Elisabeth Mahase
@emahase.bsky.social
Health journalist at The BMJ | emahase@bmj.com
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Elisabeth Mahase
@emahase.bsky.social
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“We had to sit and watch that little boy die”
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30, outnumbering every delegation except Brazil
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30, outnumbering every delegation except Brazil
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“I recall one particular incident while I was on a night shift clerking a patient who stated, ‘I don’t bloody believe it. The doctor’s a bloody black bastard.’ I was 18 weeks pregnant with twins and felt completely helpless."
@bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/380/...
@bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/380/...
How do I deal with a racist patient?
Sadly, most doctors will come across patients who make racist comments. Ingrid Torjesen finds out how to handle them
Mark Swindells, assistant director, standards and ethics, at the General Medical C...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“I recall one particular incident while I was on a night shift clerking a patient who stated, ‘I don’t bloody believe it. The doctor’s a bloody black bastard.’ I was 18 weeks pregnant with twins and felt completely helpless."
@bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/380/...
@bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/380/...
Looking for a doctor to write some advice on preparing to give evidence to a coroner's court.
It would be about 300 words. DM or email me - emahase@bmj.com - if you're interested!
@bmj.com
It would be about 300 words. DM or email me - emahase@bmj.com - if you're interested!
@bmj.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Looking for a doctor to write some advice on preparing to give evidence to a coroner's court.
It would be about 300 words. DM or email me - emahase@bmj.com - if you're interested!
@bmj.com
It would be about 300 words. DM or email me - emahase@bmj.com - if you're interested!
@bmj.com
I'm looking for a doctor to write 300 words for @bmj.com re advice on what to do if your colleague makes a racist comment.
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm looking for a doctor to write 300 words for @bmj.com re advice on what to do if your colleague makes a racist comment.
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
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I care about the climate crisis but what can I actually do?
From small daily adjustments to influencing national policy, doctors can make a difference, @emahase.bsky.social hears
From small daily adjustments to influencing national policy, doctors can make a difference, @emahase.bsky.social hears
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I care about the climate crisis but what can I actually do?
From small daily adjustments to influencing national policy, doctors can make a difference, @emahase.bsky.social hears
From small daily adjustments to influencing national policy, doctors can make a difference, @emahase.bsky.social hears
Care about climate change but feeling a bit helpless?
In this year's annual climate issue of @bmj.com doctors share their advice on practical actions doctors can take...
Read all the advice here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
In this year's annual climate issue of @bmj.com doctors share their advice on practical actions doctors can take...
Read all the advice here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Care about climate change but feeling a bit helpless?
In this year's annual climate issue of @bmj.com doctors share their advice on practical actions doctors can take...
Read all the advice here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
In this year's annual climate issue of @bmj.com doctors share their advice on practical actions doctors can take...
Read all the advice here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
How can doctors prepare for specialty training interviews?
"You cannot have too much help or practice."
As specialty training interviews approach, @emahase.bsky.social hears advice from those who have been through them
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"You cannot have too much help or practice."
As specialty training interviews approach, @emahase.bsky.social hears advice from those who have been through them
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
How can doctors prepare for specialty training interviews?
"You cannot have too much help or practice."
As specialty training interviews approach, @emahase.bsky.social hears advice from those who have been through them
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"You cannot have too much help or practice."
As specialty training interviews approach, @emahase.bsky.social hears advice from those who have been through them
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities have surged in the past five years.
Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities have surged in the past five years.
Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
I'm looking for doctors to write for @bmj.com re advice for trainees on preparing for a new rotation.
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm looking for doctors to write for @bmj.com re advice for trainees on preparing for a new rotation.
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
Get in touch if you're interested! DMs open or email - emahase@bmj.com
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
✍️'Supporting our colleagues who are at risk of burnout has never been more important'
SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski writes in @bmj.com on how doctors can support colleagues who are struggling ⬇️
SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski writes in @bmj.com on how doctors can support colleagues who are struggling ⬇️
Careers clinic: I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do?
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
✍️'Supporting our colleagues who are at risk of burnout has never been more important'
SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski writes in @bmj.com on how doctors can support colleagues who are struggling ⬇️
SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski writes in @bmj.com on how doctors can support colleagues who are struggling ⬇️
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
“Two of the simplest yet most effective things you can do are to listen and to demonstrate empathy."
I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do? @emahase.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do? @emahase.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Two of the simplest yet most effective things you can do are to listen and to demonstrate empathy."
I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do? @emahase.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do? @emahase.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Careers clinic: I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do?
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Careers clinic: I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do?
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Patients are ordering counterfeit versions of weight loss drugs that are still in clinical trials, experts have warned.
They say more needs to be done to crackdown on the dangerous illicit market.
@bmj.com @londonassembly.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
They say more needs to be done to crackdown on the dangerous illicit market.
@bmj.com @londonassembly.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Weight loss jabs: Patients are using black market to obtain drugs still in clinical trials, experts warn
More needs to be done to crack down on the black market for weight loss jabs, experts, warn, where patients are ordering counterfeit versions of drugs that are still in clinical trials.
Speaking to t...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Patients are ordering counterfeit versions of weight loss drugs that are still in clinical trials, experts have warned.
They say more needs to be done to crackdown on the dangerous illicit market.
@bmj.com @londonassembly.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
They say more needs to be done to crackdown on the dangerous illicit market.
@bmj.com @londonassembly.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
What adjustments can I ask for as a pregnant doctor?
It’s crucial that pregnant doctors know their rights and who to ask for support, @emahase.bsky.social hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It’s crucial that pregnant doctors know their rights and who to ask for support, @emahase.bsky.social hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What adjustments can I ask for as a pregnant doctor?
It’s crucial that pregnant doctors know their rights and who to ask for support, @emahase.bsky.social hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It’s crucial that pregnant doctors know their rights and who to ask for support, @emahase.bsky.social hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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I was on @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast this morning talking about the @bmj.com investigation into NHS weight loss drugs from @emahase.bsky.social. Only 18/42 ICBs are prescribing Mounjaro two months after phased roll out started. Only 9 had funding for the first cohort. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Mounjaro: Less than half of England has NHS access to jab months after roll-out, distressing patients and GPs
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 dis...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I was on @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast this morning talking about the @bmj.com investigation into NHS weight loss drugs from @emahase.bsky.social. Only 18/42 ICBs are prescribing Mounjaro two months after phased roll out started. Only 9 had funding for the first cohort. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
More than 100 international doctors and health workers who have volunteered in Gaza have signed an open letter urging the global community to take action to protect civilians and healthcare workers from Israel’s "catastrophic and targeted assault"
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
More than 100 international doctors and health workers who have volunteered in Gaza have signed an open letter urging the global community to take action to protect civilians and healthcare workers from Israel’s "catastrophic and targeted assault"
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
NHS staff are increasingly reporting inappropriate filming by members of the public while they're trying to work.
Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation 👇
@bmj.com @mddus-news.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation 👇
@bmj.com @mddus-news.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
What can I do if a member of the public starts filming me at work?
NHS staff are increasingly reporting inappropriate filming by the public. Elisabeth Mahase hears what they can do
Alan Lofthouse, Unison deputy head of health, says, “Healthcare workers must be able ...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
NHS staff are increasingly reporting inappropriate filming by members of the public while they're trying to work.
Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation 👇
@bmj.com @mddus-news.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Here's what you can do if you find yourself in this situation 👇
@bmj.com @mddus-news.bsky.social @unison.org.uk
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
500+ paediatricians & child health experts have called on the RCPCH to “condemn the Israeli government” over its attacks on children in Gaza
Over 18k children have been killed & at least 100 have starved to death
@cha4p.bsky.social @hrw.org @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Over 18k children have been killed & at least 100 have starved to death
@cha4p.bsky.social @hrw.org @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Gaza: UK paediatricians criticise college over failure to condemn Israel’s attacks on children
More than 500 paediatricians and child health experts have accused the UK’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) of “evading a meaningful response to the worsening situation in Palest...
www.bmj.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
500+ paediatricians & child health experts have called on the RCPCH to “condemn the Israeli government” over its attacks on children in Gaza
Over 18k children have been killed & at least 100 have starved to death
@cha4p.bsky.social @hrw.org @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Over 18k children have been killed & at least 100 have starved to death
@cha4p.bsky.social @hrw.org @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
"I knew that if we were in Canada, this is a boy who would easily be treatable . . . and yet we just had to sit there and watch him die."
Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"I knew that if we were in Canada, this is a boy who would easily be treatable . . . and yet we just had to sit there and watch him die."
Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Doctors and aid workers describe watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
“We had to sit and watch that little boy die”
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“We had to sit and watch that little boy die”
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Doctors are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries in Gaza
Read the full story here: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@bmj.com @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @oxfameu.bsky.social @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
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
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@emahase.bsky.social for @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians are fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties," says Juliette Touma @unrwa.org
Read the full story here @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read the full story here @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Gaza: doctors “fainting due to hunger” amid mass starvation and food distribution massacres
Doctors, healthcare workers, and aid staffers are now collapsing from starvation in Gaza and risk death queueing for food, humanitarian organisations have warned.
The death toll at and around controv...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians are fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties," says Juliette Touma @unrwa.org
Read the full story here @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read the full story here @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
Pleased to be featured in this interesting article by @emahase.bsky.social looking at declines in alcohol consumption among young people, discussing some of the work led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @sarg-scharr.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why are Gen Z drinking less alcohol than older generations?
Those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s seem to be drinking less alcohol than older generations. Why is this—and could it be a public health opportunity? Elisabeth Mahase reports
The...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pleased to be featured in this interesting article by @emahase.bsky.social looking at declines in alcohol consumption among young people, discussing some of the work led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @sarg-scharr.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Reposted by Elisabeth Mahase
“My portfolio career was born out of a desperate need to keep my non-clinical interests alive."
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“My portfolio career was born out of a desperate need to keep my non-clinical interests alive."
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Doctors - how do you introduce yourself to patients?
Sometimes it's not as simple as it sounds. Read the latest @bmj.com careers clinic to see how these doctors handle it 👉 www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Sometimes it's not as simple as it sounds. Read the latest @bmj.com careers clinic to see how these doctors handle it 👉 www.bmj.com/content/389/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Doctors - how do you introduce yourself to patients?
Sometimes it's not as simple as it sounds. Read the latest @bmj.com careers clinic to see how these doctors handle it 👉 www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Sometimes it's not as simple as it sounds. Read the latest @bmj.com careers clinic to see how these doctors handle it 👉 www.bmj.com/content/389/...