Your weekly BMJ digest – 1/4/17
It’s coming up to that time of the year again – speciality applications are looming and you realise with guilt
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Disillusionment with our health service
Why did you want to become a doctor? I haven’t been asked that question in over six years, well before
Read moreWhat might Brexit mean for the NHS?
The Brexit event is huge, and will surely impact the NHS significantly. In the first instance the economic downturn, which
Read moreIs more money going to be spent on GP services?
There have been various announcements over the last couple of years about spending more on General Practice medicine in England
Read moreMalaria vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline likely to be approved
Malaria is a disease which affects over 200 million people worldwide each year, resulting in nearly 600,000 deaths, many of
Read moreSeasonal genetic fluctuations and their effects on our health and the way we vaccinate
A study carried out by Cambridge University as found that just under 25% of our genes are expressed differently between different seasons.
Read moreMedical data, supercomputing and personalised medical care
Could IBM’s collaboration with Apple and medical electronics companies transform the way doctors treat patients and researchers assess diseases. IBM
Read moreWhat is the future of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS)?
The NHS is huge with almost 150,000 doctors and 370,000 nurses employed: each year it costs about a sixth of
Read moreBruce Keogh proposes a two tiered emergency service for the NHS
The introduction of a two tiered emergency service would make clear the difference between smaller emergency centres and bigger major
Read moreNHS costs and information on cost of treatments
With the NHS now costing the UK over £100 billion each year (about a sixth of total government spending) people
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