Impact in action
Better evidence
Over 70% of integrity concerns caught before publication BMJ Group’s content integrity team helped prevent research with potential integrity issues from entering the scientific record, protecting the reliability of the evidence base. | Page 7
Five systematic reviews underpin global hand hygiene guidance Published in BMJ Global Health, the reviews formed the evidence base for WHO and Unicef’s first global guidelines on hand hygiene in community settings. | Page 11
Four European jurisdictions act on slush ice safety
Research in Archives of Disease in Childhood identified acute glycerol intoxication in children, directly informing updates to food safety guidance in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and at EU level. | Page 13
Better decisions
One of 2 core resources selected by Google Research BMJ Best Practice was one of two clinical knowledge resources used to develop and evaluate 100 scenarios for Google’s 2026 AMIE research, grounding healthcare AI in continuously updated, evidence based guidance. | Page 23
277% of pre-integration page impression levels
35k course completions building research capability worldwide Research to Publication is helping clinicians strengthen research skills, publish their work and support healthcare improvement, with impact demonstrated across Qatar, India and Colombia. | Page 25
Clinicians reported faster access to information, greater confidence in decision making and more consistent practice after Medway NHS Foundation Trust integrated local guidelines with BMJ Best Practice into its electronic patient record. | Page 24
Better systems
25% reduction in postpartum haemorrhage The BMJ’s Racism in Medicine issue helped catalyse the creation of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, whose improvement programme supported a Lancashire maternity team to reduce postpartum haemorrhage rates from 12% to 9%. | Page 30
Four Australian states adopt family concern question A Healthcare Improvement Forum connection helped turn a Monash Health project into a national collaboration, with the approach now used routinely in four states and reflected in the UK through Martha’s Rule. | Page 32
First licensed NHS treatment for LHON
An independent evidence review by the BMJ Technology Assessment Group informed NICE’s recommendation of idebenone to treat visual impairment in people with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy. | Page 34
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