In December 2011, the NHS identified six ways technology could help patients and, ultimately, save money. A freedom of information request was sent to 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) across […]
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Richard Graham: Is it time to unplug?
As we approach the first UK National Unplugging Day, one might well ask why there is a need to have a day promoting gadget free time for families. After all, […]
The BMJ Today: The ongoing debate over e-cigarettes, increase in syphilis and gonorrhoea in England, and doctors’ burnout
• Jonathan Gornall’s feature, “Why e-cigarettes are dividing the public health community,” is continuing to generate interest this week. Gornall’s piece examining how the tobacco industry’s move into e-cigarettes and […]
Neville Goodman’s metaphor watch: other sciences, other images
PubMed accesses primarily the MEDLINE database of articles written about the life sciences but other sciences are represented too, even astrophysics. The first article turned up by searching black hole […]
Michelle Webb on the need to improve sepsis recognition and treatment
Over 100,000 people a year have an episode of sepsis at a cost of around 35,000 lives, more than bowel and breast cancer combined. Sepsis is the third highest cause […]
The African Journal Partnership Project: Raising the visibility of African medical publishing and research
For the past 11 years, the African Journal Partnership Project (AJPP) has paired leading medical journals in the UK and the US with counterparts in Africa, aiming to foster the […]
The BMJ Today: Weekend access to GPs, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, and leaving training
• Weekend access to GPs A half of the members of the public think that providing weekend access to GPs should be a priority for the NHS, a YouGov poll […]
Iris van der Heide: We need policies to target integrated care for people with multimorbidities in Europe
The ICARE4EU project wants to improve the care of people suffering from multiple chronic conditions. It will describe, analyze, and identify innovative integrated care programmes for people with multimorbidity in […]
Tushar Garg: India’s medical curricula are abetting outdated constructions of gender and sexuality
Recently, India Today exposed licensed medical practitioners in New Delhi offering conversion therapy to cure homosexuality. It is a sad reflection on the contemporary awareness of gender and sexuality that […]
Natika H Halil on providing emergency contraception to under 16s
Recently the UK’s press went into overdrive reporting on the recent change in emergency contraceptive pill ellaOne’s product licence—now available to buy over the counter for women of “all reproductive […]