ...

Former UK foreign secretary, now president of the International Rescue Committee, talks to Kamran Abbasi about hospital attacks in war, the US president elect, and how his parents were refugees ### ...

From next year gambling operators in Great Britain will pay a statutory levy that will partly fund NHS services to tackle problem gambling, the government has announced.1 Limits on the amount that can ...

The BMJ will offer £50 for reviews by patients and the public From January 2025 patients and members of the public who complete a review for The BMJ will be offered £50 or a 12 month online ...

Presented without due care, research intended to help has the potential to cause harm—particularly in the vulnerable perinatal period, says Emma Rourke As rates of caesarean birth have increased over ...

Which patients recovering from a myocardial infarction are most likely to benefit from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator? An analysis of data from 140 000 post-myocardial infarction patients ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Many people with osteoporosis are unable to tolerate oral bisphosphonates—many others would prefer a six monthly denosumab injection to a once weekly pill that ...

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase out smoking in the UK, has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with 415 MPs voting in favour and 47 voting against.1 The vote on 26 ...

More must be done to support the rapidly growing number of locally employed doctors to ensure their talents are not “overlooked and undervalued,” the General Medical Council has said.1 The medical ...

Oncologists at a leading hospital in Mumbai, India, have issued a statement warning the public against misinformation about cancer treatments after the former Indian cricketer and former ...

This year has seen much controversy around plans to expand the numbers of medical associate professionals (MAPs) in the NHS—mainly physician associates (PAs) but also surgical care practitioners and ...

The UK government has set out plans to tackle ill health as a root cause of unemployment and inactivity, pledging reforms to help two million more people into work. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, ...