Gareth Iacobucci
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Journalist. Assistant news editor at The BMJ. https://www.bmj.com/
Cuts to stop smoking services risk harming thousands and worsening maternity outcomes, doctors warn. Exclusive for
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Cuts to stop smoking services risk harming thousands and worsening maternity outcomes, doctors warn
Vulnerable patients in England are at risk from cuts to NHS smoking cessation services, medical leaders have warned.
In an open letter to NHS England, published in The BMJ ,1 senior figures from medi...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cuts to stop smoking services risk harming thousands and worsening maternity outcomes, doctors warn. Exclusive for
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@bmj.com with data from @ashorguk.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Last week I spoke to @rcpch.bsky.social president Steve Turner for @bmj.com about measles. He said the "tragedy" in Liverpool must be a turning point. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Measles: Liverpool “tragedy” must be turning point, says nation’s top paediatrician
The death of a child in Liverpool after contracting measles is a “tragedy” that shows society is failing to protect children, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last week I spoke to @rcpch.bsky.social president Steve Turner for @bmj.com about measles. He said the "tragedy" in Liverpool must be a turning point. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Resident doctors in England have voted to take strike action: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Resident doctors vote for industrial action
Resident doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in their campaign for full pay restoration.
In response to the result, the BMA’s Resident Doctors Committee urged the ...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Resident doctors in England have voted to take strike action: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
10 year plan will “fundamentally rewire” NHS in England, PM vows @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
NHS plan will “fundamentally rewire” health service in England, PM vows
The government has unveiled its 10 year plan to transform the NHS in England, underpinned by housing more services under one roof in community settings to relieve pressure on hospitals, boosting use o...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
10 year plan will “fundamentally rewire” NHS in England, PM vows @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...
The government's 10 year health plan for England has been published: www.gov.uk/government/p...
10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The government's 10 year health plan for England has been published: www.gov.uk/government/p...
NICE has re-examined the evidence for new Alzheimer’s drugs, and once again concluded that the benefits are too small to justify the high costs for the NHS. Latest piece for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Benefits of Alzheimer’s drugs remain too small to justify costs, says NICE
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has maintained its decision not to recommend two treatments for Alzheimer’s disease on the NHS, after concluding that they still do not dem...
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June 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
NICE has re-examined the evidence for new Alzheimer’s drugs, and once again concluded that the benefits are too small to justify the high costs for the NHS. Latest piece for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than pre-pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation. The solution? Invest in prevention, say experts www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Invest in prevention to reduce avoidable deaths in England and Wales, say experts
Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than before the covid-19 pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.1...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Deaths from avoidable causes remain higher in England and Wales than pre-pandemic, with rates highest in areas of deprivation. The solution? Invest in prevention, say experts www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Fall in GP patient satisfaction in England is linked to fewer GPs and less face-to-face contact, finds research from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com
Fall in patient satisfaction in England is linked to fewer GPs and less face-to-face contact, research finds
Increasing access to general practice through tools such as remote consultations is likely to reduce continuity of care and patient satisfaction, researchers have concluded.
A report by the Institute...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fall in GP patient satisfaction in England is linked to fewer GPs and less face-to-face contact, finds research from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com
A group of experts have criticised the decision to formally approve the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab for use in Europe: www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com
Lecanemab: Experts criticise European Commission approval of Alzheimer’s drug
A group of expert neurologists have expressed concerns at the European Commission’s (EC) decision to formally approve the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab (Leqembi) despite uncertain benefits.
Lecanemab, m...
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April 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A group of experts have criticised the decision to formally approve the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab for use in Europe: www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com
New report from @centreformh.bsky.social calls for increase to health visitor and school nurse numbers as part of a package evidence based strategies to tackle rise in mental health problems in children and young people www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New report from @centreformh.bsky.social calls for increase to health visitor and school nurse numbers as part of a package evidence based strategies to tackle rise in mental health problems in children and young people 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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Our latest research tracks the ongoing impact on medicines, the #NHS workforce and #AI in healthcare.
Our latest research tracks the ongoing impact on medicines, the #NHS workforce and #AI in healthcare.
Health in the UK after Brexit: Moving apart or stuck together?
How has Brexit reshaped health in the UK? The final report in our Health and International Relations Monitor series, supported by the Health Foundation, tracks the ongoing impact from EU exit on…
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March 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
ABPI is criticised for lifting Novo Nordisk suspension despite recent breaches www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest for @bmj.com
ABPI is criticised for lifting Novo Nordisk suspension despite recent breaches
Researchers have criticised the UK drug industry trade association’s decision to restore Novo Nordisk’s membership despite the company being subject to ongoing regulatory breaches during its two year ...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ABPI is criticised for lifting Novo Nordisk suspension despite recent breaches www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest for @bmj.com
The charity @asthmaandlung.org.uk has urged doctors to follow clinical guidelines to help reduce the rising number of repeat hospital visits: www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest piece for @bmj.com, with comments from @copddoc.bsky.social
Respiratory health: Follow guidelines to reduce repeat hospital visits, urge campaigners
The number of people making five or more emergency visits to hospital a year with lung difficulties has almost tripled in some parts of England, an analysis has found.
The charity Asthma + Lung UK sa...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The charity @asthmaandlung.org.uk has urged doctors to follow clinical guidelines to help reduce the rising number of repeat hospital visits: www.bmj.com/content/388/... Latest piece for @bmj.com, with comments from @copddoc.bsky.social
Why is NHS England being abolished, and what’s next? www.bmj.com/content/388/... Jacqui Wise has the rundown for @bmj.com
Why is NHS England being abolished, and what’s next?
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March 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Why is NHS England being abolished, and what’s next? www.bmj.com/content/388/... Jacqui Wise has the rundown for @bmj.com
It's official, the government is abolishing NHS England.
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It's official, the government is abolishing NHS England.
Senior government minister tried to “circumvent” MHRA regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, covid inquiry hears www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
Covid-19: Gove tried to “circumvent” regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, inquiry hears
A senior government minister wanted to “circumvent” the UK’s regulatory processes to expedite a proposal by the businessman James Dyson to supply ventilators to the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic, t...
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March 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Senior government minister tried to “circumvent” MHRA regulations to buy Dyson ventilators, covid inquiry hears www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call to improve how “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” decisions are commnicated to patients and families, after a case where a hospital failed to disclose a DNACPR order until after a man died www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Hospital failed to disclose DNACPR order until after man’s death, ombudsman finds
England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call for doctors to communicate “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” (DNACPR) decisions better to patients and families, following a case where ...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
England’s health ombudsman has made a renewed call to improve how “do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation” decisions are commnicated to patients and families, after a case where a hospital failed to disclose a DNACPR order until after a man died www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care
Hospital consultants have demanded action to tackle the “unacceptable” treatment delays, avoidable harm, and excess deaths resulting from the number of patients being treated in corridors and other in...
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March 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Consultants demand urgent action to tackle “horrendous” corridor care www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
Patient care is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work and not able to take breaks, warns @themdu.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
Doctors’ lack of sleep is affecting patient care, defence body warns
Patients’ safety is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work, medical defence experts have warned.
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that longer hou...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Patient care is being compromised because a growing number of doctors are feeling severely tired at work and not able to take breaks, warns @themdu.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
Amanda Pritchard has announced she will stand down as NHS England's chief executive at end of March www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
NHS England » NHS Chief to stand down at end of March
Amanda Pritchard has today formally notified the NHS England Board of her decision to stand down as chief executive at the end of this financial year. Amanda has been chief executive since August 2021...
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February 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Amanda Pritchard has announced she will stand down as NHS England's chief executive at end of March www.england.nhs.uk/2025/02/nhs-...
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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/...
Five years ago a @bmj.com investigation found that medical students were being let down by poor monitoring and responses to complaints of racism. Has progress been made since then? I repeated the exercise to try to find out www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Racism in medical schools: are things improving?
Five years ago a BMJ investigation found that medical students were being let down by poor monitoring and responses to complaints of racism. Gareth Iacobucci repeated the exercise to see whether any p...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Five years ago a @bmj.com investigation found that medical students were being let down by poor monitoring and responses to complaints of racism. Has progress been made since then? I repeated the exercise to try to find out www.bmj.com/content/388/...
As part of its plan to lower waiting times, the government wants the private sector to deliver an additional one million appointments a year for NHS patients. But where will the staff come from...? My latest for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Private providers to deliver more care to NHS patients under government plan
A major expansion of the private sector’s role in providing elective NHS care in England risks diverting finite staff and resources from elsewhere in the service, experts have warned.
As part of a pa...
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January 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As part of its plan to lower waiting times, the government wants the private sector to deliver an additional one million appointments a year for NHS patients. But where will the staff come from...? My latest for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals. Early data from hospital pilot sites show that patients have been urgently transferred to intensive care, received antibiotics, or been given oxygen as a result of hospitals adopting the scheme. www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals, early data show
Almost one in eight phone calls made to NHS hospitals under the Martha’s rule programme have led to a potentially lifesaving change in a person’s treatment, NHS England has said.
Early data from hosp...
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December 17, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals. Early data from hospital pilot sites show that patients have been urgently transferred to intensive care, received antibiotics, or been given oxygen as a result of hospitals adopting the scheme. www.bmj.com/content/387/...