British Medical Journal

Why I . . . teach mindfulness

Lucy Harrison was first prompted to research mindfulness when she experienced recurring depression. "There is an evolving and impressive neuroscientific background on its effectiveness, so in 2015 I...

British Medical Journal

14:01

LaSalle Leffall: groundbreaking American surgeon and educator

bmj;365/jun25_7/l4342/FAF1faPicture credit: LaSalle Leffall/NLM/NIMRacism was a fact of life in the southern US in the mid-20th century. There were stores downtown that you knew you couldn't go in as...

British Medical Journal

13:56

Doctors spurn NHS long term plan

Doctors at the BMA's annual representative meeting have expressed strong doubts about NHS England's strategy for the next decade, published in January.1Representatives voted overwhelmingly against a...

British Medical Journal

13:16

The wrong diabetes: how C peptide testing might help

Sophie Fleming was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes mellitus when she was 8 years old and was treated with insulin for 27 years. Her diagnosis, however, was wrong.This was discovered by chance in...

British Medical Journal

13:11

"Doctors need to step up"—why are there still so few medical chief executives in the NHS?

When Navina Evans, a consultant psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, was asked by the trust's chief executive, the forensic psychiatrist Robert Dolan, to consider starting the journey...

British Medical Journal

13:06

One doctor's disability may lead to curriculum change in India

Satendra Singh, 42, cannot remember walking unaided. After contracting polio at nine months old, he spent a lot of his childhood in hospitals and getting fittings for leg braces.He remembers always...

British Medical Journal

13:01

Alcohol excess: time for a new positive and multifaceted strategy

We agree with Salisbury that new measures are needed to promote sensible attitudes towards drinking and are pleased that her article took a balanced approach.1 We need a positive and multifaceted...

British Medical Journal

12:56

Poor induction and lack of honest feedback is blamed for higher rate of GMC referrals among BAME doctors

The fact that disproportionate numbers of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors are referred to the General Medical Council for fitness to practise concerns may be because of poor...

British Medical Journal

11:45

Fighting loneliness with architecture, agencies, and activities

Make no mistake: loneliness is a killer.12 In our systematic review, depression was the most strongly evidenced consequence for mental health, but many other disorders could contribute to the higher...

British Medical Journal

Mon Jun 24, 2019 17:36

Migrant charging in the NHS: how doctors can support patients when hospital care is denied

This Feature (BMJ 2019;365:l2281, doi:10.1136/bmj.l2281) has an error in the fifth paragraph of the section titled "Risks of discrimination." The hospital trust in which 541 women were charged for...

British Medical Journal

Mon Jun 24, 2019 16:26

NHS needs to "cross the rubicon" of explaining service closures to patients, regional health boss says

The NHS still needs to work out how to explain service closures to patients, the leader of a local health system has said.Pat Flaherty, sustainability and transformation partnership lead for...

British Medical Journal

Mon Jun 24, 2019 16:20

Boosting morale: good job, junior

Nearly three years ago, Rimmer reported that senior doctors needed to do more to boost the morale of junior doctors.1I am nearing the end of my first year working in medicine, and there is one...

British Medical Journal

Mon Jun 24, 2019 16:05

BMA to hold conference on gender bias in response to sexism allegations

The BMA will co-host its first conference on gender bias with the Medical Women's Federation this November, the association's chair of council, Chaand Nagpaul, has announced.Speaking at the BMA's...

British Medical Journal

Mon Jun 24, 2019 14:51

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