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"I would rather have a seemingly direct and cold doctor who gets the job done well; anything above this is a welcome bonus." Interesting response to our piece on trust. What do you think? bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Scientists are now working to understand how GLP-1 works in the body, and by association how powerful the GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs could be. Marianne Guenot reports on what we know so far bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Our letter in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ today highlighting the importance of evidence base in psychiatry when treating mental illness Glad to see ⁦Prof Miranda Wolpert⁩ also responded. ⁦Professor Tamsin Ford 💙⁩ ⁦Wendy Burn CBE (She/her)⁩

Giving a human factors talk next month at a critical care conference Hmm... BMJ study found ICU trainees urine was x2 as concentrated as their patients Even a 1-2Kg loss of body water can reduce analysis/decision making by 15-20% Drinking regularly helps maintain performance

what is use of CNO for England (big salary, big status, bit late career opportunities) publicly condemning scrapping of nursing bursaries after retirement rather than when still in post (and maybe resigning over it?) Far too many senior NHS execs do stuff like this Too late!

In a vote on 20 September 68% Royal College of General Practitioners council members voted to oppose the role of #physicianassociates working in general practice, with 31% disagreeing and 8% abstaining bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Would anyone be interested/amused by a short article on whether its okay to turn scrubs into a Halloween costumes?

Over 10 million people in the UK, or around half the workforce, don’t have access to essential health support through their work, such as routine health checks or influenza vaccinations, the Royal Society for Public Health Royal Society for Public Health has found bmj.com/content/387/bm…

A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why buff.ly/4eTO4tQ @wanderingsal

There are so many reports on what to do about obesity. This is a really good one bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Dear Wes, please don't tell us ( terminally ill patients) that we can't make an informed choice. Many of us can ( and have) and want the option of AD, whatever the state of play with palliative care services.

How can one agency [MHRAgovuk approve #donanemab for mild Alzheimer's disease and another one [NICE reject it because of concerns over the “significant health risks associated with the treatment." Doesn't MHRA consider health risks? bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Speciality training - Medical leaders call for more training posts as competition for places increases bmj.com/content/387/bm…

The consultation to regulate NHS managers has opened. You can respond directly here: gov.uk/government/con…

"It's two years since I, along with my co-author, published a review into the GMC's handling of a GP who was suspended over a claim she'd been promised a laptop." Iqbal Singh looks at where there's been progress & where there's still room for improvement bmj.com/content/387/bm…

NEW investigation shows how the marketing of fruity cigarettes—despite promises from Big Tobacco to protect young people—are driving youth smoking in #LatinAmerica bmj.com/content/387/bm… The Examination María Pérez saludconlupa.com Jason McLure @Skoknic LaBot Mun-Keat Looi

This is Abdel Wahab Daadoush of Kafranbel. Thirteen years ago, he was a 20 year old medical student headed to Hama to take an exam. He was disappeared by the regime. Yesterday, he was released from Saydnaya Prison, having lost his memory and not being able to identify himself.

A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed bmj.com/content/387/bm…

I’m very grateful to the BMJ Group BMJ Group for publishing a profile of my academic work including the contribution I have made to primary medical care and public health globally. Working with the BMJ for the past 30 years has been a privilege. bmjgroup.com/driving-global…

The BMJ Victor Adebowale Tnk u The BMJ Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky for invitng me 2 write for Head2Head. Am I convinced that the past 5 yrs have seen hugely encouraging +ve change? Yes. Do I think credit goes entirely to frontline clinicians, resident docs, students? Absolutely yes! Do I tnk them n say keep going? Yes!