{"id":34990,"date":"2015-08-17T13:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=34990"},"modified":"2015-08-17T13:15:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T12:15:19","slug":"the-bmj-today-doctors-salaries-football-and-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/08\/17\/the-bmj-today-doctors-salaries-football-and-fossil-fuels\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMJ Today: Doctors\u2019 salaries, football, and fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/pounds_health.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34991\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/pounds_health-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pounds_health\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022\u00a0David Oliver: What should senior doctors be paid?<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h4373\">In a column David Oliver hits out at politicians<\/a> trying to \u201cwhip up outrage\u201d at the pay of senior doctors, arguing that while substantial, they receive \u201cthe going rate for senior, experienced, salaried public servants\u201d such as police superintendents and senior civil servants.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/Eva-Carneiro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34992\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/Eva-Carneiro-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eva-Carneiro\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u2022\u00a0Chelsea team doctor acted with \u201cintegrity and professionalism,\u201d says medical body<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Football Medical Association has backed Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fear, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h4434\">as Nigel Hawkes reports in a news story<\/a>. This was after they tended to the injured Eden Hazard in the dying minutes of their team\u2019s draw against Swansea, against the wishes of manager Jose Mourihno. Chief executive Eamonn Salmon said: \u201cFactors extraneous to the immediate medical needs of the patient (such as the stage and state of the game) cannot be part of their consideration at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/climate_change_heat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-34993\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/08\/climate_change_heat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"climate_change_heat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u2022\u00a0Letter from doctors urging Wellcome Trust to divest from fossil fuels nears 1000 signatories<\/strong><br \/>\nNearly 1000 health professionals have called for health charity the Wellcome Trust to end investment in fossil fuel companies, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h4458\">in a letter to <em>The BMJ<\/em><\/a>. The open letter claims that a health charity should not profit from an industry that \u201cthreatens human and planetary health,\u201d suggesting it goes against the medical ethical obligation to \u201cdo no harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Joe Knight<\/strong> is an undergraduate, Wadham College, Oxford.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u00a0David Oliver: What should senior doctors be paid? In a column David Oliver hits out at politicians trying to \u201cwhip up outrage\u201d at the pay of senior doctors, arguing that while substantial, they receive \u201cthe going rate for senior, experienced, salaried public servants\u201d such as police superintendents and senior civil servants. 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