News Editor at The BMJ
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@haringeycouncil it would be great if your #InsuranceTeam answered messages left on the ansaphone and had the correct details of which company you use
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@haringeycouncil getting no response from your insurance team. My 83 year old mother has water leaking into her flat from the flat above and has no heating or electricity in her kitchen. She has dementia and is very anxious. I have been trying for 3 weeks to sort this out.
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Speciality training - Medical leaders call for more training posts as competition for places increases bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q236…
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How can one agency [@MHRAgovuk approve #donanemab for mild Alzheimer's disease and another one [@NICEComms reject it because of concerns over the “significant health risks associated with the treatment." Doesn't MHRA consider health risks? bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q234…
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There are so many reports on what to do about obesity. This is a really good one bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q232…
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In a vote on 20 September 68% @rcgp council members voted to oppose the role of #physicianassociates working in general practice, with 31% disagreeing and 8% abstaining
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Finallly some women in the UK harmed by #vaginalmesh have received payouts. But what about increasing the time to make a claim and always putting the onus on manufacturers to pay compensation rather than gov? @Jacquithornton reports
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I'm surprised this advice to consider local anaesthetic when fitting an IUD has only just been issued in the US. But at least it has...
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The #Oropouche virus was detected in the umbilical cord blood and tissue of several key organs obtained from the mother’s fetus, which Brazil’s health ministry said confirmed mother-to-child transmission, reports @LukeStTaylor bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q166…
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“Where possible and appropriate, travel in groups, avoid known areas of unrest, and keep your mobile phones charged and accessible,” advises @rcgp's Kamilla Hawthorne in light of #RiotsUK reports @emahase_
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Nick Brown, ed of the Arch Dis in Childhood, which published evidence for the #cassreview defends the methods used against attack from @TheBMA "Counter to claims to the contrary, rigorous methods were adhered to at every step," he told @JaneFeinmann
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The collective action voted for by GP partners last week could be undertaken at any time and “doesn’t need permission,” because GPs are simply working to their contracts instead of going above and beyond, @doctor_katie told @Garethiacobucci bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q174…
The "Soups and Shakes" study has promising results but only half the participants completed 12 months of the strict diet. Of those who started the trial 11% were in remimssion at the end - not a third that is widely quoted bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q173…
Nick Brown, ed of the Arch Dis in Childhood, which published the evidence base for the #cassreview defends the methods used against attack from @TheBMA. "Counter to claims to the contrary, rigorous methods were adhered to at every step." bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q172…
An incredibly candid report of a distressing experience by @Abi_Rimmer who calls for holistic care and a bit more thoughtfulness from NHS staff. A reminder that patients are often mothers too bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q128…
@emahase_ investigates the shrinking capacity of weight management services to take on new patients as demand soars bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q135…
"Stain deniers" case ruling - Mr Justice Nicklin ruled that the lack of balance and other failures meant that in fighting the claim the defendants could not invoke the important libel defence that publication was in the public interest. bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q142…
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"As with other activists like the suffragettes, history will support the minority who took direct action to raise awareness of the consequences of our unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels" bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q940
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“Digital weight management is getting results as good as face-to-face treatments. It is more accessible and acceptable, avoiding attendance at slimming clubs or obesity clinics, which people can find upsetting,” says Prof Michael Lean @UofGMedicine bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q930
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Writing these 60 seconds articles is a bit of light relief. I wrote this one on the eclipse after seeing that a story we carried after the 1999 eclipse had a resurgence in popularity last week bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q860