BMJ Editor calls for independence for the NHS
In this week's BMJ, Editor Fiona Godlee calls for independence for the NHS....... These are bad times for the NHS, she writes. The words "crisis" and "meltdown" are flying around and few people say these are exaggerations. Record spending has delivered record deficits and uncertain value for money. For the first time in anyone's memory, sizeable numbers of NHS staff are losing their jobs. How has...BMJ highlights lack of international cooperation to investigate scientific fraud
This week, the BMJ expresses concern about the validity of a paper it published in 1992 written by Dr Ram B Singh of Moradabad, India. ...... We also highlight the case of another author, R K Chandra, who had a study retracted by the journal Nutrition earlier this year. As with Singh, serious doubts now hang over the rest of his work....... The stories of Singh and Chandra have been told to highl...