• A report by the Kings Fund finds that “clinicians can do more to deliver better health outcomes at a lower cost.” The report points out examples of successful cost-savings and efficiency, […]
Editors at large
The BMJ Today: Which paper should The BMJ be most proud of publishing?
• To mark 20 years of being online we asked 20 readers from the UK and around the world—including Jane Dacre, David Haslam, Jocalyn Clarke, and Samiran Nundy—to nominate their top […]
The BMJ Today: Missed appointments, mandatory vaccination, and saying sorry
• The stretch on NHS resources may reach patient’s own pockets, the health secretary has announced. Speaking on BBC1 Question Time on 2 July, Jeremy Hunt emphasised that the introduction […]
Tom Moberly: Showing patients what they are worth
Printing the cost of drugs on their packaging is one of Jeremy Hunt’s latest ideas for helping the health service save money. Arguing that patients need to use NHS resources […]
The BMJ Today: The heat is on
• Amid record breaking heat across the globe, including Europe and the UK, Fiona Godlee’s editor’s choice on climate change could not have been timed better. Citing the Pope’s recent encyclical on […]
The BMJ Today: Too much of a good thing?
• A new research paper shows that 110 highly prolific authors contributed to one third of the evidence base for glucose lowering treatment; of these, 44% were company employees and 56% were […]
The BMJ Today: Healthcare in war
• Who is taking care of civilians and fighters’ medical needs in parts of Iraq and Syria taken over by the Islamic state? Duncan Gardham reports that doctors have been […]
David Payne: Remembering 7/7 ten years on
Outside BMA House a solitary bunch of purple stocks hangs from the railings, alongside the memorial plaque to victims of the Tavistock Square suicide bomb attack on a London bus […]
Juliet Dobson: Cutting support services for new mothers is a false economy
I was sad to hear that support services for new mothers are going to be cut across England. The Guardian reports that breastfeeding classes, home visits from midwives, and “babyfeeding […]
The BMJ Today: Sex workers in Bangladesh, welfare advice, and incentives for behavioural change
• Female sex workers in Bangladesh In a feature published on thebmj.com today, Jocalyn Clark provides a moving account of the plight of female sex workers in Bangladesh. With effectively no […]