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Rebecca Coombes

London

Head of Journalism at The BMJ

Head of Journalism, The BMJ [email protected]

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  • 5 days ago | bmj.com | Rebecca Coombes

    News & ViewsPatients with asthma... Patients with asthma or heart disease should avoid incense sticks and other airborne pollutants, says CMO News BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1146 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r1146 Air pollution is the least recognised of the big five preventable causes of disease in the UK, and doctors should take it more seriously, England’s chief medical officer has said.

  • Feb 28, 2025 | 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Rebecca Coombes
Rebecca Coombes @rebeccacoombes
12 Mar 25

Puberty blockers: Former Tavistock clinicians say they wouldn’t refer patients to NHS trial https://t.co/yLUIZYEq1m

Rebecca Coombes
Rebecca Coombes @rebeccacoombes
12 Mar 25

Covid-19: Gove tried to “circumvent” regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, inquiry hears https://t.co/ZrqaKlgfgJ

Rebecca Coombes
Rebecca Coombes @rebeccacoombes
12 Mar 25

Will the next president of the Royal College of Physicians bring the change its members want? https://t.co/c2fMyUnqi9