Hello, NHS 111 First?—Call before you walk
Before NHS 111 First is rolled out nationally, we need data from more extensive and longer term pilots, say Simon Hodes and Neena Jha Our medical advent calendars this year […]
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Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 December 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Andy Cowper: Four key things you may have missed this week
The obvious excitement of the news that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for covid-19 for rollout in the UK, coupled with the minor-key […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Calcium connections
Some of the biomedical words first cited from 1978 in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (Table 1) are connected with calcium—nimodipine, calmodulin, and alfacalcidol. Table 1. Biomedical words (n=28) in […]
We have so much to gain by getting this vaccination programme right
We mustn’t jeopardise it with poor communication and service models, says Rebecca Steinfeld Much has been said about how the covid-19 pandemic has enhanced and encouraged community spirit and taught […]
Tara Lamont: What can the past teach us about the present?
Memory, learning, history, loss, curiosity, energy. These are not terms normally associated with NHS improvement. But our week-long programme of stimulating talks by service and clinical champions, researchers, and thought […]
Richard Smith: Is cancer still the best way to die?
I was asked to write the piece below by George Lundberg, who was the editor of JAMA when I was editor of The BMJ. He has a blog where he […]
Ara Darzi: The promise of immunotherapy
I am proud to be a cancer surgeon: surgery accounts for half of all long-term cures in cancer and provides the cornerstone for the treatment of most solid cancers. But […]
Abraar Karan: Pandemics are stopped by people—here’s what we, as individuals, can still do
We should not underestimate our role as individuals in stopping the pandemic, writes Abraar Karan […]
Why The BMJ is partnering with the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) for The BMJ Appeal 2020-21
Over the past decade, The BMJ’s annual appeal has grown in scale, and raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for our chosen charities. Given the impact of the pandemic on […]