Medscape caves in on courses funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris, while medics fear global push into medical education bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The #NHS needs an immediate cash injection to recover a £32bn shortfall in funding and to tackle the current NHS crisis, especially the surgery backlog and access to primary care John Appleby Gillian Leng Martin Marshall bmj.com/content/384/bm…

'The challenges facing the health service grow every week, as The BMJ continues to show.'

In this Editor's Choice, Tom Moberly discusses the future of the #NHS
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Next government must be bold to tackle worst NHS crisis ever, says BMJ commission bmj.com/content/384/bm…

The first paper from a new BMJ commission calls on the incoming government to declare a national health and care emergency.

In this Editor's Choice, Tom Moberly discusses The BMJ Commission on the Future of the #NHS
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.Liam Smeeth Parveen Kumar Victor Adebowale Kamran Abbasi introduce The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS, arguing that the government must recognise the existential threat to the NHS and recommit to its founding principles

Read here: bmj.com/content/384/bm… #BMJNHSCommission

A pleasure to attend the launch of the The BMJ Commission Report on the #FutureoftheNHS UK House of Commons. A lively, important discussion on necessary changes, investing in people and technology, while sticking to its founding principles. bmj.com/nhs-commission

The first of our Future of the NHS papers from the The BMJ commission. If you are a patient or person with lived experience of healthcare and would like to input into the rest of the papers join our patient stakeholder session on Friday 23rd Feb. Email [email protected] for info

Today, we launch The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS

It calls on the next elected government to recognise the existential threat to the NHS & recommit to its founding principles

Liam Smeeth Parveen Kumar Victor Adebowale Kamran Abbasi #BMJNHSCommission
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#NHS founding principles are still good today and provide a strong basis for the future ⁦The BMJ⁩
With my amazing learned colleagues ⁦Lord Nigel Crisp⁩ ⁦Jess Morley⁩ ⁦Charlotte Augst⁩ & Kiran Patel
Let’s stop talking. Let’s act bmj.com/content/384/bm…

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨From Future #NHS commission The BMJ

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We argue as the #NHS faces its gravest crisis, a re-commitment its founding principles is required with policy changes re: wider health & wellbeing; roles of patients & citizens; tech & data.

Brilliant to see the BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS reaching the ⁦The Guardian⁩ front page. Proud to be part of it. Stay tuned for papers on NHS finances, sustainability, workforce equity and more ⁦The BMJ⁩ ⁦Kamran Abbasi⁩ theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

Privilege for SAM Online to be at launch of BMJ commission in UK Parliament this evening. Calls for a national emergency approach following next election whoever is elected. There is complete professional unanimity as to the severity and scale of the crisis.

When medical students are taught physical examination skills, there's a notable lack of diversity.

Joy Hodkinson (she/her) looks at how this leads to doctors missing clinical signs that are crucial to diagnosis and worsens patients' experiences BMJ Student
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'Barely one physician demonstrated competence, let alone sensitivity, in examining my female body.'

Joy Hodkinson (she/her) on medical education's focus on able bodied, white, male, heterosexual, slim patients—and how it manifests in physical examinations BMJ Student
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Bring in GP waiting lists to manage demand, says BMA bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Katie Bramall-Stainer speech at annual conference of England local medical committee (LMC) representatives #LMCConf

Bring in GP waiting lists to manage demand, says BMA bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Katie Bramall-Stainer speech at annual conference of England local medical committee (LMC) representatives #LMCConf