Provisional data from the first wave in England show doctors were particularly hard hit, as John Appleby explains How have NHS staff coped faced with thousands of patients with a novel and highly infectious virus, and massive upheavals in their working environment? Over the preceding decade, rates of sickness absence among staff directly employed by the NHS in England have been fairly stable….
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NHS England has reversed its decision to halt new sign-ups to the NHS Practitioner Health (NHSPH) programme, a mental health and addiction service that specialises…
It is not unusual or unprofessional to feel a sense of loss when a patient dies and there are ways to deal with it, Abi…
Are you a medical student interested in learning how a medical journal is run? Do you have a passion for creating engaging content for medical…
The number of children waiting for an outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland has increased by nearly 200% in just six years, according to a new…
As the 6th Planetary Health Annual Meeting begins in Kuala Lumpur, Sophie Gepp and colleagues commend progress in the field of planetary health but call…
Deaths of despair—from drug overdoses, alcoholic liver disease, and suicide—are now higher among black and Native Americans aged 45-54 since the trend was identified in…
Objective To train and test a super learner strategy for risk prediction of kidney failure and mortality in people with incident moderate to severe chronic…
As a way to mark our 10 year anniversary since launching our patient and public partnership strategy (https://www.bmj.com/campaign/patient-partnership) we are going to publish a patient…
Radiological errors will always happen, writes Giles Maskell. Acknowledging that is not the same as complacency I have been speaking to radiologists about error for…
