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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cuts to stop smoking services risk harming thousands and worsening maternity outcomes, doctors warn. Exclusive for
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Cuts to stop smoking services risk harming thousands and worsening maternity outcomes, doctors warn

Vulnerable patients in England are at risk from cuts to NHS smoking cessation services, medical leaders have warned. In an open letter to NHS England, published in The BMJ ,1 senior figures from medi...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jul 21

Last week I spoke to @rcpch.bsky.social president Steve Turner for @bmj.com about measles. He said the "tragedy" in Liverpool must be a turning point. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Measles: Liverpool “tragedy” must be turning point, says nation’s top paediatrician

The death of a child in Liverpool after contracting measles is a “tragedy” that shows society is failing to protect children, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jul 8

Resident doctors in England have voted to take strike action: www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Resident doctors vote for industrial action

Resident doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in their campaign for full pay restoration. In response to the result, the BMA’s Resident Doctors Committee urged the ...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jul 3

10 year plan will “fundamentally rewire” NHS in England, PM vows @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...

NHS plan will “fundamentally rewire” health service in England, PM vows

The government has unveiled its 10 year plan to transform the NHS in England, underpinned by housing more services under one roof in community settings to relieve pressure on hospitals, boosting use o...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jul 3

The government's 10 year health plan for England has been published: www.gov.uk/government/p...

10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future

Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jun 19

NICE has re-examined the evidence for new Alzheimer’s drugs, and once again concluded that the benefits are too small to justify the high costs for the NHS. Latest piece for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Benefits of Alzheimer’s drugs remain too small to justify costs, says NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has maintained its decision not to recommend two treatments for Alzheimer’s disease on the NHS, after concluding that they still do not dem...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Apr 30

Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than pre-pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation. The solution? Invest in prevention, say experts www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Invest in prevention to reduce avoidable deaths in England and Wales, say experts

Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than before the covid-19 pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.1...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Apr 23

Fall in GP patient satisfaction in England is linked to fewer GPs and less face-to-face contact, finds research from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com

Fall in patient satisfaction in England is linked to fewer GPs and less face-to-face contact, research finds

Increasing access to general practice through tools such as remote consultations is likely to reduce continuity of care and patient satisfaction, researchers have concluded. A report by the Institute...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Apr 22

A group of experts have criticised the decision to formally approve the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab for use in Europe: www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com

Lecanemab: Experts criticise European Commission approval of Alzheimer’s drug

A group of expert neurologists have expressed concerns at the European Commission’s (EC) decision to formally approve the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab (Leqembi) despite uncertain benefits. Lecanemab, m...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Apr 8

New report from @centreformh.bsky.social calls for increase to health visitor and school nurse numbers as part of a package evidence based strategies to tackle rise in mental health problems in children and young people www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Full archive, searchable by print issue, specialty, clinical & non-clinical topic. See also for podcasts, videos, infographics, blogs, reader comments, print cover images

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 28

Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted. More face palm admin, as reported by @ellahubbard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted

An error in ranking applicants for radiology specialty training programmes has led to job offers for some doctors being retracted. Resident doctors who applied for radiology were sent the outcomes of...

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Mar 26

How has #Brexit reshaped health in the UK? 💊 👩‍⚕️

Our latest research tracks the ongoing impact on medicines, the #NHS workforce and #AI in healthcare.

Health in the UK after Brexit: Moving apart or stuck together?

How has Brexit reshaped health in the UK? The final report in our Health and International Relations Monitor series, supported by the Health Foundation, tracks the ongoing impact from EU exit on…

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 24

ABPI is criticised for lifting Novo Nordisk suspension despite recent breaches www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest for @bmj.com

ABPI is criticised for lifting Novo Nordisk suspension despite recent breaches

Researchers have criticised the UK drug industry trade association’s decision to restore Novo Nordisk’s membership despite the company being subject to ongoing regulatory breaches during its two year ...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 18

The charity @asthmaandlung.org.uk has urged doctors to follow clinical guidelines to help reduce the rising number of repeat hospital visits: www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest piece for @bmj.com, with comments from @copddoc.bsky.social

Respiratory health: Follow guidelines to reduce repeat hospital visits, urge campaigners

The number of people making five or more emergency visits to hospital a year with lung difficulties has almost tripled in some parts of England, an analysis has found. The charity Asthma + Lung UK sa...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 18

Why is NHS England being abolished, and what’s next? www.bmj.com/content/388/... Jacqui Wise has the rundown for @bmj.com

Why is NHS England being abolished, and what’s next?

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 13

It's official, the government is abolishing NHS England.

Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 12

Senior government minister tried to “circumvent” MHRA regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, covid inquiry hears www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com

Covid-19: Gove tried to “circumvent” regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, inquiry hears

A senior government minister wanted to “circumvent” the UK’s regulatory processes to expedite a proposal by the businessman James Dyson to supply ventilators to the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic, t...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 11

England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call to improve how “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” decisions are commnicated to patients and families, after a case where a hospital failed to disclose a DNACPR order until after a man died www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Hospital failed to disclose DNACPR order until after man’s death, ombudsman finds

England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call for doctors to communicate “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (DNACPR) decisions better to patients and families, following a case where ...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 5

Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com

Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care

Hospital consultants have demanded action to tackle the “unacceptable” treatment delays, avoidable harm, and excess deaths resulting from the number of patients being treated in corridors and other in...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Mar 3

Patient care is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work and not able to take breaks, warns @themdu.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com

Doctors’ lack of sleep is affecting patient care, defence body warns

Patients’ safety is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work, medical defence experts have warned. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that longer hou...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Feb 25

Amanda Pritchard has announced she will stand down as NHS England's chief executive at end of March www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...

NHS England » NHS Chief to stand down at end of March

Amanda Pritchard has today formally notified the NHS England Board of her decision to stand down as chief executive at the end of this financial year. Amanda has been chief executive since August 2021...

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Ella Hubbard @ellahubbard.bsky.social · Feb 21

I spoke to some of the doctors affected by the MRCP results fiasco, who told me the error has been compounded by a lack of transparency and poor communication www.bmj.com/content/388/...

“Catastrophic” error left hundreds of doctors with incorrect exam results

Doctors’ leaders have condemned a “catastrophic” error in the marking of a high stakes medical exam that left almost 300 candidates with an incorrect result. The error affected nearly a fifth (283 of...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Feb 20

Five years ago a @bmj.com investigation found that medical students were being let down by poor monitoring and responses to complaints of racism. Has progress been made since then? I repeated the exercise to try to find out www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Racism in medical schools: are things improving?

Five years ago a BMJ investigation found that medical students were being let down by poor monitoring and responses to complaints of racism. Gareth Iacobucci repeated the exercise to see whether any p...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Jan 8

As part of its plan to lower waiting times, the government wants the private sector to deliver an additional one million appointments a year for NHS patients. But where will the staff come from...? My latest for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Private providers to deliver more care to NHS patients under government plan

A major expansion of the private sector’s role in providing elective NHS care in England risks diverting finite staff and resources from elsewhere in the service, experts have warned. As part of a pa...

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Gareth Iacobucci @garethiacobucci.bsky.social · Dec 17

Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals. Early data from hospital pilot sites show that patients have been urgently transferred to intensive care, received antibiotics, or been given oxygen as a result of hospitals adopting the scheme. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals, early data show

Almost one in eight phone calls made to NHS hospitals under the Martha’s rule programme have led to a potentially lifesaving change in a person’s treatment, NHS England has said. Early data from hosp...

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