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Doctor and Apprentice contestant struck off for social media comments

British Medical Journal - Jue, 15/01/2026 - 13:01

A doctor who posted or reposted a series of racist, antisemitic, and sexist comments on social media over 20 months has been struck off the UK medical register.Asif Munaf failed to turn up to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing, which decided his misconduct was so serious that he should be barred from practice.The tribunal found that on 36 occasions between October 2023 and July 2025 he posted or reposted material that was objectively antisemitic, racist, seriously offensive, or motivated by racial or religious hostility or prejudice.His comments included, “Jews have no limits to their depravity. Sick in the head,” and, ‘Jews are born with the inherent ability to deceive.”In another post he wrote, “You only have to go to North London to see the Jewish love for a bakery . . . Does the obsession with baking and ovens explain the uncontested and unproven claims of 6 million Jews...

Categorías: Novedades Bibliográficas

“Appalling” 32 physical attacks on Northern Ireland’s health staff are recorded each day

British Medical Journal - Jue, 15/01/2026 - 12:31

Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland have been verbally or physically attacked more than 72 000 times during the past five years, new figures show. The vast majority of recorded attacks (60 000) were physical.The data emerged in response to a written question asked in Northern Ireland’s legislative assembly by Diane Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party.1 She described the figures as “utterly appalling.”When averaged out, the numbers equate to 32 physical attacks on staff every day between 2020-21 and 2024-25.In 2023 Northern Ireland’s Department of Health revealed that 50 000 reported attacks on healthcare staff had occurred between 2018-19 to 2022-23.2 This suggests that, while there is some crossover in the time periods, the more recent five year period between 2020-21 and 2024-25 had a 40% higher number of attacks. However, the full picture remains unclear, as the data did not include records of attacks on GPs...

Categorías: Novedades Bibliográficas

Military spending will not deliver global security

British Medical Journal - Jue, 15/01/2026 - 12:26

Many people argue that creating security by ensuring peace and preventing war is the most important duty of a state. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director of the World Health Organization, is not alone in asserting that peace is a key determinant of health.1 Peace, security, and health are closely intertwined. Most states equate security with the need for armed forces and respond by training military personnel and growing their arsenal of weapons. Instead, burgeoning military spending is driving global conflict and instability. Investment must be redirected towards tackling the root causes of insecurity.A few countries, including the United Kingdom, have a substantial arms industry that flourishes on exporting weapons to numerous countries. The UK’s exports of arms were valued at £14.5bn in 2023.2 In 2023-24 the Ministry of Defence spent £25bn on military equipment compared with only £2.6bn spent on operations and peace keeping.3 The UK’s spending is trivial when compared...

Categorías: Novedades Bibliográficas

Partha Kar: Prioritising UK medical graduates could be a risky reset

British Medical Journal - Jue, 15/01/2026 - 11:36

The government has now made explicit its intention to prioritise UK graduates for NHS training posts.12 The bill, introduced by the health secretary, Wes Streeting, represents a decisive shift in workforce policy, responding to growing frustration over competition for posts, alongside ongoing industrial disputes.3 While its stated aim—aligning medical training with national workforce needs—is understandable, the practical consequences may prove more problematic than anticipated.There’s a strong argument that the system needed reform. The rapid expansion of UK medical school places without a commensurate increase in postgraduate training numbers has left many domestic graduates facing career bottlenecks.4 Prioritising UK trained doctors for publicly funded training is not inherently unreasonable. What’s harder to defend is the lack of advance planning and communication for the international medical graduates (IMGs) already in the system.From this year IMGs will be deprioritised for foundation training, effectively turning this stage into a choke point. For specialty training...

Categorías: Novedades Bibliográficas

Conocimiento, colaboración y liderazgo en la batalla contra la infección y aparición de resistencias

Último número Revista Medicina Intensiva - Vie, 07/04/2023 - 22:15

F. Gordo Vidal
Med Intensiva. 2023;47:191-2

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