Ella Hubbard
@ellahubbard.bsky.social
GP trainee in South London | Clinical Editor, The BMJ | ehubbard@bmj.com
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"Do health professionals have a special duty to speak up against the genocide? I think we do."
Fiona Godlee explains why she protested against events in Gaza and the government's proscription of Palestine Action
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Fiona Godlee explains why she protested against events in Gaza and the government's proscription of Palestine Action
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September 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Do health professionals have a special duty to speak up against the genocide? I think we do."
Fiona Godlee explains why she protested against events in Gaza and the government's proscription of Palestine Action
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Fiona Godlee explains why she protested against events in Gaza and the government's proscription of Palestine Action
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Doctors and aid workers are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries, as the malnutrition crisis in Gaza reaches catastrophic levels.
@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
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@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
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July 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Doctors and aid workers are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries, as the malnutrition crisis in Gaza reaches catastrophic levels.
@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
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@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
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Some foundation year two doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ can reveal.
Others are living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete with thousands of others for scant posts
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Others are living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete with thousands of others for scant posts
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July 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Some foundation year two doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ can reveal.
Others are living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete with thousands of others for scant posts
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Others are living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete with thousands of others for scant posts
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Moving to New Zealand, living on unemployment benefits, and competing with thousands for roles: I spoke to doctors affected by the UK's doctor unemployment crisis for @bmj.com
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July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Moving to New Zealand, living on unemployment benefits, and competing with thousands for roles: I spoke to doctors affected by the UK's doctor unemployment crisis for @bmj.com
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Interested in writing for @bmj.com but don't know where to start? If you've learned something new from a patient you've seen, that might be the kernel of a great article for our clinical case series.
See my guide to writing a Minerva or Endgames article for The BMJ ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...
See my guide to writing a Minerva or Endgames article for The BMJ ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Interested in writing for @bmj.com but don't know where to start? If you've learned something new from a patient you've seen, that might be the kernel of a great article for our clinical case series.
See my guide to writing a Minerva or Endgames article for The BMJ ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...
See my guide to writing a Minerva or Endgames article for The BMJ ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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From October 2025, social housing landlords will be required to rectify damp and mould hazards that present a serious health risk within 14 days.
"Awaab’s law" is an opportunity to advocate for better health
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"Awaab’s law" is an opportunity to advocate for better health
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July 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From October 2025, social housing landlords will be required to rectify damp and mould hazards that present a serious health risk within 14 days.
"Awaab’s law" is an opportunity to advocate for better health
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"Awaab’s law" is an opportunity to advocate for better health
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BMJ finds inaccuracies in key studies for AstraZeneca’s blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor.
Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor
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Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor
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June 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
BMJ finds inaccuracies in key studies for AstraZeneca’s blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor.
Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Investigation finds evidence of serious misreporting, raising fresh doubts over the approval and decade long use of ticagrelor
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Growing numbers of US physicians are joining unions. I spoke to @seiu.org @heatherirobundamd.bsky.social and others about the reasons why for @bmj.com
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June 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Growing numbers of US physicians are joining unions. I spoke to @seiu.org @heatherirobundamd.bsky.social and others about the reasons why for @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Such a pleasure to attend the launch of CAMHRA @soasuni.bsky.social yesterday. Brilliant inaugural lecture by Bhrigupati Singh about the opioid epidemic in India and how ethnographic inquiry can illuminate the unquantifiable in mental health research
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Such a pleasure to attend the launch of CAMHRA @soasuni.bsky.social yesterday. Brilliant inaugural lecture by Bhrigupati Singh about the opioid epidemic in India and how ethnographic inquiry can illuminate the unquantifiable in mental health research
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NEW @bmj.com research investigates the impact of retracted trials on the production and use of healthcare evidence in the evidence ecosystem
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April 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
NEW @bmj.com research investigates the impact of retracted trials on the production and use of healthcare evidence in the evidence ecosystem
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New #BMJInvestigation finds bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces have been derailed by industry lobbying.
Some of the councils lobbied have among the worst rates of childhood obesity. Use our interactive infographic in the article to uncover more
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Some of the councils lobbied have among the worst rates of childhood obesity. Use our interactive infographic in the article to uncover more
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April 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New #BMJInvestigation finds bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces have been derailed by industry lobbying.
Some of the councils lobbied have among the worst rates of childhood obesity. Use our interactive infographic in the article to uncover more
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Some of the councils lobbied have among the worst rates of childhood obesity. Use our interactive infographic in the article to uncover more
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Fact check: we took a closer look at the claim that the NHS is rolling out AI to prevent 2000 falls and hospitalisations a day @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Is the NHS rolling out AI technology to prevent falls?
Last month NHS England issued a press release announcing a “nationwide rollout” of an “artificial intelligence tool that predicts falls and viruses.”1 It said that the tool, developed by the care prov...
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April 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Fact check: we took a closer look at the claim that the NHS is rolling out AI to prevent 2000 falls and hospitalisations a day @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted. More face palm admin, as reported by @ellahubbard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted
An error in ranking applicants for radiology specialty training programmes has led to job offers for some doctors being retracted.
Resident doctors who applied for radiology were sent the outcomes of...
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March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Resident doctors criticise “incompetence” of recruitment process after radiology job offers are retracted. More face palm admin, as reported by @ellahubbard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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A new guideline in the BMJ recommends against the routine use of AI powered computer aided detection (CADe) systems to assist colonoscopy. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Computer aided detection and diagnosis of polyps in adult patients undergoing colonoscopy: a living clinical practice guideline
Clinical question In adult patients undergoing colonoscopy for any indication (screening, surveillance, follow-up of positive faecal immunochemical testing, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as blood ...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A new guideline in the BMJ recommends against the routine use of AI powered computer aided detection (CADe) systems to assist colonoscopy. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar @bmj.com. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.
Editorial Registrar, The BMJ | 31 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group
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March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Fancy spending a year commissioning, editing, and writing content for The BMJ? Applications are now open for next year's Editorial Registrar @bmj.com. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have questions about the role -- I've loved every minute of it.
Doctors affected by MRCP exam result error now face unemployment come August. NHS England says it took the decision to withdraw their applications for higher specialty training "in the interests of fairness to all applicants" @bmj.com
Doctors affected by exam error face unemployment owing to withdrawal of job applications
Doctors who were incorrectly told they passed a crucial medical exam only to be told 18 months later that they had failed have now been told that their applications to higher specialty training this y...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Doctors affected by MRCP exam result error now face unemployment come August. NHS England says it took the decision to withdraw their applications for higher specialty training "in the interests of fairness to all applicants" @bmj.com
I spoke to some of the doctors affected by the MRCP results fiasco, who told me the error has been compounded by a lack of transparency and poor communication www.bmj.com/content/388/...
“Catastrophic” error left hundreds of doctors with incorrect exam results
Doctors’ leaders have condemned a “catastrophic” error in the marking of a high stakes medical exam that left almost 300 candidates with an incorrect result.
The error affected nearly a fifth (283 of...
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February 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I spoke to some of the doctors affected by the MRCP results fiasco, who told me the error has been compounded by a lack of transparency and poor communication www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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I'm sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why another review?? Just fix specialty training numbers and competition ratios, fix the lack of parking, hot food at night, and rest spaces, don't start rotations on a run of nights..oh and value resident doctors like part of the team. What else did I miss?
🚨BREAKING: Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty and NHS England medical director Sir Steve Powis are to lead a review of postgraduate medical training after concerns raised by resident (the old junior) doctors. A report is due in summer.
Details: www.england.nhs.uk/postgraduate...
Details: www.england.nhs.uk/postgraduate...
NHS England » Postgraduate medical training review
The postgraduate medical training review is a nationwide initiative overseen by NHS England’s National Medical Director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Chris ...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm sorry but this makes my blood boil. Why another review?? Just fix specialty training numbers and competition ratios, fix the lack of parking, hot food at night, and rest spaces, don't start rotations on a run of nights..oh and value resident doctors like part of the team. What else did I miss?
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On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order eliminating protections against immigration action in healthcare facilities risks.
What can we do to protect patients, safeguard public health, and mitigate the moral injury to providers?
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What can we do to protect patients, safeguard public health, and mitigate the moral injury to providers?
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February 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order eliminating protections against immigration action in healthcare facilities risks.
What can we do to protect patients, safeguard public health, and mitigate the moral injury to providers?
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
What can we do to protect patients, safeguard public health, and mitigate the moral injury to providers?
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Great event at KCL last night with David Spiegelhalter, @richard-lehman.bsky.social, @lorenzoz.bsky.social, Yulan He and Sylvie Delacroix discussing Hamlet, uncertainty, and why every confidence interval is wrong.
February 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Great event at KCL last night with David Spiegelhalter, @richard-lehman.bsky.social, @lorenzoz.bsky.social, Yulan He and Sylvie Delacroix discussing Hamlet, uncertainty, and why every confidence interval is wrong.
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The US was considered a world leader in public health and research. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being broken, argue @jocalynclark.bsky.social and @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The US was considered a world leader in public health and research. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being broken, argue @jocalynclark.bsky.social and @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrium-like tissue grows outside the uterus.
This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis
Includes an infographic
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This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis
Includes an infographic
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February 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrium-like tissue grows outside the uterus.
This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis
Includes an infographic
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This article summarises recently updated recommendations from NICE, specifically focusing on factors associated with time to diagnosis
Includes an infographic
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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"Sarah’s story is one of over-investigation, fragmented and inappropriate care, spurious choice, and a lack of senior decision making at first presentation. Activity for activity’s sake has little to do with high quality care."
- I wrote about elective care reform for @bmj.com
- I wrote about elective care reform for @bmj.com
Elective care reform: more activity does not necessarily mean better care
Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
“We need more activity, and less waste,” says Wes Streeting in...
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January 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Sarah’s story is one of over-investigation, fragmented and inappropriate care, spurious choice, and a lack of senior decision making at first presentation. Activity for activity’s sake has little to do with high quality care."
- I wrote about elective care reform for @bmj.com
- I wrote about elective care reform for @bmj.com
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"Creating piecemeal busywork means more waste, not less."
Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
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January 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Creating piecemeal busywork means more waste, not less."
Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Plans to reform elective care must avoid the trappings of over-investigation and fragmented and inappropriate care, writes Ella Hubbard
www.bmj.com/content/388/...