Fiona Godlee

"Do health professionals have a special duty to speak up against the genocide? I think we do."

Fiona Godlee explains why she protested against events in Gaza and the government's proscription of Palestine Action
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Doctors and aid workers are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries, as the malnutrition crisis in Gaza reaches catastrophic levels.

@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com

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UK airport

Some foundation year two doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ can reveal.

Others are living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete with thousands of others for scant posts
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Moving to New Zealand, living on unemployment benefits, and competing with thousands for roles: I spoke to doctors affected by the UK's doctor unemployment crisis for @bmj.com

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@bmjstudent.bsky.social

Interested in writing for @bmj.com but don't know where to start? If you've learned something new from a patient you've seen, that might be the kernel of a great article for our clinical case series.

See my guide to writing a Minerva or Endgames article for The BMJ ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Hi Rod, I'm working on an article for The BMJ about the challenges facing doctors looking for jobs at the moment. I wondered if you might be open to speaking to me about your experiences recruiting (esp. the volume and high quality of applications)? ehubbard@bmj.com

From October 2025, social housing landlords will be required to rectify damp and mould hazards that present a serious health risk within 14 days.

"Awaab’s law" is an opportunity to advocate for better health
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Ticagrelor

BMJ finds inaccuracies in key studies for AstraZeneca’s blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor.

Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor
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Growing numbers of US physicians are joining unions. I spoke to ‪@seiu.org @heatherirobundamd.bsky.social and others about the reasons why for @bmj.com

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Such a pleasure to attend the launch of CAMHRA @soasuni.bsky.social yesterday. Brilliant inaugural lecture by Bhrigupati Singh about the opioid epidemic in India and how ethnographic inquiry can illuminate the unquantifiable in mental health research

NEW @bmj.com research investigates the impact of retracted trials on the production and use of healthcare evidence in the evidence ecosystem
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New #BMJInvestigation finds bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces have been derailed by industry lobbying.

Some of the councils lobbied have among the worst rates of childhood obesity. Use our interactive infographic in the article to uncover more
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Is the NHS rolling out AI technology to prevent falls? Last month NHS England issued a press release announcing a “nationwide rollout” of an “artificial intelligence tool that predicts falls and viruses.”1 It said that the tool, developed by the care prov...

Fact check: we took a closer look at the claim that the NHS is rolling out AI to prevent 2000 falls and hospitalisations a day @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted An error in ranking applicants for radiology specialty training programmes has led to job offers for some doctors being retracted. Resident doctors who applied for radiology were sent the outcomes of...

Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted. More face palm admin, as reported by @ellahubbard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Computer aided detection and diagnosis of polyps in adult patients undergoing colonoscopy: a living clinical practice guideline Clinical question In adult patients undergoing colonoscopy for any indication (screening, surveillance, follow-up of positive faecal immunochemical testing, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as blood ...

A new guideline in the BMJ recommends against the routine use of AI powered computer aided detection (CADe) systems to assist colonoscopy. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Editorial Registrar, The BMJ | 31 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group Jobs and careers with BMJ Group -

Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar @bmj.com. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.

Doctors affected by exam error face unemployment owing to withdrawal of job applications Doctors who were incorrectly told they passed a crucial medical exam only to be told 18 months later that they had failed have now been told that their applications to higher specialty training this y...

Doctors affected by MRCP exam result error now face unemployment come August. NHS England says it took the decision to withdraw their applications for higher specialty training "in the interests of fairness to all applicants" @bmj.com

“Catastrophic” error left hundreds of doctors with incorrect exam results Doctors’ leaders have condemned a “catastrophic” error in the marking of a high stakes medical exam that left almost 300 candidates with an incorrect result. The error affected nearly a fifth (283 of...

I spoke to some of the doctors affected by the MRCP results fiasco, who told me the error has been compounded by a lack of transparency and poor communication www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I'm sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why another review?? Just fix specialty training numbers and competition ratios, fix the lack of parking, hot food at night, and rest spaces, don't start rotations on a run of nights..oh and value resident doctors like part of the team. What else did I miss?

On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order eliminating protections against immigration action in healthcare facilities risks.

What can we do to protect patients, safeguard public health, and mitigate the moral injury to providers?
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Great event at KCL last night with David Spiegelhalter, @richard-lehman.bsky.social, @lorenzoz.bsky.social, Yulan He and Sylvie Delacroix discussing Hamlet, uncertainty, and why every confidence interval is wrong.

The US was considered a world leader in public health and research. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being broken, argue @jocalynclark.bsky.social and @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Infographic

Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrium-like tissue grows outside the uterus.

This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis

Includes an infographic
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This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to learn more about peer review both for journals and for their colleagues.

Elective care reform: more activity does not necessarily mean better care Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard “We need more activity, and less waste,” says Wes Streeting in...

"Sarah’s story is one of over-investigation, fragmented and inappropriate care, spurious choice, and a lack of senior decision making at first presentation. Activity for activity’s sake has little to do with high quality care."

- I wrote about elective care reform for @bmj.com

"Creating piecemeal busywork means more waste, not less."

Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
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How do you deal with a rude colleague? Do you have tips others could use?
I'm looking for contributors to a BMJ article on this topic (image shows a recent example). Please get in touch on arimmer@bmj.com if your interest and I can share details. Thank you!

NHS England » Reforming elective care for patients Forewords Nye Bevan founded our NHS on the principle that it would be there for us when we need it, and free at the point of use for everyone. For three quarters of a century, the NHS has lived up to ...

Sarah seems to have disappeared from NHS England's plan for elective care reform. Interested to see whether this prompts any reflection on the proposals she was supposed to benefit from. www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...

Conversations at @bmj.com Friends of the Journal party: David Spiegelhalter's new book, what Dickens can teach us about the alcohol industry's marketing strategies, and lessons in decimal places from Tim Cole, who's retiring after 33 years of statistical editing at the BMJ.