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Editors at large
The BMJ Today: Honey, I shrunk the health service
If the blistering analysis article posted today on thebmj.com is correct, then foundation trusts (FTs) need to prepare for a cut in the NHS funded services they are legally obliged […]
The BMJ Today: Climate change and conflicts of interest: the sound and the fury
“Fury as top medical journal joins the green bandwagon” fumed the Daily Mail last week, which took exception to The BMJ’s publication of an article that, in the words of […]
The BMJ Today: Neoliberalism and The BMJ
Has The BMJ fallen for neoliberalism? A rapid response to the latest opinion piece by our regular columnist Nigel Hawkes suggests that “the discredited Neoliberal Economic theories that are found throughout […]
Juliet Dobson: Probably Nothing
Probably Nothing is a comic by Matilda Tristram about discovering that she had colon cancer when she was 17 weeks pregnant. The comic, initially published online and now as a […]
The BMJ Today: More on climate change
Earlier this year, The BMJ’s editor in chief, Fiona Godlee, was one of 50 senior UK medical professionals to sign a letter in the Times newspaper about the health benefits […]
Wim Weber: EU seminar on access to trial data
On 29 September, more than 150 delegates showed up to attend the “Transparency and public health” seminar, organised by the European ombudsman and held at the European Parliament in Brussels, […]
The BMJ Today: A new era in transparency
A new era in openness and transparency—and arguments over data—has begun with the publication of the first tranche of data made available under the US’s Sunshine Act. The act makes all […]
The BMJ Today: Conflicting interests
As politicians enjoy a glass or two of the hard stuff during this week’s Conservative Party conference, they may like to find time to read a BMJ research paper on […]
Readers’ editor: Inserts in the print issue
If you shake the current print issue of The BMJ, a cluster of inserts fall to the ground, among them a wine club promotion, an online menswear retailer, and a […]