As UK parliament prepares to vote on landmark reforms that would finally remove the threat of criminal investigation from women who end their own pregnancies, new draconian police guidance shows what is at stake MSI Reproductive Choices UK bmj.com/content/389/bm…

In conflict zones, women are not only deliberately targeted through gender based violence but also suffer intensely from the collapse of vital systems. The consequences are catastrophic yet routinely sidelined in humanitarian responses @HRPResearch World Health Organization (WHO) bmj.com/content/389/bm…

The rise of ketamine addiction in young people in the UK is causing concern. In the latest BMJ Medicine & Science podcast episode, addiction psychiatrists Irene Guerrini and Nicola Kalk explain why it has become a problem ⏯️ bmj.com/podcasts

"When you give a person a strong incentive, but not the means to reach that incentive by actually improving care, you introduce gaming." Richard Lilford joins the new podcast to discuss plans to publish hospital league tables 🎧 apple.co/4ebA5Ae 🎧 spoti.fi/3T1830C

Queued up in our assigned space ready to march… I knew Pride in London is huge but this is A Lot… there is movement at the front, but it will take a long time for that movement to reach us!

What are the main indications for aspirin and what should doctors consider when prescribing it? Read guidance, including a #BMJInfographic bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Society has normalised the power of arms industry influence—but as the world’s largest arms fair (DSEI) descends on London next week, The BMJ examines how health and peace bear the true cost : “There are no winners in war—except the arms industry.”

#BMJExclusive Less than half of England has access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) through general practices, despite the NHS roll-out of the weight-loss jab having officially started over two months ago, The BMJ can disclose Elisabeth Mahase reports bmj.com/content/390/bm…

~900 arrests over the weekend in protests against genocide. Among them was Fiona Godlee, one of the most respected editors. The government is targeting the wrong people.

I am working in an NHS office at a local hospital this week instead of my usual university office because of the tube strike in London. I came across this note stuck to the departmental fridge. Now I can see why so many NHS fridges have locks.😀

Fantastic evening celebrating the best of medical journalism at #mjaawards and very proud that The BMJ journalists won THREE awards. Huge congratulations to Elisabeth Mahase Jennifer Richardson Adele Waters - winners all!

Imposter participants threaten the integrity of health research and, by extension, the policies and clinical decisions built on it, warn experts Eileen Morrow University of Oxford bmj.com/content/391/bm…