Rib fractures in infancy in the Family Court again: Blackburn Borough Council v BB & Ors (2026] EWFC 69 (1 April 2026).
Deals with the nature/cause/ age of rib fractures, including to the posterior ribcage & includes a critique of expert opinions given.
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📜 Correspondence @JME_BMJ: Junior doctors are at risk of 'never-skilling' — never building foundational clinical reasoning as AI suggestions arrive before they've had a chance to try. How can they protect themselves?
bit.ly/4tghidu@briandavidearp
Today, the Lords Science and Technology Committee is publishing its report “Rebuilding forensic science for criminal justice: an urgent need.”
You can read it here:
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Sudden cardiac arrest in athletes may be attributable to cardiac and noncardiac causes. With diagnosis and treatment, a return to play may be reasonable. Prevention, emergency planning, and shared decision making are key.
Learn more in the Review Article “Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletes” by Rachel Lampert, MD, and Kimberly G. Harmon, MD (@DrKimHarmon), from @yalemed and the University of Washington (@UW): nej.md/3ZaAxI7
Rates of domestic abuse are especially high among female healthcare professionals.
Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse? @AdeleWatersRxbmj.com/content/391/bmj.r257…
NEW BLOG - "Unlawful Killing"
A delayed PFD publication due to a police force applying for and being refused judicial review of the inquest outcome.
An interesting PFD because it expressly links to another issued to the same force on similar issues.
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#October2025
A unique poem this month..... by @LouieGoGophers
I don’t want to get hurt today,” the charge nurse whispers to me.
She sees the sea of humanity frothing and foaming before us as we stand
Doctor and nurse, side by side.
And like a movie you’ve seen a hundred times,
You know how this will end.
Mental trauma fighting tooth and nail for space
In my Emergency Department.
At the top of our triage heap,
These human emergencies,
Some with minds more broken than ....
📖 Read more hear - emj.bmj.com/content/42/10/69…#Poem#EmergencyMedicine#Healthcare#NHS@RCollEM@RCEMLearning@richardbody@RCEMpresident
Submit your papers to @PMIJournal's latest Call for Papers now. The 2026 Focus Issue on Forensic Pathology is accepting papers now until 1 April 2026. Find out more and submit
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Our NEW Primer on Schizophrenia is live today! By Leucht, Siafis, McGrath, McGorry, Howes, Tamminga, Carr, Bighelli, Schneider-Thoma, Priller, Davis.
Check it out here: nature.com/articles/s41572-0…
"The consensus on that [SBS] evidence is too weak to potentially send someone to prison based on a doctor’s testimony that the only explanation for a child’s injuries in these cases is abuse, the court ruled."
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The College’s new report reveals the severe pressures facing UK paediatric and perinatal pathology services. Double the number of consultants currently in post are needed to provide the UK with sustainable services for families.
Read the full report:ow.ly/64VO50XuMOe
Medical examiners and coroners often face major obstacles in investigating deaths in custody, including inadequate resources and a lack of rigorous and enforceable standards.
Explore ways to strengthen the U.S. medicolegal death investigation system: ow.ly/4ljK50XkxMH