• Doctors have cut extra work and avoided promotion because of pension changes, poll finds
• BMA votes to poll members on its assisted dying stance
• Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study
• External validation of clinical prediction models using big datasets from e-health records or IPD meta-analysis: opportunities and challenges
• Poor induction and lack of honest feedback is blamed for higher rate of GMC referrals among BAME doctors
• Fighting loneliness with architecture, agencies, and activities

Doctors have cut extra work and avoided promotion because of pension changes, poll finds

A poll of senior NHS employees including over 1800 consultants has found that one in five has avoided promotion at work because of the impact of pension tax charges, and more than four in 10 have...

BMA votes to poll members on its assisted dying stance

The BMA has voted to poll its members to ascertain their views on whether the association should adopt a neutral position on assisted dying rather than one against.After a lively debate,...

Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study

In this article by von Ehrenstein and colleagues (BMJ 2019;364, doi:10.1136/bmj.l962, published 20 March and in the 23 March print issue), an oversight by coauthor Beate Ritz led to the omission of a...

External validation of clinical prediction models using big datasets from e-health records or IPD meta-analysis: opportunities and challenges

In this article by Riley and colleagues (BMJ 2016;353, doi:10.1136/bmj.i3140, published 22 June 2016 and in the 25 June 2016 print issue), a reader pointed a mistake in the labelling of figures 3 and...

Poor induction and lack of honest feedback is blamed for higher rate of GMC referrals among BAME doctors

The fact that disproportionate numbers of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) doctors are referred to the General Medical Council for fitness to practise concerns may be because of poor...

Fighting loneliness with architecture, agencies, and activities

Make no mistake: loneliness is a killer.12 In our systematic review, depression was the most strongly evidenced consequence for mental health, but many other disorders could contribute to the higher...