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Richard Hurley

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An editor at The BMJ medical journal (bsky.app/profile/bmj.com). All views my own

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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Women bear brunt of harms from failed "war on drugs" As UN reviews #DrugPolicy, @bmj.com #Editorial calls for gender responsive care, health & rights over prohibition. By C Stoicescu, NA Mohd Salleh, C Giacomello, RAY Faye, R Gatonye www.bmj.com/content/394/... #HarmReduction #PublicHealth
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16/09/2026
As the #UNGA81 debates UN reform, experts in a NEW BMJ Collection warn that the proposed merger of UN Women and UNFPA—two vital institutions for protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights—will weaken global commitments to #GenderEquality. Read & share the articles: bit.ly/4hccNvZ
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Over 8500 armed attacks on education a year globally. "#Scholasticide" isn’t just destroying classrooms, it has global, generational impacts on health & healthcare @bmj.com bmj.com/content/394/... By Rana Dajani, Afaf Jabiri, Mitra Aminlou, Musallam Abukhalil, Suhad A Yasin
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Scholasticide in war is devastating for medical research and training
End impunity for targeted attacks on schools and universities Deliberate attacks on education in armed conflict need urgent attention. The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), c...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Clear expectations on behaviour & the value and practice of strong, healthy, warm and supportive relationships" more effective than physical punishment of kids, says @drsueroffey.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/394/... @bmj.com #PublicHealth #ChildHealth #Pediatrics #EvidenceBasedPolicy #smacking
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Why should children in England & NI be denied the same legal protection from assault enjoyed by adults & children elsewhere in the UK?" asks @drandrewrowland.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social in reply to @bmj.com bmj.com/content/394/... #PublicHealth #ChildHealth #Pediatrics #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Smacking children: is an RCT ethically justified? www.bmj.com/content/394/... Santhanam Sundar responds to @bmj.com #Editorial "Physical punishment of children: ineffective and harmful," which calls for a ban #ChildHealth #EndCorporalPunishment
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16/07/2026
"Physical punishment is universally harmful to children and ineffective as discipline." Children should have the same legal protection from assault as adults www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Anja Heilmann @anjaheilmann.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our @bmj.com editorial sums up why physical punishment should be outlawed everywhere: decades of research shows it harms children in numerous ways, it increases the risk of physical abuse, and it violates children’s human rights. There are no benefits. @ucliehc.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Child physical punishment globally: ineffective & harmful. New @bmj.com #Editorial 129 countries, eg England, lack smacking bans. By @anjaheilmann.bsky.social @rebeccalacey.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social LS Holland & ET Gershoff www.bmj.com/content/394/... #ChildHealth #EndCorporalPunishment
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Turning developing countries' health systems into profit making schemes... What could go wrong? NEW @bmj.com Editorial on venture capitalists & private equity funding #UHC #GlobalHealth by @dcmccoy11.bsky.social Aquina Thulare Lena Lavinas @unuglobalhealth.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Global #CAM market may reach $359bn. @who.int plan to promote alternative medicine #TCIM funded by India & China, which have political interests; informed by IVAA & "anthroposophic medicine" READ @bmj.com Editorial www.bmj.com/content/393/... @cath77777.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
FREE ACCESS @who.int plan for alternative & traditional medicine to promote integration of #ayurveda #TCM etc in healthcare suggests lowering evidentiary standards for efficacy & public safety. @bmj.com @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @cath77777.bsky.social #TCIM #CAM www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Health is relational, culturally situated & interconnected with community & environment for Indigenous Peoples .. it cannot be understood solely through methodological standards for clinical evidence" says Kwanele Asante about @bmj.com Editorial on @who.int #TCIM plan www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"The #RCT is not colonial oppression; it distinguishes interventions that work from those that do not" new @bmj.com Editorial by @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @cath77777.bsky.social on @who.int push for #TCIM #CAM traditional, complementary, alternative & integrative medicine www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Complementary, alternative, traditional medicine #TCIM #CAM @who.int plan risks undermining integration of only safe effective interventions, say Cyriac Abby Philips @cath77777.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social Xingshun Qi & Dileep Chethipadath Narayan. @bmj.com Editorial bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tax avoidance & evasion by wealthy people & corporations globally should be blocked to fund public services properly, as imminent UN convention could ensure. New @bmj.com Editorial by Attiya Waris and @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Water bankruptcy: new #BMJEditorial has urgent actions for health systems in richer and poorer countries facing rising risks to clinical and public health. @kavehmadani.bsky.social @unuinweh.bsky.social @ununiversity.bsky.social @bmj.com #WaterSecurity www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#Trachoma Eliminating leading cause of infectious blindness needs renewed strategies & global commitment @bmj.com Editorial by Esmael Habtamu, Amany Elhabashy, Matthew J Burton @lshtm.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #EndTrachoma #NTDs #Ophthalmology #GlobalEyecare #HealthEquity www.bmj.com/content/392/...
A doctor checks for the eye disease Trachoma in the Pays Dogon, Mali, West Africa
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Medical brain drain: source LMICs as well as destination HICs should act to stem flow. For example, #Nigeria has fledgling policy that seeks agreements with HICs to invest in its healthcare. Free access bmj.com/content/390/... @bmj.com By Oladotun V Olalusi et al #BMJEditorial #GlobalHealth
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 02/09/2025
The corporate practices of arms companies have direct implications for human and #PlanetaryHealth Our NEW @bmj.com series applies a commercial determinants of health framework to the arms industry Read here: www.bmj.com/collections/...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 02/09/2025
The arms industry deserves scrutiny at a time when defence and military spending threatens health Read this editorial introducing our new series on the arms trade and health www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1794
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
No universal health coverage without #nurses #BMJEditorial bmj.com/content/390/... @bmj.com @howardcatton.bsky.social @who.int #SoWN2025 #SoWN #nursing
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 09/07/2025
Lived experience: from intention to global action. It is indisputable that people should have a say in the healthcare decisions that affect them. It's time to see lived experience as expertise, and make inclusive engagement business as usual, says this Editorial www.bmj.com/content/390/...
People giving talk
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We must fill the void in global #HIV #AIDS care without #PEPFAR - with renewed focus on our collective goal to bring HIV/AIDS under control by 2030, write ‪ @linda-gailb.bsky.social et al @bmj.com @iasociety.bsky.social #HIVScience #IAS2025 bmj.com/content/390/...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 08/07/2025
Meaningful engagement with patients, relatives, carers, and community members about health policy, research, and services that affect them is an ethical imperative. Read the new BMJ collection with @who.int on the power of lived experience as expertise www.bmj.com/collections/...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 04/07/2025
"It's been a missing piece that's needed to make health respond to what patients really need." Sophia Walker on the value of lived experience expertise. 👀 Look out for our New BMJ collection "Lived experience as expertise" launching on bmj.com on 8 July
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
#BMJCommission calls for Race and Health Observatory to become UK-wide Network for #NHS #Equity, taking on #WRES & assess all policies for #inequity #racism #sexism bmj.com/content/390/... @katewomersley.com ‪@ritaissa.bsky.social‬ @leahhazard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/... @bmj.com
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 26/06/2025
Focusing solely on achieving weight loss for people with a high body mass index may do more harm than good, argue experts. Weight alone might not give an adequate picture of someone’s health, they say www.bmj.com/content/389/...
A nurse weighing a patient
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
NEW #BMJCommission report: Unethical, unhealthy & costly #Racism & #sexism are "alarmingly normalised" in the #NHS The evidence, & policies needed, are clear. Leaders must act now @katewomersley.com ‪@ritaissa.bsky.social @leahhazard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/... #BMJCommission @bmj.com
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 01/07/2025
Despite the NHS being founded on the principle of equitable treatment, discrimination remains rife. The NHS must tackle #racism and #sexism for patients, staff, and society www.bmj.com/content/390/... @katewomersley.com ‪@ritaissa.bsky.social @leahhazard.bsky.social @yvc58.bsky.social
NHS ward
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NHS must tackle #racism & #sexism for patients, staff & society. Evidence & policy options are clear; we need commitment & action. By JS Bamrah @katewomersley.com Chaand Nagpaul ‪@yvc58.bsky.social‬ @ritaissa.bsky.social @leahhazard.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/... #BMJCommission @bmj.com
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Beyond body mass index: rethinking doctors’ advice for weight loss. Doctors should provide quality, evidence based care reflecting individual preferences and needs, regardless of weight, write @drjuanfranco.bsky.social ‪ @emmagram.bsky.social & colleagues #BMI @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
MPs pass assisted dying bill 314 to 219 - "almost certain to become law" Bill will now be scrutinised by Lords www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com #AssistedDyingBill #AssistedDying
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MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
Members of parliament have voted by 314 to 291 to approve a bill that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales, a move described as the biggest social change since the Abortion Act 1967. ...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
What to do about #dengue #BMJEditorial By Claudia Codeço, Celina Turchi Martelli, Patricia Brasil, Marilia Sá Carvalho www.bmj.com/content/389/... @bmj.com @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Read and comment here www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
After #USAID: what now for aid and Africa? We "have an unprecedented opportunity to question models that do not strengthen health systems, do not improve population health, or create dependency" bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com By @ckyobutungi.bsky.social Ebere Okereke @seyeabimbola.bsky.social
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
After USAID: what now for aid and Africa? Seize this opportunity to reframe aid and centre local health needs www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com Editorial by @ckyobutungi.bsky.social Ebere Okereke and @seyeabimbola.bsky.social
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Can WHO’s new trials guidance challenge a lack of inclusivity in research?
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Can WHO’s new trials guidance challenge a lack of inclusivity in research?
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Avoiding a new US “war on drugs” #BMJEditorial @bmj.com Despite decreases in overdose deaths in the US there are indications of a return to enforcement and criminalisation as responses that are not supported in evidence to reduce drug harms #fentanyl www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Avoiding a new US “war on drugs”
Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work The US overdose crisis contributed to over 100 000 deaths in 2023.1 The 22% decrease in overdose deaths between August 2023 a...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 04/02/2025
"A law enforcement driven response to drug taking and overdoses is ineffective and exacerbates existing health and social inequities in minoritised communities." Declining US drug overdose deaths show that public health approaches work, say Vincent Ramos and colleagues www.bmj.com/content/388/...
US border control inspect a van with a sniffer dog
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thanks @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... True: @bmj.com “strives to represent all voices.” the BMJ has also said it supports legalised doctor assisted dying with safeguards. Decades of international evidence should inform implementation www.bmj.com/content/374/...
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How do we introduce assisted dying? Experts and politicians hope someone else has the answer | Gaby Hinsliff
Such a profound social change needs consensus and leadership. Those tasked with seeing this through are offering neither, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 23/12/2024
What if love was as certain an aspect of the human condition as death and taxes? In this Editor's Choice, Tasnime Osama and @rich-hurley.bsky.social discuss how these three forces shape our health, lives, and world #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
In a fairy tale castle, a princess leans down to kiss her prince. Roses climb the walls and a peacock and treasure chest are seen in the foreground.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16/12/2024
"There’s a need for tea, cake, and conversations about death." Susan Bewley talks about hosting a death cafe and how musing on death has added more pleasure to her life #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
A death cafe
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16/12/2024
"We must remember our human obligation to care—there as well as here—in a world split between peace and violence, privilege and deprivation." Don’t turn away from the suffering in the world, write Fares Alahdab and @vmontori.bsky.social #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/12/2024
Disney princesses face serious health risks, warn experts. Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Snow White
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/12/2024
Athletes and musicians often practice just before they're about to perform. Yet in medicine, warm-up is rare to non-existent. This study finds “just-in-time” training could improve clinical outcomes, particularly among inexperienced doctors #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Coaching on an intubation procedure
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Chris Worsham @chrisworsham.com · 17/12/2024
Beep beep! Which occupations are associated with the lowest risk of death from Alzheimer's disease? Check out our analysis in @bmj.com Christmas Issue with some interactive graphics to explore links between Alzheimer's and navigational jobs 🚕🚑✈️🚢🚌 www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Alzheimer’s disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers: population based cross sectional study
Objective To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer’s disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, compared with other occ...
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/12/2024
"Our current economic system is clearly willing to sabotage planetary and human health in pursuit of profit, capital accumulation, and economic growth." Degrowth proposes a new logic for the global economy #ChristmasBMJ www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Richard Hurley @rich-hurley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Thanks Hank Wangford (aka Dr Sam Hutt) for playing your new song "#NHS Our Previous Thing (Lub Dup)" at tonight's @bmj.com Xmas party! Read all about it in the forthcoming #ChristmasBMJ ... And download Hank's song to get it to Christmas No 1! open.spotify.com/track/69JWHp...
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