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The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our...
The BMA has released their long awaited review of the Cass report. The original report looked at the provision of NHS gender identity servic...
The new trade deal struck between the UK and US came into force in April. The deal will double the amount that the NHS spends on new medicin...
A blockbuster MS drug undergoes FDA re-evaluation. We explore the story of Ocrelizumab, a treatment for primary progressive multiple scleros...
Covid 19 was the last Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Our guests in this podcast think that the Trump Administrati...
Coming up in this week’s episode: The 15th Strike: As the latest six-day walkout by resident doctors in England concludes, the BMJ's news te...
The BMJ published a negative result this week. A new trial focuses on a peer support intervention for improving breastfeeding rates in the U...
The UK Covid Inquiry released Module Three of its findings this month. It lays out in startling detail the lived experiences of NHS staff an...
The Gulf states are not large producers of pharmaceuticals or healthcare products - but the oil they supply, and the transport infrastructur...
The lure of health influencers and AI chat bots is strong. More and more people are placing trust in them to answer their health problems, m...
In this episode, Dr Katie Bramall, Chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, joins the podcast to discuss her concerns surrounding...
As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of UK coun...
In this episode, we investigate the alarming resurgence of measles across North America and the UK. While cases are falling across much of E...
In this week’s episode, we challenge long-held medical narratives, starting with how the healthcare system manages life after a cancer diagn...
The House of Lord's amendments to England and Wales assisted dying bill might be causing a constitutional crisis. Lords have tabled 1,277 am...
Deborah Cohen's new book "How the internet hijacked our health" explores the profound impact of the internet on our wellbeing. In this conve...
We’re 18 months into the Labour government, and their changes to the NHS are beginning to be felt. In the 10 year plan that they launched la...
This interview is available in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yNO47EfuEM @RichardJMurphy , political economist and tax ca...
The class of GLP-1 agonist drugs including Ozempic gained a wide reputation for weight loss in 2025. However, it's well established that wei...
This episode is available in video form on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1cGrD47eZSk American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson joins...
It’s time for 2025’s festive fun! Practicing medicine can be a very visceral experience - and the English language can’t always adequately c...
In this episode, we hear how Generative AI is making it into the consultation room - but not through NHS endorsed routes - surveys suggest t...
There is an enormous amount of research on treatment for ADHD - pharmaceutical and otherwise. But not all of those trials, or meta-analyses,...
"Damning” and “unforgivable failures” is how some papers headlines reacted to criticism of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in the sec...
It’s the BMJ’s annual climate issue - and in this episode, we’ll be hearing about more ways in which climate mitigation is good for health....
Far right rallies have been held across the UK, culminating in a large parade in London where Elon Musk spoke. At the same time, politicians...
This week on the podcast The BMJ investigates Q-COLLAR, an American device that distributors claim can reduce brain injury from contact spor...
In this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year health plan for England - A new analysis just publ...
In today’s episode: Assisted Dying moves closer to becoming UK law. The proposed legislation to allow people to end their own lives has move...
In today’s episode: Rethinking how we measure the harm caused by the arms industry The life long, and multigenerational, impact of starvatio...
CRISPR technology has revolutionised biological research, and for the first time it’s out of the lab and into the NHS, as NICE has approved...
If you’ve been in a high street pharmacy or supermarket recently, chances are you’ll have seen home test kits for all sorts of indications;...
Professor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine was asked to carry out an independent review into the role of physician a...
This week we’re focusing on the NHS. On the 3rd of July the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Starmer finally announced the NHS’ 10 year plan. His L...
Rebecca Coombes interviews Dr. Tom Dolphin, consultant anaesthetist and newly elected chair of the BMA Council. Watch this interview on our...
Last December, The BMJ published an investigation into the 2009 PLATO trial - exposing serious problems with that study’s data analysis and...
In this episode, we hear about ketamine addiction. It's in the news, but the rise in addiction amongst young people in the UK has caused con...
Devi Sridhar's new book “How Not to Die (Too Soon) - The Lies We’ve Been Sold, and the Policies That Could Save Us” is focussing on the way...
Recent escalations in the ever simmering tension between India and Pakistan brought us closer to conflict - conflict between two nuclear pow...
China was declared malaria free in 2021 - and we'll hear how persistence was key to their success, and what new technologies are available t...
The UK government is debating legislation to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, which puts doctors at the forefront of deciding if t...
Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University and former COVID-19 pandemic advisor to President B...
The UK’s chancellor has announced a £5bn cut to benefits, much of which will be borne by those on long-term disability allowance. Gerry McCa...
In the UK, the prime minister has announced the disbanding of NHS England, Nigel Crisp - former chief executive of the NHS, explains why he...
We've just published a new rapid review on the safety and efficacy of physician and anaesthetic associates in the UK, which was commissioned...
From pay restoration, to making sure there are enough training posts for resident doctors, the BMA has been busy. In this podcast, Kamran Ab...
In this episode of the BMJ's Medicine and Science podcast, editor-in-chief Kamran Abbasi discusses the urgent need to tackle disinformation...
Providing quality healthcare is demanding, often stressful, and requires sustained effort. When resources are stretched and pressure mounts,...
This week Rebecca Coombes is back with another big-food investigation, this time about fast-food giant MacDonalds subverting attempts to sto...
Exercise and a better diet, prior to surgery, can improve outcomes. Daniel McIsaac, a professor of anaesthesiology from the University of Ot...
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the US out of the WHO. This would cut funding for the UN’s medical agenc...