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1 month ago |
bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes
News BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r424 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r424 Consultants at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital, one of the world’s leading ophthalmology centres, have voiced serious concern over the leadership of the NHS trust, alleging a “culture of fear” and a loss of institutional confidence in the board.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes
Rebecca Coombes, head of journalismThe BMJrcoombes{at}bmj.comNext week the US president elect, Donald Trump, will take office with a mandate to make radical changes to the government’s approach to medicine and public health. Health insurance coverage in particular faces massive, potentially harmful, reform (doi:10.1136/bmj.q2801).1 Republicans in Washington plan to shrink Medicaid, the programme for people on low incomes, potentially leaving millions of Americans uninsured.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes
News & ViewsUnethical infant... Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown News BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r81 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r81 A controversial scheme in which midwives paid by a leading formula milk company have been providing infant feeding advice to new parents has been axed after an outcry.
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Jan 8, 2025 |
bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes
Advice sessionsThe Tesco Extra store’s new health consultation rooms host the free infant feeding advice sessions alongside paid-for services, such as a £45 consultation with a clinician on managing menopause symptoms. By booking a session with “Aptaclub from Danone” parents can talk to a healthcare professional in private for 30 minutes. The online booking form links to an Aptaclub branded page, and Aptaclub leaflets are available in the waiting room.
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Dec 4, 2024 |
bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes
News & ViewsThe BMJ Appeal 2024-25... The BMJ Appeal 2024-25: the face of conflict News The Big Picture BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2705 Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2705 A mother in Hazima, Syria, takes her youngest daughter for a check-up at a clinic supported by the International Rescue Committee … View Full Text Subscribe from £184 *Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
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