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The BMJ Today: The joys and snags of being a GP
As a GP who didn’t train in the UK and who has never worked in the country as a GP, I follow the situation of general practice in the UK […]
The BMJ Today: Swingers, surrogacy, and three parent families
Sexual health and parenthood feature prominently in The BMJ today, in news stories that highlight the need to ensure policies are based on evidence and not prejudice. Jacqui Wise describes […]
The BMJ Today: Get your sums right
The big news today is the publication of the chief executive of NHS England Simon Stevens’s five year plan for the NHS. As Gareth Iacobucci reports in The BMJ today, […]
The BMJ Today: Stop reviewing GP crisis and plan a solution
Two articles just posted on thebmj.com focus on general practice—the crisis that is engulfing it, how it suffers at the hand of political promises, and what action can preserve its […]
The BMJ Today: England’s ongoing battle with liver disease
Today, The BMJ reports the stark warnings from public health experts about the rate of mortality from liver disease in England, and the regional variation across the country. As Jacqui […]
The BMJ Today: How “political” should The BMJ be?
At the Royal College of Physicians’ Harveian Oration last week, a doctor told me The BMJ had become a “political” rag. And it was not the first time that the […]
The BMJ Today: Aiming for a culture of safety not perfection
Do you believe in the “boundless capacity of medical science?” In a philosophical podcast to accompany this week’s analysis article, Professor Jerome Hoffman and Dr Hemal Kanzaria, of the University […]
The BMJ Today: Teenage pregnancy and sleepless nights
Teenage pregnancy (within the ages of 13-19) is a major public health concern. About 16 million females aged 15-19 and about 1 million girls aged less than 15 give birth. […]
The BMJ Today: The pitfalls of migration
I’ve been taking lots of travel histories lately. As a GP who sees lots of patients with fever, patients are even starting to pre-empt me (” . . . and […]