• Jacky Davis and Ilora Finlay go head to head in a debate on the Assisted Dying Bill set to be read in parliament next month. They debate whether the […]
Editors at large
The BMJ Today: heroin, e-cigarettes, and alcohol
• Michael McCarthy reports on a new $13.4m White House initiative to tackle the growing heroin epidemic in the USA. Around half will go to bolstering law enforcement efforts, with the […]
The BMJ Today: Antibiotic prescribing and smoke free legislation
• GPs should consider delaying prescription of antibiotics, says NICE Data indicate that 90% of GPs feel pressurised into prescribing antibiotics to patients unnecessarily, according to a news story by Ingrid […]
The BMJ Today: Doctors’ salaries, football, and fossil fuels
• David Oliver: What should senior doctors be paid? In a column David Oliver hits out at politicians trying to “whip up outrage” at the pay of senior doctors, arguing that […]
The BMJ Today: The changing roles and responsibilities of UK general practice
The past few days have seen a number of proposed changes to the regulation, roles, and responsibilities of general practice within the UK, as well as a stark reminder of […]
The BMJ Today: A digital day for The BMJ
• Should all NHS premises provide free access to wi-fi? Yes, argues Victoria Betton in a head to head article published today. Betton, mHabitat programme director at Leeds and York Partnership […]
The BMJ Today: Urgent help for war torn Yemen
• Médecins Sans Frontières has urged donors and humanitarian organisations worldwide to pledge more in response to the increase of violence in Yemen, Anne Gulland writes. With WHO reporting that some 190 […]
The BMJ Today: Bias that keeps researchers awake at night
• Last week, we saw that prospective registration of trials with specific outcome measures could have a huge impact. Addressing this kind of publication bias is a great step forward, […]
The BMJ Today: Drug company payments, compassion, and patient centredness
• Should doctors be forced to disclose payments and hospitality from drug companies? The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry plans to bring in a system where healthcare professionals voluntarily […]
The BMJ Today: Food for thought, brain injury, and ovarian cancer
• Nutritional epidemiology As we learned this week that eating chillies could make us live longer, The BMJ’s acting head of research, Elizabeth Loder, discusses the pitfalls of nutritional epidemiology. High […]