Patients are ordering counterfeit versions of weight loss drugs that are still in clinical trials, experts have warned. They say more needs to be done to crackdown on the dangerous illicit market. @bmj.com @londonassembly.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...

What adjustments can I ask for as a pregnant doctor? It’s crucial that pregnant doctors know their rights and who to ask for support, @emahase.bsky.social hears www.bmj.com/content/390/...

I was on @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast this morning talking about the @bmj.com investigation into NHS weight loss drugs from @emahase.bsky.social. Only 18/42 ICBs are prescribing Mounjaro two months after phased roll out started. Only 9 had funding for the first cohort. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

More than 100 international doctors and health workers who have volunteered in Gaza have signed an open letter urging the global community to take action to protect civilians and healthcare workers from Israel’s "catastrophic and targeted assault" www.bmj.com/content/390/...

NHS staff are increasingly reporting inappropriate filming by members of the public while they're trying to work. Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation 👇 @bmj.com @mddus-news.bsky.social @unison.org.uk www.bmj.com/content/390/...

500+ paediatricians & child health experts have called on the RCPCH to “condemn the Israeli government” over its attacks on children in Gaza Over 18k children have been killed & at least 100 have starved to death @cha4p.bsky.social @hrw.org @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...

"I knew that if we were in Canada, this is a boy who would easily be treatable . . . and yet we just had to sit there and watch him die." Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries www.bmj.com/content/390/...

“We had to sit and watch that little boy die” Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/... @bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social

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 www.bmj.com/content/390/...

“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians are fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties," says Juliette Touma @unrwa.org Read the full story here @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Pleased to be featured in this interesting article by @emahase.bsky.social looking at declines in alcohol consumption among young people, discussing some of the work led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @sarg-scharr.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...

“My portfolio career was born out of a desperate need to keep my non-clinical interests alive." Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Doctors - how do you introduce yourself to patients? Sometimes it's not as simple as it sounds. Read the latest @bmj.com careers clinic to see how these doctors handle it 👉 www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Is ADHD prevalence increasing? It’s a question that has puzzled clinicians, service providers, and the public. @emahase.bsky.social looks at the latest attempt to size up the problem www.bmj.com/content/389/...

I am being undermined by a colleague—what should I do? @claregerada.bsky.social @medicalprotection.bsky.social give their advice on how to handle these situations www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com

How can you prepare for the first day of FY1? I'm looking for resident doctors who can provide advice for an upcoming @bmj.com careers clinic. Drop me a DM or email [email protected] if you're interested!

✨ Has someone inspired you during your medical career? ✨ @emahase.bsky.social wants to hear from you! Please email [email protected] with their name, job title, and why you want to nominate them, and they could be featured as a role model in The BMJ.

I'm looking for doctors to answer the question - "How should I introduce myself to patients?" - for an upcoming @bmj.com careers piece. Interested? Please drop me an email - [email protected]

Very excited to be starting as Careers Editor @bmj.com today - holding the fort for the wonderful @abirimmer.bsky.social while she's away. Please get in touch with workforce issues we should be covering, if you have a fun hobby that improves your wellbeing, or a role model nomination

AI has potential, but for me it isn't there yet and we need to be careful about making assumptions, particularly in public health where stats need to be combined with human interpretation. Its good to see evidence emerging, let's hope to see more in this space!

AI tools have a lot of potential to improve medicine and the healthcare landscape. But how are they regulated? And what does 'gold standard' evidence look like? @jessrmorley.bsky.social @xiaoliu.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#BMJExclusive Experts have voiced concerns over the significant presence of industry figures on the UK government’s new Food Strategy Advisory Board, after it emerged that 50% of its membership represented food companies and distributors. @emahase.bsky.social reports www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Gaza: US doctor at bombed hospital says “the world doesn’t seem to care” Speaking from Nasser, @ferozesidhwa.bsky.social says doctors feel "abandoned by the world" amid renewed Israeli airstrikes. @medicalaidpal.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I'm at NICE conf in Manchester today. Come say hello if you're here!

Measles is back. A sad state of affairs, globally, reported by @emahase.bsky.social in this week’s @bmj.com. It’s not just a US issue, it’s worldwide. www.bmj.com/content/388/... #MedSky #Vaccination #Measles

Gaza: Doctors and aid workers describe “massacre” as Israeli attacks kill 400+ people overnight Mohammad Qishta, MSF doctor at Nasser Hospital, said they received “bodies and parts of bodies, most of them children and women.” @bmj.com @msf.ca @medicalaidpal.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

BREAKING: Prime minister announces govt will abolish @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social "I have absolutely no intention of wasting time with a big costly reorganisation" - @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social told me in Dec 2023. Clearly the temptation - and perhaps his frustration proved too much

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

Gaza’s health system is “completely eviscerated”—what happens now? buff.ly/4blPIU0 @emahase.bsky.social

Sixteen months of bombings and attacks have "completely eviscerated" Gaza’s health system and workforce. I spoke to Palestinian doctors about what needs to happen next and how UK and international doctors can help 👇 @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to provide healthcare in Sudan, including for sick and malnourished children, as violence escalates and supplies of food and surgical equipment dwindle, MSF has said. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The Letby case has made new headlines after an international medical panel said its review found “no evidence to support malfeasance.” So what happens now? www.bmj.com/content/388/...

From today’s @bmj.com, @emahase.bsky.social reports on the “utter failure” of successive governments to deal with the worsening obesity crisis. In this case referring to England, but the problem is a much more widespread one. The commercial determinants of health are strong. #MedSky #PublicHealth

@emahase.bsky.social reports from today's press conference on the medical evidence of Lucy Letby's convictions. The independent panel conlcuded that there was “no medical evidence to support malfeasance” and that the deaths were the result of “either natural causes or bad medical care.”

It’s @emahase.bsky.social on the puns today in the @bmj.com, discussing the concept of “food noise”. Do you think about food all the time? It can be a real issue for some people. #MedSky #Obesity #FoodNoise Link here: www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Israel must provide the location, health status and charges levelled against the healthcare workers it has detained, including Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the World Medical Association (WMA) has said. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The rise in mental health admissions was greatest in girls aged 11-15 - a 113% yearly rise to 19,349 in 2022. Eating disorders accounted for the steepest rise in admissions among this age group, up 515%. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Two successive health and care secretaries spent nearly £500,000 dismantling and then rebuilding ministerial offices in their department, HSJ has learned. excl from @henryanderson1.bsky.social www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...

First @bmj.com of the new year, but the themes aren’t all new. @emahase.bsky.social writes here about @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social’s plans for a further independent commission to look at reform of social care in England. Kicks the can down the road a bit, doesn’t it? www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The last major hospital in northern Gaza is now out of commission after a raid by Israeli forces. Parts of the hospital were burned, staff and critically ill patients forced to leave, and hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya has been detained. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/...

UK doctors who have returned from Gaza have described the situation as “absolutely dire,” recalling blood soaked beds, emaciated colleagues and patients, and doctors forced to perform brain surgery on children without basic surgical equipment. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Six more aid workers have been killed in Gaza, incl 3 from @wck.org - bringing the total to 343 since 7 Oct 2023 Israeli attacks on hospitals continue & hospitals are set to run out of 60 key medications (e.g. antibiotics) by the end of the month @bmj.com @msf.ca www.bmj.com/content/387/...

We don't usually publish international news in our UK print issue, but this story and Graeme Groom's moving tribute to Adnan Al-Bursh needs to be seen. “Now Adnan is dead and the Great Mosque is destroyed. We weep for Adnan, for his family, and for Gaza. God bless you, Adnan, and keep you.”

NHS facing a "quad-demic" with 1099 people in hospital with flu every day last week - a 350% increase on last year - as well as 1390 with covid, 142 with RSV, & 756 with norovirus. NHSE: “The NHS is going into winter under more pressure than ever before." @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/...

How are GPs taking collective action? This excellent read from colleague @emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com has some great examples. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Palestinian surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh was beaten and assaulted before his death in Israeli detention, an Israeli human rights group has said. King's College surgeon Graeme Groom has shared a moving tribute to his friend: "We weep for Adnan, for his family, and for Gaza." www.bmj.com/content/387/...

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase out smoking in the UK and restrict vaping, has taken another step closer to becoming law. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

@abirimmer.bsky.social and I are at England LMC conference today reporting for The BMJ. Do come say hello!

High monthly turnover rates of nurses and senior doctors have been linked to more deaths among patients admitted as emergencies to NHS hospitals in England www.bmj.com/content/387/...

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk