• The WHO and World Bank have released a report showing as many as 400 million people around the world do not have access to essential health services. The report, published […]
Editors at large
The BMJ Today: Cervical screening, pyoderma gangrenosum, and pay for performance
• Cervical screening programmes often stop at around the age of 65 and focus on younger women. In their analysis article, Susan Sherman and colleagues argue that, with an ageing population, […]
The BMJ Today: The many problems of the research enterprise
Here’s what is new on thebmj.com today. • Selective reporting in trials of high risk cardiovascular devices Do regulators trust the medical literature as a source of unbiased knowledge? I would […]
The BMJ Today: How many patients is the private sector treating for the NHS?
• Paid for by the NHS, treated privately In one of his regular data briefings, John Appleby, chief economist at the King’s Fund, looks at how much non-NHS providers contribute to […]
Annabel Ferriman: Dis-integration of the NHS
Local services are being sacrificed on the altar of competition. Why does anyone think we can integrate health and social care when we can’t even integrate healthcare itself? This week’s […]
The BMJ Today: Risks of caesarean delivery, medical abortions, and sepsis in children
• Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health In an analysis article, Jan Blustein and Jianmeng Liu examine the evidence linking caesarean delivery with […]
The BMJ Today: Waterpipe smoking and Pfizer launches fightback
• Pfizer steps up battle to defend control of Lyrica—Andrew Jack reports on how Pfizer has launched a charm offensive on UK doctors after a barrage of criticism over action […]
The BMJ Today: Transgender care, stroke care, alcohol industry lobbying, and who was the best health secretary?
• The rise of transgender care In February 2013 Kaiser Permanente was the first mainstream US healthcare provider to open a transgender health clinic, in Oakland, California, Bob Roehr reports. […]
Georg Röggla: The political culture on refugees has tilted
David Berger and Kamran Abbasi wrote an important editorial about refugees, saying that it is time for moral leadership from Western democracies. I cross the border between Italy and Austria […]
The BMJ Today: Systems need to change to overcome healthcare problems
• Elder abuse, say Yuliya Mysyuk and colleagues, is a “far reaching public health problem that affects the quality of life of people worldwide,” and point to failures in health […]